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What is Fentanyl

What Is Fentanyl? Fentanyl is a powerful opioid medication that is prescribed for severe pain. It is much stronger than both heroin and morphine. Most of the time this drug is prescribed after a surgery. However, there are some people who are opioid tolerant who will...

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Causes of Drug Addiction

Causes of Drug Addiction: How Addiction Develops Drug addiction, also known as substance use disorder is a disease that affects the brain and body. This condition triggers irrepressible behaviors and makes a person unable to control their use of drugs. When you...

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What is Gestalt Therapy and It’s Role in Addiction Recovery

What is Gestalt Therapy Gestalt therapy is an approach that focuses on the present. An individual’s attention is centered around the present, instead, of the future or the past. Any mention of past events or issues is re-experienced and re-enacted in the present. The...

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Facts About Drug Addiction

Facts About Drug Addiction: The Ugly Truth Drug addiction is a growing concern in the United States. What are the things we need to know about drug addiction? This article highlights the facts about drug addiction in the U.S. Drug addiction is not a new phenomenon,...

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Long Term Effects of Alcoholism

Understanding the Long Terms of Effects of Alcoholism It’s no secret that the consumption of alcohol is common in the United States. From listening to stories of our parents in their wild days to clanking glasses and toasting the New Year, just about everyone has had...

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Substance Use Disorder Triggers

Understanding Substance Use Disorder Triggers Substance use disorder is a lifelong battle. Coping with substance use disorder triggers may become easier over time, though. If you do not have personal experience with substance use disorder or know anyone who is dealing...

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10 Opioid Epidemic Solutions

Opioid Epidemic Solutions Opioid epidemic solutions are much needed. There is no question that in the United States, the use of opioids has reached epidemic proportions. More than 115 people die each day because they overdosed on an opioid, which could be pain...

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Eating Disorders and Addiction

Eating Disorders and Addiction It was previously thought that eating disorders and addiction are separate and distinct conditions. However, there is a growing number of cases that prove a connection between the two. A study conducted by the Columbia University’s...

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Spirituality in Recovery from Addiction

Spirituality in Recovery from Addiction Drug abuse and alcoholism can cause changes in the brain which affect the area that is critical for decision-making, judgment, behavioral control, learning, and memory. This can lead to harmful behaviors and decisions among its...

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10 Cities with Worst Drug Problems

10 Cities with Worst Drug Problems According to the latest statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 10.6 percent of the people in the United States over 12 years old have used an illicit drug in the past month (2016)....

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