In case those affected can’t feel it every day, it’s been confirmed that stigma is present in all areas of addiction recovery. A study from Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital found that many adults ...
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The Role of Stigma in Addiction and Relapse
Imagine you’re in dire need of serious medical treatment— you’re in an incredible amount of pain, you have infected wounds, you can barely walk— and you know that your medical care provider isn’t goin...
Wilco Frontman Jeff Tweedy’s Addiction and Trauma Discussed in New Memoir
At Recovery Unplugged, we discuss at length the power of music to alter mood, improve our day and enrich our emotional experiences. What we’ve left out up to now, however, is that listening to Wilco’s Yanke...
Is Vaping Addiction a Threat to Teens?
Over the past few years, the advent of the vape pen and e-cigarette has changed the way that society approaches nicotine consumption. Unfortunately, however, what was initially created to help provide cigarette...
Finding National Recovery Month Events in Your Area
National Recovery Month 2018 is in full swing and communities all over the country are mobilizing to organize events and help spread the word. If you’re wondering how you can organize or attend National Recov...
It’s Officially National Recovery Month: Get Involved Now
Today marks the start of National Recovery Month, an event started by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to promote awareness, involvement and education regarding drug and al...
Pursuing and Maintaining Dignity in Addiction Recovery
It takes a tremendous amount of courage and dignity to acknowledge and seek help for drug or alcohol addiction; however, it may not always feel that way for people going through the process. Despite the inheren...
The Never-Ending War: Examining the Plight of Addicted Veterans
Objectively speaking, it’s hard to think of circumstances more treacherous than the battlefield during an active armed conflict; the deafening blasts of bombs and gunfire, the chaos, the violence, etc. It’s...
The Relationship between Addiction and Poverty
According to the United States Census, approximately 45 million Americans live below the poverty line. Meanwhile, it is estimated that just over 40 million Americans are struggling with addiction. For years, th...
7 Rappers That Struggle with Addiction
No one is safe from addiction. More than 23 million Americans aged 12 or older — or 9.2 percent of the population — have abused drugs in the past month, according to the most recent 2012 data from the Nati...
Addiction Perception – Then and Now
From the start of the 1900s we have demonized addiction. In the 1950s (just like now) heroin use was a hot topic. Clinicians at the thought of addicts as having its roots in neurosis and obsession referring to ...
Addiction Stigma and Understanding
“Why the bigotry, why the stigma, why the shame when we almost all have a version of this disease? We’re all using something to deal with the pain and suffering of being human…Why are we a nation that wai...