Texas Addiction Recovery Blog
Helping Others Fight Addiction
Sometimes our experiences may help us help others and ourselves. That seems to be true for Brooke Feldman. She is a social worker, activist, writer, and manager of recovery programs. She is also in recovery herself and uses her professional and personal experiences to...
Opium vs. Weed – What’s the Difference?
Opium and marijuana are two very different substances. Opium is derived from the opium poppy plant and has been cultivated and in use, since around 3,400 B.C. Marijuana, or weed, comes from the Cannabis sativa plant and has been around for over 12,000 years....
Pride Month Provides Help
June is pride month. Every year, the month celebrates and commemorates LGBTQ culture. Raising awareness about LGBTQ culture is still necessary. Although we know more about LGBTQ culture and other people are more accepting of it, many members of the LGBTQ population...
Responding to Increasing Alcohol Consumption
Many people fall into addictive lifestyles and become hooked on alcohol, drugs, or certain behaviors. Some people ease into this lifestyle, while others go headfirst. There is no discrimination when it comes to alcohol addiction. People young and old and rich and poor...
Access to Alcohol and Vaping Products
Should people have access to products that may be harmful because they’re adults living in a capitalist society? Or, should they not have access to such items because the products may harm them? It appears that people in Alabama and other states are asking such...
Wake-Up Calls About Sleeping Pills
Sleeping pills may be deadly. That was the message of an April 30, 2019 statement by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). According to the agency, it will be issuing boxed warnings on a number of sleeping pills. Among the drugs affected are: • Zolpidem (brand...
Social Support Fights Addiction
This blog often discusses the dangers of drug and alcohol addiction, various problems, and things that can go wrong. Doing so is necessary, because substance use disorder is dangerous and may create several problems for individuals and the people who know them. But...
Young People and Cocaine Addiction
Young People and Cocaine Addiction Did you know that abusing cocaine may produce many problems? They include Restlessness, irritability, and paranoia Irregular heart rates and heart disease Increases in blood pressure and temperature Problems with the nose,...
Workplace Culture for the Recovering Addict
Workplace Culture for the Recovering Addict Once you have made it through treatment for drug or alcohol addiction and are in recovery, often, attention turns to transitioning back to the workplace or securing new employment. Returning to work or finding a...
Opioid Abuse May Cause Disease
Opioid Abuse May Cause Disease An addiction to opioid drugs may cause several short-term and long-term problems due to the addiction alone. But did you know that addiction can cause other problems that can be just as bad and just as fatal? Opioid addiction...