Texas Addiction Recovery Blog
Women and Painkiller Drug Addiction: Why You Need to Believe Women
Women enter emergency rooms every three minutes, due to prescription painkiller abuse. While the opioid epidemic spreads across the country, more and more addicts are becoming addicted merely by virtue of stepping into a doctor's office. Prescription opioids are being...
How to Be Grateful: Handling Gratitude and Substance Use Disorder
Happy Belated Thanksgiving to the United States! It's a day where we take a look at the things we do have, and feel grateful for what we've got. While you are in recovery from substance use disorder, it's important to remember that expressing gratitude, in some...
Thankfulness and Recovery
Today is Thanksgiving Day in the United States. It’s a time to be thankful for all the good in our lives. (It’s also a time for me to eat my body weight in stuffing/dressing, but we can discuss that in another post.) For some people, holidays can be painful. They...
Drug and Alcohol Rehab for Teens Addresses Substance Use Disorder
In the United States, today is the day before Thanksgiving Day. A lot of people do not have to work or go to school tomorrow because it’s a holiday. A lot of students are home from college and eager to meet up with their friends. These conditions mean that a fair...
Food, Eating, Holidays, and Diet Pills
Since this is Thanksgiving week in the United States, we’ve been hearing a lot about food lately. A lot of holidays seem to center around food and eating. For most people, this focus on food isn’t a problem. They might eat too much, complain about it, and go on...
Alcohol, Marijuana, and the Law
The title of this post sounds like a bad made-for-television movie from the 1970s, but it’s based on some fascinating developments in the news. On Election Day (November 8, 2016), Massachusetts voters went to the polls to help elect a new U.S. president and vote for...
D.A.R.E and Preventing Addiction: Does it Really Work?
Just a day ago, Surgeon General Murthy spoke about the need for providing evidence-based strategies to treat the overwhelming issue of substance use disorder that has a chokehold on the country. That would mean better education for children, with learning how to cope...
Homeless Addicts and Substance Use Disorder: How Can They Be Helped?
If you've been in any major city, you've noticed people who are homeless. Maybe you've ignored them, given money, or listened to what they had to say. Most people, however, don't think too critically about why the homeless are present, and ignore their presence. Or,...
“There Are More People with Substance Use Disorder Disorders than People with Cancer,” says Surgeon General
Substance Use Disorder Disorders (SUDs) are a bigger problem than cancer and diabetes. Yet, we use less resources to treat the issue of addiction in the United States. On November 17th, the Surgeon General released a new report on the problem addiction, and...
Discussing Marijuana, Other Drugs, and Addiction
So, it’s about a week and a half after many elections in the United States. The U.S. elected a new president, and many states elected governors, senators, Congresspeople, and other officeholders, not to mention all the people who won more local races. Many areas of...