Overcoming an addiction isn’t easy. In fact, it’s downright difficult. Why? Cravings. Awful, terrible, uncomfortable, godforsaken cravings – that’s why. Cravings are the number one…
We say all the time that addiction is different for everyone. Each individual person experiences addiction differently, the circumstances that led them to addiction are…
Too often we relegate the term “addiction” to the usual suspects. Drugs, alcohol, gambling. Those are the addictions we talk about, because those are addictions…
“Gambling can turn into a dangerous two-way street when you least expect it. Weird things happen suddenly, and your life can go all to pieces.”…
If I were to say the words “drug addict,” then follow it up with “substance abuser,” then finish up with talking about someone who “uses”…
Drug abuse rates have been on the rise in Washington state. According to the latest addiction statistics in Washington state: 15 per 100,000 people have…
Addiction – Kent’s Substance Abuse Issues Are A Problem For King County Addiction is a problem isolated to no region, and the citizens of Kent…
“There is no illness that will be more favorably affected [by the Affordable Care Act] than substance abuse. This is the beginning of substance abuse…
“(Researchers) have repeatedly called for studies of substance use to include all dimensions of sexuality…and as an apt example, their 2009 study found that prevalence…
“Adolescent patterns of drug abuse are very different from drug use patterns in adults. The uniqueness of adolescent drug abuse means that drug-dependent teenagers usually…