Drug tests are used to detect any illicit drug in your system. Urine tests are the most standard, easiest, and less expensive of drug tests. There is also blood, hair, and saliva There are several scenarios in which we would test ourselves or our loved ones at home. Maybe it is a teenager in the […]
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The Switch from Prescription to Heroin/Fentanyl
For years people seen their Dr and pain management Dr and it consisted of Prescriptions of opioids. Some took just as prescribed to assist with the severe pain from physical ailments. Some get their prescriptions and sold them. Lastly, there are the people who got their prescriptions, took them all and searched elsewhere to get […]
Drug Addiction Recovery Literature
Now that you are staying clean one day at a time, I want to introduce to you some literature written like an autobiography of your life. Whether your struggle is with meth, opioids, or other drug, having a program of recovery is mandatory for success. I want to take a minute to bring you some […]
LawDepot can help solve problems with legal documents
Not 100% of addicts fall into legal issues while out there trying to find a way to get more, but some do. This is not meant to be a replacement for a lawyer, but there is a site called LawDepot that has an abundance of legal documents already put together where anyone can make and […]
10 Sources of help to stop drug use
Now what? We come to a point in our lives where we are so tired of the pain. The drugs have brought us here and we finally realize we need help and are motivated enough to seek it, even with uncertainty. There are so many ways we can get help with our addiction IF we […]
Withdrawal Symptoms from Drugs
Ready to quit? This could be the 1st step to recovering. Our brains have been chemically altered and we are now dependent and addicted to the drug. When we stop the use of mind altering substances, all kinds of physical and psychological changes happen. Sometimes we must have the help of someone, whether you are […]
Finding your Rock Bottom
Rock Bottom?? This is where a person will finally see where drug addiction has brought them. Usually it is a picture of the addict not being able to go down any further physically, emotionally, and spiritually. They are still using, but their thoughts are being interrupted with all the loss they have gone through or […]
Addiction’s impact on family members
l Addiction impacts a family’s financial, physical and psychological well-being. As a family member, we all stand in this disease wondering what went wrong in the past that our loved one has become such a slave to the disease of addiction. Most family members do not have the insight to know what to do or say […]
Welcome to my site
I would like to welcome you to my site. Please take a few moments to read my pages and posts. I think it will bring you education into the world of addiction that is such a prevalent topic these days. Addiction touches almost everyone’s life in some way or another. It could be immediate family, […]
Brain changes with drug addiction
To understand addiction, we need to know what it is doing to us starting in the brain. Understanding the process helps us realize this is a chronic medical but treatable disease just like a cardiovascular disease or diabetes. Once drug use becomes routine and the brain begins to crave it, we are addicted. Introducing drugs […]