Texas Addiction Recovery Blog
Ibogaine Potential Treatment for Addiction
Addiction is not easy to overcome and it's not meant to be easy. People have been raving about ibogaine and how it acts as “cure” for addiction. Regardless, ibogaine is a psychedelic that places people in a dream-like state. While one is busy on their introspective...
Micro-Dosing through Addiction
Substances work by assaulting the brain and body with a variety of chemicals. The psilocybin attaches to the brain and anxiety settles, depression fades, addiction stops nagging, and motivation rises. A limitless feeling takes over the individual and they enter a form...
Six roles Family Members Play in Drug Addiction
plays a crucial role when there is one who is addicted to drugs or alcohol in the group. Each member of the family plays a role that impacts the individual who is addicted and it is important to recognize who plays what part in the situation. There are roughly six...
Dual Diagnosis – A Dangerous Combination
Dual Diagnosis is becoming more prevalent as time progresses. The combination of drug addiction and mental illness has affected more people now than ever before. More than 7.9 million people have been reported to have Dual Diagnosis in a 2014 national drug survey....
Travel Away from Addiction
Many are told that traveling away for addiction recovery can be beneficial and it is. In general, traveling provides happiness and helps with moral for many people. When vacation time comes around people will go far out of the way to explore the different regions here...
The Dangers of Drug Cocktails
Adderall and marijuana, cocaine and Xanax, heroin and alcohol. Often times, people will abuse more than one substance at once to obtain a certain type of high they cannot get without combining substances. Known as a “drug cocktail”, it is when two or more drugs are...
Addiction, Habits, and the New Year
The new year. It’s a time for a change as 2017 comes to an end and 2018 begins. People promise themselves with new year’s resolutions of going to the gym, reading more, and starting other healthy habits. However, when the new year comes in it's time to party. Many...
Music Therapy for Substance Use Disorder
Music. It’s meditative, relaxing, therapeutic, stimulating, cultural, and acts as a communication channel. The sound itself vibrates with each one of us internally. When the metronome of the tune syncs with the acting stimuli in the brain it enhances, alters or...
4 Reasons to Exercise During Recovery
Pushups, running, burpees, and other exercises all help the human brain pump out endorphins like a factory pumping out car parts. One who commits to a workout routine will create discipline and notice the benefits of working out on a regular basis. Getting into this...
Kava to Combat Alcohol Addiction
Kava is a tea prepared from the Piper methysticum, a plant native to the western Pacific islands. The drink is notorious for its ability to reduce stress, anxiety, muscle soreness, and it can relieve pain. However, that is just one strain. The plant itself contains a...