Addiction
07 Jan The Relationship between Stress and Addiction
The human brain typically utilizes stress as a substitute for drugs, which explains why dependent individuals or addicts tend to have conflict-seeking behavior. Then again, stress can also serve as a trigger to use and abuse drugs and alcohol. Past trauma, current peer pressure, and...
28 Dec What Can Trigger Drug Addiction?
Drug addiction is a disease of both the brain and the body. It's also known as substance use disorder, which can be alcohol use disorder or drug use disorder. Addiction to substances triggers behaviors beyond your control that renders the addict unable to help himself...
26 Dec How to Stay Sober After Rehab
How can you stay sober after rehab? The answer to this is certainly easier said than done. Once you've completed your rehab program – many of which are residential or inpatient – do you know what things you should do afterwards? What happens once you're...
30 Nov Do Musicians Become Addicts More Often Than Others?
Do musicians become addicts more often than other people do? This is an unusual question, but either through circumstance or luck, it seems that musicians are indeed more likely to become addicted to drugs or alcoholism than others. Maybe it's more of an instance of...
29 Nov The Dangers of Synthetic Marijuana
According to the Chicago Tribute, there were arrests done over Easter 2018 weekend after huge amounts of K2 or synthetic marijuana was sold at a convenience store, of all places, were found to be contaminated with a toxic compound typically used for poisoning rats. People...
23 Nov Private & Luxury Accommodation of Lanna Rehab
In light of the fact that Lanna Rehab in Thailand is one of Asia's finest drug and alcohol rehabilitation and wellness centers, it has indeed proven itself through the years of its recent existence as a rising star in the field of effective inpatient addiction...
22 Nov How Do You Know Your Loved One Is an Addict?
It's not easy to recognize from the get-go that your loved one has become a drug addict and/or an alcoholic. It's only when his symptoms have worsened to a degree that it becomes painfully obvious he has impulse control and substance abuse issues that you...
01 Nov How Do You Know You Have Become an Addict?
Most people talk about addiction in a flippant way, thinking that liking something a lot is enough to classify you as an addict. For example: drinking coffee everyday means you're a coffee addict; binge watching the Marvel Cinematic Universe from Iron Man onwards qualifies you...
