Supporting the Addict and the Dangers of Enabling If you care about someone with a substance use disorder, it’s natural to want to keep them safe, avoid conflict, and fix problems as they come up. In many cases, families quietly take on extra responsibilities, cover...
A Comprehensive Guide to Prescription Pain Killers When most people think of illicit drugs, they think of crystal meth, LSD, heroin, or even marijuana. The previously mentioned drugs are highly addictive and illicit, but there are prescription drugs, usually pain...
What Is Heroin? Heroin is a highly addictive drug that alters the function of the brain. Other common names for heroin include “hell dust,” “big H,” “smack,” and “horse.” Heroin is made from morphine, which is a natural substance that comes from opium poppy plant pods...
How Much Alcohol Is Too Much? What You Need To Know About Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Fetal alcohol syndrome or fetal alcohol spectrum disorders affect children of mothers who consumed alcohol during pregnancy. New mothers are often advised to abstain from alcohol during...
What Are The 4 Agreements? The Four Agreements is a best-selling self-help book written by Don Miguel Ruiz. He was inspired by ideas from the Toltec, a group of indigenous people who lived on what is now Mexican territory over a thousand years ago. The goal of...