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 7, 2017 | Health and Wellness, Mental Health
As difficult as alcohol and drug abuse are, they’re not hopeless conditions. There’s often hope all around if you know where to look for it. For example, if you’re a student at a college or a university, you probably have a health services facility available on your...
by Anthony Myers | Jun 30, 2017 | Mental Health, Substance Abuse
One insanely important feature of the various Republican-based health care reform packages is Health Savings Accounts. Why? The idea behind HSAs is sort of like 401(k)s. You get a tax free account in which employers/and or employees can put money, only in the case of...
by Anthony Myers | Jun 29, 2017 | Health and Wellness, Mental Health, Recovery, Substance Abuse
(Pixabay) Both the House’s American Health Care Act and the Senate’s Better Care Reconciliation Act would reduce taxation on the wealthy, but do they need or want it? Whether it is the intent or not, the benefits of the AHCA and BCRA mostly go to the...
by Anthony Myers | Jun 27, 2017 | Mental Health, Substance Abuse
“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.” Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and other similar 12-step rehab programs use part of this prayer and include it in their literature. This...
by Anthony Myers | Jun 23, 2017 | Mental Health, Substance Abuse
There is a divide in opinion about multiple personality disorder or dissociative identity disorder – when one person has different personalities that assert themselves at different times. That divide is whether MPD or DID really exists. Prominent real world cases such...