Detox and Treatment

April 03, 2025

Gary Jackson

Forgiveness, Apologizing, and Taking Responsibility: Real vs Fake

On the surface, making amends might sound as simple as offering a sincere apology for your treatment of others, but there’s more to this cornerstone Twelve Step practice. There are many profound differences between giving someone an apology and making amends with them. Simply put, an apology is like putting a band aid on a […]

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April 03, 2025

Gary Jackson

Preventing Underage Drinking with Community Strategies Alcohol Use

These strategies can effectively lower alcohol-related harms for everyone, including people younger than 21. Young people who use alcohol are more likely to be sexually active at earlier ages, to have sexual intercourse more often, and to have unprotected sex. Parents and teachers can play a meaningful role in shaping youth’s attitudes toward drinking. Parents, […]

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April 03, 2025

Gary Jackson

Drugs and Alcohol 101: The Facts You Need to Know Patient Care

Mutual-support groups provide peer support for stopping or reducing drinking. Group meetings are available in most communities at low or no cost, and at convenient times and locations—including an increasing presence online. This means they can be especially helpful to individuals at risk for relapse to drinking. Combined with medications and behavioral treatment provided by […]

Detox and Treatment

April 03, 2025

Gary Jackson

DARE’s ‘just say no’ drug education didn’t work Here’s what could : NPR

Within one day of launch, CBS4 in Denver reported that people vandalized signs on the cages. The campaign will use traditional mediums like TV, newspapers, and YouTube, but it’s also deploying human-sized cages in Colorado to grab teens’ attention and promote the “lab rat” theme. Slater says part of the issue with these approaches might […]

Detox and Treatment

April 03, 2025

Gary Jackson

Opiates, Opioids, and Narcotics: Understanding the Difference

Other medications work by binding to the same receptors as opiates, but they do not occur naturally. While synthetic opioids are manufactured chemically, semi-synthetic opioids are a hybrid resulting from chemical modifications to natural opiates. Heroin is also considered a narcotic because it acts on the same receptors in the brain and causes the same effects as […]

Detox and Treatment

April 03, 2025

Gary Jackson

Dating A Recovering Alcoholic? 10 Tips From A Sober Person

The person in recovery can vicariously enjoy all the good and bad that comes with that territory, without a single drink having to be consumed. If you’re dating a recovering alcoholic or thinking about it, ask about their boundaries. Every sober person has them, but they aren’t the same for everyone. You should not feel […]

Detox and Treatment

April 03, 2025

Gary Jackson

Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission : Opiates or Opioids What’s the difference? : State of Oregon

There is no one-size-fits-all for treatment, and everyone’s recovery looks different. Opioids can also be used for end-of-life pain management or difficulty breathing, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In the United States, more than 153 million opioid prescriptions are delivered each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Dr. […]

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April 03, 2025

Gary Jackson

Substance Use and Co-Occurring Mental Disorders National Institute of Mental Health NIMH

Substituted cathinones can be eaten, snorted, inhaled or injected and are highly addictive. These drugs can cause severe intoxication, which results in dangerous health effects or even death. Two groups of synthetic drugs — synthetic cannabinoids and substituted or synthetic cathinones — are illegal in most states. The effects of these drugs can be dangerous […]

Detox and Treatment

April 03, 2025

Gary Jackson

How HIV Spreads HIV

But it works only if the HIV-positive partner gets and keeps an undetectable viral load. Not everyone taking HIV medicine has an undetectable viral load. To stay undetectable, people with HIV must take HIV medicine as prescribed and visit their health care provider regularly to get a viral load test. In many jurisdictions, people who […]

Detox and Treatment

April 03, 2025

Gary Jackson

Drug addiction substance use disorder Symptoms and causes

Then their substance use is probably considered misuse or harmful use. Opioids are narcotic, painkilling drugs produced from opium or made synthetically. This class of drugs includes, among others, heroin, morphine, codeine, methadone, fentanyl and oxycodone. Using cocaine for a long time will lead to strong cravings for the drug. Target 3.5 of UN Sustainable […]

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