by Anthony Myers | Oct 17, 2017 | Alcohol Abuse, Mental Health, Substance Abuse
Since the end of the third season, Rick and Morty have been at the top of the headlines. The show follows Rick Sanchez, a scientist who can invent anything that comes to mind, and his grandson Morty, who he basically uses as his “guinea pig” for all his experiments....
by Anthony Myers | Sep 29, 2017 | Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Mental Health, Recovery, Substance Abuse
How To Help Others Become Sober From Native American sobriety circles though Keeley’s Gold Cure and Alcoholics Anonymous, it’s evident that addicts and substance use disorderrs do better when at least some of the people helping them have personal experience...
by Anthony Myers | Sep 22, 2017 | Drug Addiction, Mental Health, Recovery, Substance Abuse
Imagine you have a tumor in your shin that causes the bone to break. Now imagine the doctor only puts a splint or a cast on the leg and doesn’t address the tumor. Or bandaging an infected wound without cleaning it or disinfecting it. That’s kind of like substance use...
by Anthony Myers | Sep 11, 2017 | Mental Health
Today marks the sixteenth anniversary of September 11, 2001, a date when terrorists hijacked two planes and crashed them into New York City’s World Trade Center and another plane into Washington, DC’s Pentagon. Terrorists hijacked another plane bound for the...
by Anthony Myers | Sep 7, 2017 | Mental Health, Recovery, Substance Abuse
On Aug. 31, President Trump proclaimed that September 2017 is National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month. To that end, he wants: To “emphasize to all those suffering that recovery is possible.” To “remember those who have bravely conquered their addiction.” To...
by Anthony Myers | Sep 1, 2017 | Addiction, Drug Addiction, Mental Health, Substance Abuse
One of the most common and least known forms of addiction (to the general public; don’t trust an addiction specialist who hasn’t heard of it) is dual diagnosis, also known as co-morbid and co-occurring disorders, where a patient has both an addiction and a...