Addiction Hotline: (866) 578-7471
Escalation of Destruction At 12 years old Sylvia struggled with her identity. When she gazed in the mirror her smiling face did not stare back at her, but a disappointing blank glare of judgment. Her hair was too curly and her ankles were too thin and...
We live in a progressive era were science, technology, and communication has improved the quality of life for billions of people around the world. Every day new discoveries are made and the knowledge we obtain from those discoveries are used as tools to advance our...
Some people love to celebrate their birthday, others hate announcing another year of wrinkles, aching back pains and the thought of their eye sight or hearing going out. But celebrating a sober birthday is completely the opposite of a normal birthday. In the sober community, a...
Fentanyl-laced drugs have been the cause of at least 11 overdoses and four deaths in Roanoke, VA since March 1st. The drug is a strong opiate, 80 times stronger than morphine, that is prescribed for patients who have chronic pain. The spike in overdoses could be due to...
Indya had a long running problem with addiction, “I was addicted to, more” Indya said, “by more I mean more men or boys depending on the age at the time … more attention … more Weed, more Alcohol more Ecstasy, more Crack Cocaine, more Meth,...
In the United States, close to 88,000 people die annually from some kind of alcohol-related cause. The third preventable cause of death is alcohol, according to The National Institute of Alcohol and Alcoholism. 17.6 million people in America suffer from alcohol dependency or abuse. V.V.N Phan...
Portugal decriminalized drug possession in 2001. What were the consequences? Fewer overdoses. They decided that rather then sending addicts to jail and giving them a criminal record that will follow them around, it would give them a small fine and send them to a treatment center. This is the...
After a study done by Purdue Pharma, the Food and Drug Administration has decided to allow the painkiller Oxycontin to be prescribed to children as young as 11. Oxycontin is an opioid medication and has a tendency to be very addictive. According to the National Institute of Drug Addiction,...
The progression of drugs has taken a dark turn for the worst entering the millennium as you'll see here in the case of a Nampa, Idaho mom of 2 who attempted to drown her baby. The 60’s and 70’s brought psychedelics to those who wanted...
Recently, on the news, all you hear about is Ronda Rousey and her win against Bethe Correia that secured the UFC 190 title in just 34 seconds. This isn’t the only impressive things she’s accomplished this year. In May she released her new book My...