Texas Addiction Recovery Blog
Substance Use Disorder Affects All Classes, No Matter Who You Are
Many people tend to romanticize addiction as something that only happens to the homeless, someone on welfare—someone with less opportunities in life. Well, that's not entirely true. Addiction occurs throughout a much greater spectrum. It is a common mistake to assume...
Street Drugs Can Mimic Psychiatric Medication
It's strange how the human body works—we will always attempt to protect ourselves. Self-medication is a form of that protection, but it happens without the person really knowing what they are doing to themselves. Subconsciously, you latch onto the substance that...
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Means Reliving the Same Day Over and Over Again
As you probably know, today, February 2nd, is Groundhog Day. According to the story, the length of the remaining winter season depends on whether or not a groundhog sees its shadow on this day. As you might also know, there’s a really good movie about this event...
Perspectives about Substance Use Disorder
Thank heavens February is the shortest month, right? Between the cold weather, snow, short days, and sappiness of Valentine’s Day, twenty-eight or twenty-nine days is about all I can stand. Actually, though, the more I think about it, February could be worse. We’re...
Mary Tyler Moore: A Courageous Advocate for Alcohol Treatment
After we lost so many notable people in 2016, it looks as if 2017 might be no better. That’s because actress and producer Mary Tyler Moore died last week at the age of eighty. Many of us know Moore for acting in the sitcoms The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler...
Is Super Bowl Betting Similar to a Drug Addiction?
Next Sunday is the Super Bowl, the championship game of the professional National Football League (NFL) in the United States. As you probably know, the Super Bowl is much more than a football game. Its television broadcast is known for its commercials, its halftime...
Making A Career Out of Recovery from Substance Use Disorder
It's no small phenomena that many people in recovery often choose to become a bigger part of the picture—they want to hold onto the support they've been given. Compassion for others fosters greater self-worth, which in turn improves mental health, and contributes to...
Philippines Drug War: When Will It End?
It's certainly not making big headlines these days, but the Philippines drug war is still very much happening, and the results are devastating. It all began when the current president, Rodrigo Roa Duterte, known for his no-tolerance policies against criminals, issued...
Education and Drug Abuse: Are the Two Connected?
Maybe you associate 'education and drug abuse' with the idea of college frat parties. But depending on where you're from and who you are, your risk for drug abuse might be associated with the way you learn. It seems that education levels and drug abuse are in some way...
Substance Use Disorder: An Equal Opportunity Disorder
Tomorrow, January 27th, marks the birthday of the famous composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Although his music is more than 200 years old, it’s still lively and relatable. That’s no small feat. We complain that different generations of rock music are hard to hear. We...