Texas Addiction Recovery Blog
What is a Sponsor?
Making Recovery Gains What is a sponsor? That’s one of the first questions people new to 12 Step programs like Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotic Anonymous (AA or NA) will ask. It makes sense - "get a sponsor" is typically the first recommendation you'll hear when...
How Does Cocaine Affect the Body?
Cocaine and the Body How does cocaine affect the body? In many, often serious and even life-threatening ways. And, cocaine’s deleterious effects can occur with a single episode of use or, of course, over the long-term in addiction. One of the most basic...
Marijuana and Depression
Is There a Link? The connection between marijuana and depression isn’t as understood as many people think. There are some that believe marijuana does not make people depressed, and there are those that say that marijuana use increases the likelihood of depression in...
What Is Detox Like in Rehab?
This blog often discusses different tactics used to treat drug and alcohol abuse. One of the most common tactics is detoxification, or detox. Detox occurs at hospitals or rehab centers and involves removing toxins (alcohol and/or drugs) from people’s bodies. What is...
Recognizing and Overcoming Codependency
Overcoming codependency requires that you first recognize it - and that can be difficult, especially at the beginning of your efforts to heal. Chief among the difficulties in recognizing codependency is that the patterns are often deeply entrenched and long-standing....
What Is the Opioid Crisis?
What Is the Opioid Crisis? You've undoubtedly heard of the opioid epidemic. There are more than 2 million Americans who are dependent upon or addicted to prescription pain medications or street drugs. Opioid drugs are used to help in the reduction of pain, and there...
What Is Kratom?
What Is Kratom? If you travel West across the globe, it's unlikely you'll hear much of anything positive about kratom. In the United States in 2016, the CDC reported that poison control centers were receiving 10 times as many calls as they had in 2010 for kratom...
Is Vaping Addictive?
Is Vaping Addictive? What The Research Says You might have heard about the use of e-cigarettes (electronic cigarettes) or use them yourself. There has also been a considerable amount of discussion about vaping, which is the practice of using e-cigarettes by inhaling...
What Are Opioids?
Opiates are derived from the opium plant and come in natural and synthetic forms. Many prescription painkillers are opiates, as well as heroin. Oftentimes those who are prescribed pain pills to help manage pain become addicted to the pills, finding it very difficult...
What To Expect At Your First AA Meeting
Most people are a bit nervous attending their first Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meeting. That’s to be expected, as you're entering an unfamiliar environment in an unfamiliar stage in your life. Having anxiety about the unknown is normal, and you can combat that by...