In ancient Greece, a group of people championed the philosophy of hedonism, an idea which considers pleasure to be the inherent value or good in life. Followers of hedonism spent their...

As an opioid epidemic is sweeping across the nation, filling our addiction treatment centers, more and more people are turning to heroin as a cheap, easy to acquire alternative to prescription...

No one expects withdrawal or detoxification to be easy, but sometimes withdrawal symptoms drag on beyond what the person in recovery ever expected. For some people in recovery, after going through...

It’s the nightmare of any newly sober person fresh out of an addiction treatment center: invitations to a family party, bridal shower, or holiday celebration replete with alcoholic beverages and the...

Tobacco is the number one cause of preventable disease and death in the U.S. It’s responsible for 430,000 deaths per year, and causes serious health complications such as lung disease, coronary...

Returning home after a stay in an addiction treatment facility opens a whole new door to the challenges of staying sober. Anyone who struggles with addiction is back in their old...

From the beginning stages of addiction when you realize that it’s something you can no longer control to after treatment and sustained recovery, self-loathing is common in the life of individuals...

When someone falls into the vicious cycle of addiction, they’re not isolated in the damage. The effects of that addiction radiate outward and slam into family and close friends. Relationships deteriorate;...

Oftentimes in order to seemingly protect an addicted loved one, people make excuses for them or twist the truth. Family members often see what they want and hear what they want...

The most commonly prescribed opioid in the United States is called hydrocodone. It is classified as an opiate (narcotic) that is used for the treatment of pain. When an individual takes...