Addiction Hotline: Why Do People Use Methamphetamines?
12:00 22 January
in True Stories of Addiction
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Living A Life of Slavery Due to Addiction
12:00 15 January
in True Stories of Addiction
Early Access Leads to Early Addiction Lydia's experience with mind-altering substances started very early in her life. When she was a child, her parents would throw parties. In her own words, they weren't alcoholics, but they liked to have a few drinks every now and then. At...
The War on Drugs, Part 2 Making Drugs Illegal
12:00 11 January
in Society and Addiction
If you haven't seen it, watch The War On Drugs, Part 1 - The Beginning Marijuana Laws. In this installment of this six-part series on The War on Drugs, Professor Joshua Kane, Ph.D. head of research at A Better Today Recovery Services and lecturer at Arizona State...
Heroin Addiction Signs Symptoms
12:00 08 January
in True Stories of Addiction
Adam's Addiction Began Early Addiction was a problem long before Adam ever picked up his first drug. While not a substance, Adam's addiction was a behavioral addiction: video games. Throughout his childhood, he would play games all day, obsess about them during school, and dream about...
Finding Drug And Alcohol Recovery In Prison
12:00 11 December
in True Stories of Addiction
Addiction on Deployment Even after Corey graduated as a United States Marine, his addiction continued by way of drinking heavily. Traveling around the world on the expense of the U.S. government, Corey saw the world bits and pieces at a time, as he would get blackout...
Addiction Treatment In The Marine Corps
12:00 04 December
in True Stories of Addiction
The Man Behind The Addiction Coming from a home that stemmed from two vary diverse population groups, Corey was expected to conduct himself within certain parameters. His mother was a hippie and his father was a U.S. Marine. The dichotomy of messages he received while growing...
Rum To Ruins: Russian Sailor Drank Half A Litre Of Rum Before Crashing Ship
12:00 02 December
in Alcohol Addiction Rehabilitation
Alcohol abuse is becoming more common these days as people not only use this intoxicating liquor for letting loose and having fun, but also as a method for escaping the burden of their problems or drowning their sorrows. Alcohol has been an unhealthy coping mechanism...
When Escaping Reality Turns To Drug And Alcohol Abuse
12:00 13 November
in True Stories of Addiction
How Did the Addiction Start? Andrew's story began at the tender age of eight at his parents' wedding. There was no horrific trauma that started the event, just the immediate availability of alcohol. He was only eight years old so Andrew was not given alcohol, but even...
Rebuilding Your Life After Drug And Alcohol Addiction
12:00 06 November
in True Stories of Addiction
Struggling to Cope Dealing with the divorce of his parents and struggling with being the only boy out of five sisters, Sam began using drugs and alcohol in his early teens. “I really leaned heavily on this new world that I had discovered in drugs.” Sam started...
Mixing Cocaine And Alcohol; A Deadly Combination
12:00 30 October
in True Stories of Addiction
Fitting In Levi’s addiction to alcohol and cocaine began before Levi was even legal to consume alcohol. “I got into college, I went through a bad breakup, and I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to do with my life, and I had a lot of...