Texas Addiction Recovery Blog
Game, Set, and Suspended?
What? Professional tennis has banned Maria Sharapova for two years for violating drug policy? As surprising as this, a situation concerning one of tennis’s most talented and famous athletes, it’s also confusing. Although when you think about it, confusion regarding...
The Curious Case of DeAndre Levy and Medical Marijuana
Continuing this week’s sports theme, we’re now discussing an athlete in another sport: DeAndre Levy of the Detroit Lions football team. In addition to being an excellent linebacker, Levy is smart and interesting. How interesting? Levy recently suggested that the...
The Stanley Cup (Full of Beer?)
In the last few weeks, sports fans have celebrated all sorts of championships. The Cleveland Cavaliers won the men’s professional basketball championship of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Pittsburgh Penguins won the men’s professional hockey...
Addiction: A Family Thing
Addicts are young people who have problems with drugs or alcohol, right? Well, maybe. The thing is, addicts can be (and are) everyone, not just people in certain groups. Different members of a family might struggle from substance use disorder. Yes, teens do struggle...
Family Environment and Addiction
Families. You can’t live with them, and you can’t live without them. Many of us have complicated relationships with our families, even under the best of circumstances. If you throw addiction into that mix, things become even more complicated. If you or a loved one is...
Family Rehab Helps the Entire Family
Yesterday, we talked about how drug and alcohol abuse can affect addicts and their families and friends. We also mentioned that there is help for such addicts and their families. This help can come in many forms. One of the more interesting forms of help is family...
Addiction Hurts Entire Families
Most people know that drug and alcohol abuse can create physical and psychological problems. Such abuse can hurt addicts’ health, jobs, and personal lives. What some people don’t know is that drug and alcohol abuse can hurt people other than the addicts themselves....
Taking after Dad?
People might inherit the color of their fathers’ eyes or the way they laugh. Could they also inherit their fathers’ tendencies to abuse alcohol or drugs? This is an interesting topic. Experts still don’t have a definitive answer. Genetics is a complex topic. Addiction...
Long Live the Drug Czar!
For years, people have been debating whether the U.S. government’s war on drugs is effective. Who knows if we’ll ever get to the bottom of the debate. (This debate might be the topic of a future blog post, so stay tuned.) Less debatable, however, are the...
Not Your Grandma’s Views on Addiction
As with other things, how people view and treat addiction has changed over the years. While substance use disorder and treatments for substance use disorder have never really been simple, new ways at looking at addictions and treating them have provided increasingly...