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Kristin telling what inpatient drug rehab is like

Making the decision to get help, to go to inpatient drug rehab, is probably one of the scariest things you or your loved one will have to do. But it...

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Fentanyl is an incredibly potent synthetic opioid that is responsible for thousands of deaths. Fentanyl is often administrated in medical contexts, where it is used to treat chronic severe pain....

young girl covering mouth with hands sick from drug addiction

There are a lot of misconceptions out there about addiction–especially from the addict’s perspective. Early in the quitting process, most addicts believe that they have the power to quit; they...

two women smoking against a yellow wall

About one in ten people in the United States aged 12 and older said they used an illegal drug within the previous month, according to the results of the 2016...

Woman in need of grief and loss therapy program in New Hampshire

Bereavement over the loss of a loved one is one of the most difficult emotions one can face. Grief takes many forms, and no two stories or responses to such...

“I used to think getting sober would put me in a cage, but actually it broke me out of every cage I was living in.” Mo Doyle, On the Misconceptions...

Our Stories of Addiction Recovery most often recount stories from 1st person experiences with drug or alcohol addiction, and their subsequent recovery through drug rehab. But as most of us...

man wary of stigma around addiction turns his back

Despite the common medical definition of addiction as a disease of the brain, it is frequently not treated as a disease. Instead, emphasis is often placed on the individual’s perceived...

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, between 40 and 60 percent of individuals treated for a substance abuse disorder will eventually relapse. As such, those who have undergone...

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