Category: healthcare
Are Patient Satisfaction Surveys Contributing to the Opioid Epidemic?
Many people are quick to blame doctors for over prescribing pain relievers and medications for the nation’s opioid epidemic. However, doctors are urging us to consider an alternative culprit: patient satisfaction surveys. Awakening’s for Women, a Florida sober house says patient satisfaction surveys are intended to improve the performance of doctors and hospital staff. They […]
Fake Instagram Account Releases Powerful Message About Noticing Addiction
On August 1, 2016 an Instagram account came to life. The name on the account was Louise Delage, an attractive woman in her mid-20’s, and she began posting multiple photos of herself having fun in various situations – on boats, on a bike, walking through town, at bars with friends, and on the beach. From […]
How to Get Relationship Advice While in Recovery
For those in recovery from addiction, many are probably wondering to themselves where to start when it comes to getting relationship advice post a life of substance abuse. Not only that, but how do you even date sober? Most people who are new in recovery may have never even dated sober, and as a result, […]
The Surprising Drink That Reduces the Risk of Liver Cancer
Coffee drinkers everywhere rejoice – a recent study revealed that drinking coffee reduces liver cancer risks caused by excessive alcohol consumption. The study focused on 34 scientific studies, with data from over 8 million people with over 24,600 cases of liver cancer. While drinking an upwards of three alcoholic drinks a day greatly increased the […]
Does Sobriety Affect Your Creativity?
More often than not, it seems that some of the most creative people consequently fall victim to addiction. After all, it was Ernest Hemingway who coined the phrase “write drunk; edit sober.” With a proclamation such as that, it begs the question of whether or not addiction and substance abuse actually unleashes the creativity within […]
American Society of Addiction Medicine Reveals New Study
Recently, the American Society of Addiction Medicine has released a report in efforts to improve medical practices regarding addiction. The work titled “Performance Measures for the Addiction Specialist Physician”, focuses on nine crucial ways to put emphasis on health-care for those with addiction issues. Dr. Stuart Gitlow, President of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, […]
You Are in Recovery – But Your Partner is not. Now What?
What do you do if your significant other is not in recovery – and you are? Former addict Lucinda Lumiere had to find that out for herself, after dating a slew of men who were not in recovery after she decided to get clean, until finally ending up with her husband – who subsequently is […]
Anti-Psychotic Medications on the Way Out?
Low-income and foster children have recently been the topic of much debate in California. As of late, the Golden State has actively been denying requests from doctors to medicate the aforementioned group. Since last October, the rate of denials have increased three times, thus bringing the amount of anti-psychotics being written, down from 16,915 to […]
3 Common Culprits of Added Stress
Find yourself stressed out more than normal? Maintaining sobriety once you are done with addiction treatment, never proves to be an easy task, but there are ways to make the process easier on yourself and those around you. One of the ways, is to eradicate some of the roots of the stress – take a […]
Inside Chasing The Scream: The First and Last Days Of The War on Drugs
Author of Chasing The Scream: The First and Last Days Of The War on Drugs, Johann Hari, aims to find a better way to fight addiction, because according to him – what we are doing isn’t working. The book delves into the War on Drugs and what we are really fighting about after all. He […]