Texas Addiction Recovery Blog
6 Tips to Help Combat Insomnia from Substance Use Disorder
Insomnia. It keeps people awake into the late hours of the night without question. Anxiety, depression, chronic pain, stimulants and others are to blame for causing one’s lack of sleep and substance use disorder can further antagonize this problem. People using drugs...
Meditation Helps Control Withdrawal
“Breath in… and breath out… and breath in… and breath out” A common chant for practitioners of mindfulness meditation. An art that has been practiced since 5,000 BC and with good reason. Almost every culture has taken this practice and incorporated it into society....
Therapy Dogs Sniff Out Underlying Issues
Animal-assisted therapy is used in a myriad of different fields and industries to help people cope with different issues either physical or mental due to reported benefits: Reduced anxiety Self-empowerment Releases calming endorphins It is common to see therapy dogs...
A Drop in Performance with Performance Enhancing Drugs
Do Performance Enhancing Drugs Work? Competition is innate within social groups. It provides people with motivation, determination, and willpower. People become obsessed with the idea of winning and some will do anything to get the victory. Those who compete in...
Bitcoins and Drug Deals
has been skyrocketing in popularity since it’s arrival. The new form of currency aka cryptocurrency allows people to purchase items online opening up different channels of purchasing. Digital currency was created in 2009 by Satoshi Nakamoto, well that’s their alibis...
Holidays and Addiction
The holidays are around the bend and while fun, cheerful, and positive, it also brings added stress with money, travel, and scheduling suddenly taking a priority in one’s life. For those who have an active addiction, their stress is amplified for the reasons mentioned...
Power in Groups
Times can be stressful, and it can leave feeling alone and afraid. As social creatures, it is innate for people to converse with one another whether the focus is centered around sports, politics, addiction, or other commonalities that affect people on a regular basis....
The Ruling on Kratom
People who suffer from opioid and heroin addiction have been using Kratom, a plant found in south-east Asia, to help relieve the withdrawal effects and ween themselves off altogether. Kratom is an enigma in the world of substance as it has both stimulant and...
The Gist of Nootropics
The purpose of medication is to help one heal when they are sick or injured. Nootropics, on the other hand, are synthetic compounds that enhance one's cognitive ability. The term itself is an umbrella term, meaning, that there is a myriad of nootropics that are used...
Stereotypes and Addiction
At a young age, many are unsure of how to act in social settings, and in the midst of finding how to act in those social settings, people will generally turn to a stereotype for guidance. Those who want to be that “edgy cool kid” will get their hair buzzed at the...