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  Methamphetamine, commonly known on the street as “crystal meth,” or “meth,” is experiencing a surge in popularity throughout the nation. Meth is designated a Schedule 11 Substance by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with a high

Addiction very often goes hand in hand with “co-occurring disorders” like chronic pain and mood disorders. For example, alcoholism and depression often co-occur, but until only very recently, treating both

  Within the past century, medical and scientific perspectives regarding alcohol have undergone a major paradigm shirt. Once commonly believed to be a relatively harmless recreational beverage, the full extent

Last month featured the latest installment of Beach House Center for Recovery’s monthly Facebook Live series, with our very own Micah Robbins moderating a special holiday event themed around giving

  No matter how confident you are that you can handle your liquor, when it comes to drinking alcohol –especially when you find yourself doing it more and more often—this

Alcohol and anxiety can go hand-in-hand. Anxiety can persuade us to have a drink to reduce stress, calm nerves, unwind, deal with high-pressure social or family situations, relax, or simply

  Understanding Triggers for Depression More than 20 million Americans live with some form of depression. Of these suffering souls, a good portion of them are not aware of their

The holiday season is a joyous time of year when the family gets together, trees are decorated, dreidels are spun, warm drinks are enjoyed by the fire, and everyone is

Alcohol is a common substance that many people around the world consume. However, there is a big difference between someone who enjoys a drink occasionally and someone who struggles with

If you’ve recently made the decision to get clean and sober, congratulations. We know that this can be a difficult process. Addiction is a disease that many people suffer from,

Genes and environment have long been cited in attempts to describe what causes some people to drink more than others— and, why some people develop an alcohol dependency and others

  Going through recovery isn’t an easy process. As a friend, you can help. While addicts can easily give into isolationism or feel that they’re a burden on those that

“Today, I am officially declaring e-cigarette use among youth an epidemic in the United States,” the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Jerome Adams, tweeted on Tuesday, December 18. He was responding

Struggling with addiction leads to dramatic, gut-wrenching, emotionally strained situations; it’s no wonder that Hollywood has produced several excellent movies on the subject. Many of the circumstances played out in

  Addicted or dependent on prescription painkillers, heroin, or other opiates? While you may be eager to get treatment to overcome such dependence or addiction, fear about what you’ll experience

  Are you worried that the suboxone you’ve been taking will show up in a drug test? Whether you’ve been on suboxone as part of prescription opiate short-term detox treatment,

  Methadone, once the MAT drug of choice for heroin addiction, has lost favor due to its own addictive potential. In many detox programs, it’s been replaced by Suboxone, which

The opiate epidemic has cut a wide swath of personal and societal destruction across America in recent years. An estimated 2.1 million people aged 12 and older had a diagnosed

  Addiction is socially prevalent and economically devastating disease.  Many people struggling with addiction need professional help but never follow through due to financial hardship or erroneous assumptions about the

Withdrawal is an inescapable part of overcoming dependence or addiction to alcohol or drugs. This incontrovertible fact likely deters many individuals struggling with addiction who might otherwise enter treatment. Yet,

  When it comes time to discontinue taking methadone, either because you’ve made the decision to get off the drug you’ve taken recreationally, or your treatment team is going to

The trouble with using drugs to feel better “just this once” is that “once” rarely proves enough. Long before physical addiction takes hold, the temporary euphoria of a “high” becomes

  Most people are smart enough to realize that indiscriminate use of prescription medications is risky and could be life-threatening. This is especially true with powerful opiate drugs such as

Addiction to drugs and alcohol is notoriously hard on the body and damaging to the brain—especially long-term addiction. Healing from the damage created by drug or alcohol abuse is a

Drugs and alcohol are notoriously hard on the body, exacting a mental, physical and psychological toll that requires detox as a first priority in order to get clean. Although the