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Which Substance Abuse Issues May Require Medically Assisted Detox?

“Medications are usually required for successful detoxification from opioids as it is so uncomfortable that many patients will go back to drugs to ...

Here's what Happens If Your Alcohol Use Disorder Goes Untreated

'Left untreated, alcohol use disorder can lead to severe short- and long-term health consequences for the individual and his or her community.

Here's what Happens If Your Opioid Addiction Goes Untreated

Opioids are a class of drugs that include prescription pain medications and illegal substances, like heroin.

What Does a Substance Abuse Treatment Plan Look Like?

One of the first steps towards recovery from substance abuse is drafting a treatment plan with your provider. Intervention: Treatment specialist wi...

Cocaine Addiction Treatment: Know Your Options

To date, there are no FDA-approved medication treatments to treat cocaine use disorder or cocaine addiction. Thankfully, there are treatment option...

Treatments for Addiction that are Proven Successful

It is a form of group therapy that includes recognition that addiction has several negative consequences that can be social, emotional, spiritual a...

Stages of Alcoholism, and How to Know When You Have a Problem

Alcoholism, or alcohol use disorder (AUD), doesn’t develop overnight. Pre-Alcoholic: In the pre- alcoholic stage, a person begins to drink to relie...

Addicted to Prescription Drugs: 3 Signs You May Have a Problem

While withdrawal can occur for anyone who misses a dose of a prescribed drug, taking increasing, unprescribed, amounts to avoid withdrawal could be...

Alcohol Abuse Symptoms: 5 Signs You May Have a Problem

You spend the majority of your time drinking, being drunk or being hungover while dealing with the physical and emotional consequences of having dr...

Recovery After Overdose: what to Expect

An overdose occurs when a person takes too much of a drug, whether it’s an over- the-counter, prescription, or illegal substance. It’s possible to ...

Addiction Recovery is Lifelong Commitment; Here's Why

“An analogy could be diabetes,” Loretta Lawson-Munsey, Substance Abuse Education Office & Collegiate Recovery Center Coordinator at Anne Arunde...

Meth Addiction: Everything You Need to Know

Methamphetamine, or meth, is a highly potent, highly addictive drug. Contingency management interventions: This therapy rewards you for sticking to...