This video I talk about my own personal addiction to opiates (painkillers and heroin) and what led up to my enrolling in the methadone treatment program. I tried to be as breif as I could, but it’s hard to list an entire history of opiate use in a ten minute video. I apologize if I [...]
***WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES*** Russians have started panic buying painkillers. The reason – a forthcoming government ban on certain pills containing codeine being sold over-the-counter. The move’s aimed at keeping drug-addicts from using them to make dangerous narcotics. But some experts fear it’s the people in real pain that’ll suffer. You may find some of the [...]
anyone recovering from drug addiction that smokes weed or drinks and is able to stay off the harder drugs they were addicted to? i did painkillers and coke for over a year also smoked everyday and drank occasionally. i have been completely clean from everything for almost 9 months but have been realyl considering smoking [...]
i just got to 8 months clean from all substances i developed a bad problem with painkillers and occasional cocaine use also smoked weed heavily daily and drank occcasionally… although wat i have learned about recovery tells me that the way to stay clean is to abstain from ALL mood and mind altering substances including [...]
i take 50mg of vyvanse daily.. some times i skip a couple days…. other days i double or rarely triple up and take 100-150mg…. sometimes i double up to much and dont have any till it gets refilled…. usually i like to take 100mg… (my phyc. said he would bump me up eventually anyway) THE [...]
A clip from the Hazelden video entitled “Cross-addiction: The Back Door to Relapse.” Cross-addiction is the single greatest relapse factor. Those who seek treatment generally have an honest desire to remain abstinent from alcohol or another drug of choice. Yet most can also name a drug they’ve tried that they consider “safe” for themselves, one [...]
Sources say Tiger Woods is addicted to sleeping pills and painkillers and is now getting treatment at The Meadows in Arizona.
I have been alarmed by the increasing incidence of alcohol and drug abuse, especially among teenagers. Users are getting younger; even children as young as eight years old have been found using various mind-altering substances. This article will focus on giving you information about the various treatments available for alcohol and substance abuse in the [...]