Holidays and Addiction

The holidays are around the bend and while fun, cheerful, and positive, it also brings added stress with money, travel, and scheduling suddenly taking a priority in one’s life. For those who have an active addiction, their stress is amplified for the reasons mentioned...

Power in Groups

Times can be stressful, and it can leave feeling alone and afraid. As social creatures, it is innate for people to converse with one another whether the focus is centered around sports, politics, addiction, or other commonalities that affect people on a regular basis....

The Ruling on Kratom

People who suffer from opioid and heroin addiction have been using Kratom, a plant found in south-east Asia, to help relieve the withdrawal effects and ween themselves off altogether. Kratom is an enigma in the world of substance as it has both stimulant and...

Stereotypes and Addiction

At a young age, many are unsure of how to act in social settings, and in the midst of finding how to act in those social settings, people will generally turn to a stereotype for guidance. Those who want to be that “edgy cool kid” will get their hair buzzed at the...

Heroin Problem Outside of the US

For those who look into international news, they know that the US is not the only country struggling with an opioid problem. More and more people in Britain are becoming addicted to the substance as about eight in every 1,000 Britain are high-risk opioid users....