Drug and Alcohol Abuse among Teenagers Drug and alcohol abuse is a common activity for teenagers to engage in and unfortunately it leads to thousands of deaths every year. Many teenagers try drugs due to peer pressure or because they think it will be a fun and enlightened experience. However, even one instance of abusing….
About Drug Addiction and Christian Rehab Centers According to the National Institute on Drugs Abuse, there were approximately 24 million people twelve years of age or older that needed treatment for an illegal drug or alcohol abuse problem in 2009. However, only 2.6 million of these people who needed treatment actually got it. Drug addiction….
What is a Christian Rehab Center and How Does it Help? Drug and alcohol addiction negatively impacts the lives of millions of Americans every year. Addiction is a life-long disease, that can be treated, but it is never fully cured. A person will struggle with their addiction periodically throughout their life even after receiving treatment,….
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, as of 2010, an estimated 2.7 percent of American adults reportedly use prescription drugs for recreational purposes. While prescription abuse has been around for a long time, this 2.7 percent estimate represents a 300 percent increase in rates within the last ten years alone. Prescription drug addictions….
Opiate addictions have seemingly taken the United States by storm, with an estimated two million Americans reportedly abusing opiates in 2009, according to the National Center for Biotechnology Information. The common practice of prescribing opiates to treat pain-related conditions has left those most vulnerable to addiction to fend for themselves. Recreational users also soon discover….
Xanax belongs to a family of drugs known as benzodiazepines. Benzodiazepines do a good job at relieving symptoms of anxiety and stress in general. Drugs in this class also carry a risk of addiction when not taken as prescribed or used for recreational purposes. According to American Family Physician, one to two percent of the….
According to The National Institute on Drug Abuse, drug addiction is a chronic illness that cannot be cured in a few days. Research has proven that drug addiction treatment is the most effective way for a person to learn to manage their addiction, and helps them to stop using drugs, prevents them from relapsing, and….
Opiate drugs do a good job at relieving most all types of pain, be it from an injury or from chronic conditions like cancer. Drugs, such as codeine, Demerol and Dilaudid offer effective pain relief properties unlike any other types of medication. Unfortunately, these drugs carry the same addictive potential as heroin, another opiate drug…..
Bath salts have become the newest family of drugs to hit the market. Classified as both “legal”Ā and “illegal”, access to bath salts only requires users to know where to go to get them. As with any substance of abuse, bath salt addiction rates continue to rise as more and more people are exposed. As….
More oftentimes than not, not finding affordable treatment help becomes the number one reason why people donāt get the help they need. As with any form of medical care, the costs of alcohol rehab treatment can be expensive and continue to rise with each passing year. Without adequate health insurance coverage, many people are left….
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, drug addiction is similar to other chronic, relapsing diseases, such as asthma, diabetes or heart disease, and just like these other diseases, drug addiction can be managed successfully. However, it is common for a person to relapse and begin abusing drugs again, but this just means that….
Alcohol abuseĀ is a common activity that people engage in at least once in their life. Approximately 90% of the American adult population has tried alcohol at least one time. One of the biggest problems with alcohol is that people usually begin to abuse the substance in social situations, but that can easily escalate to people….
Alcohol addiction is one of the most, if not the most, difficult addictions for a person to overcome. Alcohol addiction requires treatment for most people. Fortunately, there are various types of alcohol rehabĀ from which a person can choose. When a person develops an addiction to alcohol, which is the compulsive need to continually seek out….
About Holistic Drug Rehab Holistic drug rehab is a way for people to receive the help they need to detox and learn to manage their drug addiction, without the use of medication and unnatural resources. Holistic rehab program focus on a person finding balance and learning to manage their own addiction. According to the Center….
At first, it may be easy to overlook the signs of addiction in a loved one. Episodes of āunusualā behavior can be written off as āheās having a bad dayā or āitās just her time of the month.āā Over time, these episodes turn into half-day, whole day and eventual everyday moods and attitudes. After a….
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