When addicts are in full-blown addiction, they live a life full of chaos. Most addicts don’t take care of themselves during this time. They aren’t…
A speedball is a drug mixture. When a person blends heroin and cocaine, usually into a syringe to be injected, they are doing a ‘speedball.’…
Dual diagnosis means that a person has both a mental disorder and an alcohol or drug problem. It is common for the two to coexist.…
What exactly is self-love? Self-love is appreciating oneself by performing actions that support physical, psychological, and spiritual growth. It means thinking highly of oneself and…
Being inactive addiction for a long period, a person develops bad behaviors. Part of that is not properly taking care of themselves. Addicts can go…
Opana is one of the common brand names for the drug, Oxymorphone. This medication is an opioid analgesic prescribed for moderate to severe pain. Usually,…
Addiction and alcoholism both usually follow a predictable pattern. The Jellinek Curve is a visual representation of the stages of addiction/alcoholism that most people go…
While the initial decision to use drugs or drink alcohol is a personal choice, addiction is not the result of a lack of willpower or…
Methamphetamine use has become increasingly more popular since 2005. It is now one of the most widely abused drugs in the world. Methamphetamine is cheap…
Opioids are a type of drug that slows down the responses of the central nervous system and are therefore classed as central nervous system depressants.…