Category: Addiction (Page 3)
Illegal Drugs and Women’s Fertility
While it is already known that doing drugs in general, much less while you are pregnant, is not exactly beneficial to your health, a shocking number of women continue to do both. According to one survey, nearly 5 percent of women admitted to illicit drug use within the past 30 days. Moreover, in a drug […]
Navigating Sober Dating
Navigating the tumultuous world of dating proves challenging enough, without having to worry about maintaining your sobriety on top of it. Take it from James, a 33-year-old Los Angeles photographer who has been sober for eight years. When he first re-entered the dating world, “I spent five years dating messed up speed freaks…I guess I […]
Alcohol Advertising Directly Affecting Your Children
A recent study in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, reveals that alcohol advertising directly influences young adults to drink for the first time or to continue drinking; therefore, making them more susceptible to abuse alcohol in later years. According to the study, “alcohol is the most common drug among youth and a major contributor to morbidity […]
You Can Get Addicted to What!?
We all know about alcohol and drug addiction. We have all even heard of food addiction and internet addiction. But sugar addiction? Google glass addiction? It seems like every day an addiction that seems stranger than the last pops up. Behold, some of the most recent tales of addiction that will make you do a […]
Celebrity Treatment Success Stories
Sure, we have all seen photos of Angelina Jolie and her army of children looking absolutely perfect at some fabulous red carpet event or another. But did you know that she once struggled with a heroin addiction? We have all probably seen the Iron Man films with Robert Downey Jr. effortlessly fighting against evil and […]
Best Recent Recovery Blogs to Read
Deciding to go to a rehabilitation center to treat a drug or alcohol addiction may seem like the hard part, but sometimes learning to relive life without the crutch can prove even more arduous. Coupled with consistently trying to maintain sobriety throughout both the mundane daily tasks of life and the occasional emotional highs and […]
But it’s Wine Night!
Flipping through the channels on TV, I stumbled upon the Real Housewives of Whatever. Within 5 minutes of watching, I saw about five housewives, all with a glass of wine in their hand. As I continued to watch, I noticed that a majority of the episode consisted of drinking. Go to lunch, get a glass […]
Recent Correlations between Addiction and Other Diagnoses
According to a recent study by the National Bureau of Economic Research, “when other factors are held constant, mental illness does increase use of addictive goods-relative to use by the overall population-by 20 percent for alcohol, 27 percent for cocaine, and 86 percent for cigarettes.” The correlation between addictions and other mental illness diagnoses has […]
Women, Drugs and Pregnancy
Drug or alcohol use for a pregnant woman is doubly dangerous for her own health and for the health of the unborn baby. It is extremely important to avoid all drug and alcohol use, legal and illegal, while pregnant. Studies have shown that consumption of illegal drugs or alcohol while pregnant can result in low […]
The Connection Between Genes & Addiction
Scientists have revealed that addiction is the result of 50% genetic predisposition and 50% poor coping skills. We all have the genetic predisposition for addiction, which is why it is crucial for us to watch our substance intake from an early age. Did you know that the children of addicted parents are 8 times more […]