by Anthony Myers | Nov 28, 2016 | Mental Health, Substance Abuse
Today, the Monday after Thanksgiving Day in the United States is becoming known as Cyber Monday. That’s because many people use the Internet to shop for holiday presents on this day. Since this is a blog that discusses substance use disorder and addiction, Cyber...
by Anthony Myers | Nov 27, 2016 | Health and Wellness, Mental Health, Substance Abuse
A few days ago, the United States celebrated Thanksgiving. I know my family, friends, and I celebrated Thanksgiving. We usually treat the holiday as an opportunity to eat A LOT. Is this healthy? Probably not, but I know that we weren’t alone. For some people, all this...
by Anthony Myers | Nov 22, 2016 | Drug Addiction, Mental Health
Since this is Thanksgiving week in the United States, we’ve been hearing a lot about food lately. A lot of holidays seem to center around food and eating. For most people, this focus on food isn’t a problem. They might eat too much, complain about it, and go on...
by Anthony Myers | Oct 31, 2016 | Mental Health, Substance Abuse
Happy Halloween! I hope you have fun things planned today, or have been doing other fun, Halloween-related things leading up to this. Just the decorations alone are kind of fun, right? I also hope that you don’t think that you’re too old for such activities. It seems...
by Anthony Myers | Oct 23, 2016 | Mental Health
As more and more is discovered about the association between depression and overall health, we have learned that depression can be treated in many ways. Whether it be psychotherapy, psychiatry, and other forms of therapy, like holistic or animal or art therapy....
by Anthony Myers | Oct 22, 2016 | Mental Health
Here’s the second part in our series about the association between bipolar disorder and alcoholism. We initially discussed how bipolar disorder can predispose any individual with the diagnosis with a huge risk. Those diagnosed with bipolar disorder are far more...
