Want to know exactly how many alcohol units are in your drink? Find out with Drinksmarter. org’s Alcohol Unit Calculator It’s easy to underestimate how much alcohol you’re actually taking in […]
(Salvador Dali: The Persistence of Memory) “But the thing about remembering is that you don’t forget.” ― Tim O’Brien, The Things They Carried While addiction is viewed in most corners […]
“You never know when that addict in your life may need your hope, because they have none of their own, always leaving them inches away from giving up.” This is […]
Yesterday, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said “It’s clear that opiate addiction is an urgent — and growing — public health crisis. He added that heroin overdoses increased by 45 percent between 2006 […]
See on Scoop.it – Addictions and Mental Health “Young adult smokers may experience changes in the structures of their brains due to cigarette smoking, even with a relatively short smoking […]
“Psychotherapy is a biological treatment, a brain therapy. It produces lasting, detectable physical changes in our brain, much as learning does.” –Dr. Eric Kandel (Professor Columbia University and recipient, 2000 […]
Practical Recovery Blog notes: “There’s no denying America is trending toward leniency of marijuana laws. An important question raised is how this trend might affect teenagers and adolescents. While we […]
See on Scoop.it – Addictions and Mental Health “It’s not just a willpower issue. The drug affects the part of the brain that responds to pleasurable things.” http://goo.gl/R51UZ4 This […]
See on Scoop.it – Addictions and Mental Health NIDA: “This image compares relapse rates for drug-addicted patients with those suffering from diabetes, hypertension, and asthma. Relapse is common and similar […]
Raising Healthy Children in an Alcoholic Home 