During addiction recovery, treatment specialists may employ a holistic approach to supplement evidence-based treatment. The main thrust behind holistic treatment is to create harmony between the mind, the body, and the spirit. Numerous holistic techniques can accomplish this goal. Holistic therapy focuses on healing the whole person, not just the symptoms of their struggles. For…
When you stop using cocaine, you may go through a variety of cocaine withdrawal symptoms. These symptoms can range from anxiety and fatigue to depression or even medical problems. You may experience these withdrawal symptoms of cocaine for only a few days or several weeks. If you have decided to end your addiction, your best…
Opiates are drugs that come from the opium plant. Opiates become opioids through human-made development. While opioids have all the essential elements of opiates, they also include additional ingredients. This makes it a synthetic product and not a pure product. There are dozens of opiate vs opioid products that exist for both recreational and medicinal…
Heroin withdrawal symptoms are oftentimes enough to urge a person to continue using in order to avoid them. They are both mentally and physically painful and taxing. If you are thinking about quitting heroin or any other opioid, it may not be the most fun you ever had, but the work is well worth it!…
In response to rising addiction rates and widespread overdoses, the United States has declared a public health emergency to help combat the opiate epidemic. The prevalence of opiate abuse has impacted countless Americans. For instance, unintentional drug overdoses have become the most common accidental cause of death in the country. When you exhibit signs and…
When a loved one is going through the challenges associated with addiction, finding professional rehab centers in Portland Maine becomes vital. However, where should you start? It can help to have some background information on the disease of addiction first. Understanding Substance Abuse Issues When looking for reliable rehab centers in Portland Maine, it’s helpful…
The fact of the matter is that 21.5 million American adults (aged 12 and older) battled a substance use disorder in 2014. The reality is that our nation is struggling with addiction and alcohol abuse. Of those 21.5 million American adults struggling with a substance abuse disorder, 80% of them also have a problem with…
Honesty to me was for a very long time a foreign concept. The best I could or would practice honesty would be in the form of white lies. I figured if I just didn’t omit all the facts, then it wasn’t quiet considered lying or dishonest. These old patterns and behaviors went on for a…
My last day of using was riddled with thoughts of wanting my life to end. To not feel any pain. To seize the suffering and this overwhelming feeling that I needed something to be okay, when in fact every time I used those substances I was not. I picked up my phone and scrolled through…
Addiction is all around us. These days it seems as though every person in your life is somehow affected, or at least knows someone that is affected, by the devastation of substance abuse. It doesn’t discriminate, and it knows no boundaries. It creeps in slowly, tears families apart, destroys lives and ends overwhelmingly in death. …