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 27, 2017 | Drug Addiction, Recovery
If the police find that you’re carrying drugs such as cocaine or heroin, they’ll arrest you, send you to court, and you’ll end up in jail or prison, right? Not necessarily. In fact, authorities might send you to a special court called a drug court. Drug courts are...
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 18, 2017 | Alcohol Abuse, Drug Addiction, Recovery
In August and September, many students start school. This is an exciting time of new beginnings, new experiences, and new hope. It can also be a dangerous time. Some students might engage in dangerous behavior such as binge drinking and experimentation with drugs and...
by Anthony Myers | Sep 15, 2017 | Addiction, Recovery, Substance Abuse
We are not a democracy, as we were often inaccurately taught in grade school civics classes, but a democratic republic. One consequence of that is that legislators can and do ignore the will of the voters and (as one blogger put it) “don’t even have to act like...
by Anthony Myers | Sep 14, 2017 | Alcohol Abuse, Drug Addiction, Recovery, Substance Abuse
Far right: Addict shooting up. (Pixabay) Every year the Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) releases its National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). This year’s results suggests the opioid epidemic isn’t going away soon. In...
