Category: Addiction

  • Opioid Addiction Withdrawal: Symptoms, Timeline, and Detox Treatment

    Opioid Addiction Withdrawal: Symptoms, Timeline, and Detox Treatment

    When you stop taking opioids after using them for an extended period of time, you will typically experience symptoms of withdrawal. Withdrawal happens because your body has…

  • Hangxiety vs. Panic Attack: What's The Difference

    Hangxiety vs. Panic Attack: What’s the Difference?

    Hangxiety is a term that has quickly risen in popularity, which is used to describe hangover anxiety — a feeling of anxiousness after drinking alcohol.

  • Day Drinking in Los Angeles: The Hidden Dangers

    Day Drinking: The Hidden Dangers

    Day drinking is a popular term for drinking alcohol during the day, especially at social gatherings.  According to Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, day drinking is…

  • Is Ketamine Addictive: Signs and Symptoms

    Is Ketamine Addictive: Signs and Symptoms

    Ketamine is an FDA-approved medication used effectively in general anesthesia for sedation in brief medical procedures.  More specifically, ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic, which means it…

  • How Long Does Xanax Stay in Your System

    How Long Does Xanax Stay in Your System?

    Xanax is the brand name for alprazolam, which is part of a group of prescription medications known as benzodiazepines.  Benzodiazepines are a group of prescription drugs…

  • The Importance of Professionals Seeking Help for Addiction

    The Importance of Professionals Seeking Help for Addiction

    Addiction can affect anyone regardless of their background, ethnicity, status, or gender. In many cases, people have a certain stereotype of what someone struggling with addiction…

  • The Role of Inpatient Care in Overcoming Addiction and Co-Occurring Mental Health Challenges

    The Role of Inpatient Care in Overcoming Addiction and Co-Occurring Mental Health Challenges

    Many people don’t realize just how much mental health disorders and addiction go hand in hand. Because of their close connection, they can often lead to…

  • Why Is Opioid Addiction So Prevalent in the US?

    Why Is Opioid Addiction So Prevalent in the US?

    The opioid crisis in the United States has reached an incredibly alarming level, destroying countless lives and tearing apart families. This issue began back in the…

  • How to Prevent Self-Harm Behaviors

    How to Prevent Self-Harm Behaviors

    There are few things more painful than watching someone you love deal with something as painful and complicated as self-harm. Self-harm behaviors are a deeply misunderstood…

  • Psychodynamic Therapy: Helping Heal Addiction

    Psychodynamic Healing: Helping to Treat Addiction

    For many people who struggle with substance use disorder, there is a direct link to past trauma that played a role in their addiction. What exactly…

  • Understanding Dual Diagnosis and Treatment

    Understanding Dual Diagnosis and Treatment

    In many cases, addiction and mental health disorders go hand in hand. This is what is referred to as a co-occurring disorder or a dual diagnosis.…

  • The Power of Family Therapy

    The Power of Family Therapy

    Addiction is often referred to as a family disease. Substance use disorder (SUD) and other types of mental health disorders can truly take a toll on…