If youβve watched any medical shows, youβve probably heard the term βAMAβ before. It means going against medical advice and itβs a term in real life too. For example, paramedics ...
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5 Non-Alcoholic Holiday Drinks to Include in Your Festivities
Joy, love, family, connection. These are some of the biggest cornerstones of the holiday season. While we go to great lengths to share gifts, hugs, and food with our loved ...
Why You Should Be Celebrating World Mental Health Day
Empathy and empowerment. These are things we preach about daily but still fatally struggle with, especially when considering those who suffer from mental illness and addiction. You donβtΒ even have ...
Teen Substance Abuse: What To Do If Your Child Is Struggling With Substance Abuse
Ask any parent what they think about parenting and almost every single one of them will say itβs rewarding and their greatest accomplishment. But parenting is scary. Youβre responsible for ...
Is My Child Struggling with Substance Abuse?
Love is blinding β especially when it comes to your child. Children are seen as a parentβs greatest accomplishment, and virtually every parent will have no qualms with boasting about ...
Judging Addicts vs. Treating Addicts with Compassion
Itβs easy to look at the too-thin, dirt-caked arms peeking through dirty heaps of newspaper and tattered blankets, hear the nonsensical mutterings, and think: βaddict.β The quick thought is likely ...
Doctor Manipulation: How an Addict Will Manipulate Psychiatrists to Get Drugs
If youβve known someone who has struggled with addiction, chances are youβre all too familiar with the fact that addicts manipulate. Manipulation accompanies the struggle, no ifs, ands, or buts. …
Going to Treatment as a Couple is a Bad Idea
Loving someone who suffers with an active addiction is hard enoughβbut when youβre suffering along with that person, everything becomes more complicated. Youβre painfully familiar with the demon that holds ...
Getting a Job with a Felony Drug Charge
You would think that once you get clean and finish treatment, it would just be a matter of willpower to get your life going again on the outside. After all, ...
Who Answers Addiction Help Lines?
Making the decision to accept help SHOULD be the most difficult part of getting help for addicts. After all, itβs not easy to move through the stages of change toward ...