by Anthony Myers | Aug 22, 2017 | Alcohol Abuse, Drug Addiction
In October, the streaming service Netflix will offer new episodes of its hit series Stranger Things. The show’s biggest star is Winona Ryder. Funnily enough, she plays a mother in the series, while a few decades ago, there’s a good chance Ryder would’ve played one of...
by Anthony Myers | Aug 17, 2017 | Alcohol Abuse, Mental Health, Substance Abuse
(Pixabay) Prescription pill addiction – primarily the opioids such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, fentanyl – is not the only substance use disorder that’s on the rise. So is alcohol, the often forgotten “drug” that tops all other categories when it is counted. Opioids...
by Anthony Myers | Aug 8, 2017 | Alcohol Abuse
If alcohol and drug abuse wasn’t bad enough, it turns out that other things and activities can also be dangerous. At least that’s what some travelers allegedly discovered on recent vacations. The travelers apparently ingested illegally produced alcohol while visiting...
by Anthony Myers | Aug 2, 2017 | Alcohol Abuse
Many people think that being young and abusing alcohol go hand-in-hand. After all, we’ve all seen the movies and television shows about the wild keg parties people throw when their parents go out of town or the crazy fraternity parties that feature a good amount of...
by Anthony Myers | Jul 26, 2017 | Alcohol Abuse, Drug Addiction
It’s Wednesday! You know what that means—it’s hump day! That means for many people, it’s the middle of the five-day workweek. Once the workday on Wednesday ends, we’ve gotten past the hump of the workweek and are more quickly approaching the weekend of Friday,...
by Anthony Myers | Jul 20, 2017 | Alcohol Abuse, Recovery, Substance Abuse
(Image from Pixabay) Does what you call something affect how you perceive or treat it? Almost certainly. Politicians and activists have long known this. In George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, the language Newspeak is designed to limit thought, and government...
