How Does Heroin Affect the Brain?
Heroin affects the people who are addicted to it in a wide variety of ways, but one of the biggest problems is how the drug affects your brain, including its function and chemical systems. Heroin [...]
Heroin affects the people who are addicted to it in a wide variety of ways, but one of the biggest problems is how the drug affects your brain, including its function and chemical systems. Heroin [...]
“Crack is whack”, but exactly how does this crystallized form of cocaine that’s often mixed with baking soda affect our brain? The hardened form of cocaine, named ‘crack’ for the sound it makes when smoking [...]
People who have struggled with addiction in the past often say that the embarrassment they felt over it, either when they were taking the first steps to sobriety or long after they cleaned up their [...]
There’s no better feeling than sobriety. After battling addiction to drugs or alcohol, sobriety can feel like you’re seeing life for the first time, especially if you’ve been struggling for a long time. It’s a [...]
With so many prescription drugs available that can have huge impacts on the human body, it can be heard to keep track of them all and their potential dangers. The signs and symptoms of abuse [...]
One of the hardest things about living in sobriety can be learning to live with the choices and mistakes you’ve made in the past. The things you once did may haunt you, and even if [...]
Heroin has been an ongoing addiction problem in the United States for decades. Heroin comes from morphine, which is naturally found in the opium poppy. It can be injected, smoked or ingested through snorting. Injection [...]
One way that drug dealers and other users get people to try drugs for the first time is telling them how great some activity is while they’re under the influence. Surprisingly, this is especially true [...]
Everyday life when you’re trying to stay sober after alcoholism can already be hard, but when it’s the holidays, everything seems to compound, especially stress. The holidays are one of the hardest times for alcoholics [...]
Ahh, Christmas. A time for family and friends, gifts from the heart and if you’re lucky enough, maybe even snow. For a lot of people, it’s also an extremely stressful time of year. From increased [...]