How Can I Overcome an Opioid Addiction?

How Can I Overcome an Opioid Addiction?

Opioids are often prescribed drugs that are intended to help relieve pain after surgeries or major health complications. These medications can be effective at alleviating pain to a greater extent than over-the-counter medications. Unfortunately, they can be extremely...
Steps to Diagnose Addiction

Steps to Diagnose Addiction

Understanding how substance use disorder (SUD) is diagnosed can help you understand where you are on the scale of addiction and help you recognize addiction in those around you. While learning this information does not make you eligible to diagnose addiction on your...
Influencing a Friend Who Also Has an Addiction

Influencing a Friend Who Also Has an Addiction

While working through the process of recovery, you may make friends with other individuals in recovery. As a supportive friend, you want to encourage their sobriety and help them through the recovery journey. How can you be able to do this while you are working...
What Does the Cycle of Addiction Look Like?

What Does the Cycle of Addiction Look Like?

Addictions begin by releasing positive feelings related to the use of a substance. Then a cycle occurs that strengthens the desire or need for the substance. It is important to understand what the cycle of addiction looks like. Recognizing this cycle can help you...
The Science Behind Addiction

The Science Behind Addiction

Drug addiction or substance use disorder may be viewed as a conscious dilemma brought upon by negative choices. While the initial choices of using a substance can play a role, addiction is a complicated neurological disease with many scientific processes behind it....
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