Habit vs Addiction: Understanding the Difference
Ever wonder why you can’t stop checking your phone or find yourself mindlessly snacking when you’re not even hungry? The line between habit and addiction can be blurry, but understanding the difference is crucial to gaining control over your behavior. Are your habits slowly turning into an addiction? It’s crucial to understand what’s happening. Support […]
Benefits of Holistic Treatment for Drug Addiction
Most drug and alcohol treatment programs generally include a variety of traditional treatment models, including individual and group psychotherapy, family therapy, and aftercare planning. As knowledge about addiction and how people react to treatment has changed, treatment options have evolved to include several holistic (or alternative) treatments for addiction. Holistic therapies are non-medicinal recovery methods […]
Finding A Drug Rehab Center In New Jersey
Drug and alcohol addiction impacts millions of lives across the United States each day. Unfortunately, only one out of every ten people who struggle with a substance abuse disorder or addiction will ever seek or successfully enter an addiction treatment program. Some individuals will forego or avoid rehab due to the stigma that still surrounds […]
How much can we blame our genes for addictive behavior?
The Oscar-nominated actor Robert Downey Jr., star of countless films including Chaplin, the Iron Man series, Tropic Thunder and Zodiac, started making movies when he was just five years old. He’s also famous for his descent into drug addiction, which he says started even earlier than age five. Downey has told a number of interviewers that he believes he has an addictive personality, […]
Is your loved one headed for relapse?
Getting sober and committing to a life free of drugs, alcohol and all other mood altering substances comes with many different challenges. Relapse is a harsh reality that many people going through recovery will face. The best way that you could help your loved one is to be mindful of the different warning signs that […]
What is Buprenorphine?
Buprenorphine is a prescription opioid used to treat opiate addiction, and prescribed under its brand name, Subutex or Suboxone, among others. This drug is an opioid partial antagonist, meaning that it produces an effect similar to narcotic opioids without getting the user high. Buprenorphine essentially tricks the brain into thinking that addictive chemical substances like […]
What is tramadol?
Potent and Fast-Acting Tramadol is considered a fast-acting painkiller, meaning the effects take hold rather quickly – generally within 30 minutes to an hour. This is part of the reason why the medication is used to treat short-term pain, like the pain that results from a surgical procedure or the pain that sets in after […]
Know the Danger
Drug addiction has existed since mankind discovered psycho-active substances. Addiction has been a major health concern in the United States for quite a long time. There are many different kinds of drugs available throughout the country, and whether or not an individual becomes addicted is very subjective depending on what kind of drugs he or […]
Is Marijuana Addictive?
Marijuana is the second most widely used drug in the United States and arguably the most common used substance amongst teens and adolescents. As a counselor in the field of addiction and mental health, a commonly asked question is whether marijuana is addictive or not. Can marijuana lead to dependence? In short yes. Per the […]
TIPP Skills with DBT
By Danielle Goldberg With many people in addiction, a major issue is the inability to regulate their emotions effectively. When we do not know how to manage what we are feeling, we tend to search for an escape or a ” quick fix”. Those ” quick fixes” usually lead us down a round of rebellious […]