Anyone who has impacted by addiction, whether it’s in their own life or the life of a loved one, knows that the career and professional life are often one of the earliest casualties of substance use. Unfortun...
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Identifying Substance Use Disorder in a Friend or Loved One
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reports that nearly 19 million Americans currently struggle with substance use disorder. Alongside them are entire communities of friends and loved ...
SLEEP DISORDERS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Sleep problems caused by addiction are known as substance-induced sleep disorders, and a person’s sleep habits are known as sleep hygiene. The unfortunate truth is that a person’s sleep hygiene can be easil...
Occupational Hazard: Career Choices with the Highest Rates of Substance Abuse
When an individual embarks on a career path, they’re likely considering such pros and cons as salary, contribution to their fellow man, personal fulfillment, etc. It’s doubtful they’re considering the lik...
A Look at the Relationship between Substance Use and the Olympics
Substance use and the Olympics have been closely linked practically since the beginning of the modern-day games, and perhaps even during their ancient-Greek forerunners. Between alcoholism in aging athletes, a ...
Jobs with High Rates of Substance Abuse and Addiction
We’re all familiar with the relationship between addiction and music; however, there is also a variety of everyday professions in which substance abuse and addiction are unfortunately common. Many of these hi...
Three Ways to Help an Addicted Friend
Very often we look at a friend who is vulnerable to drug or alcohol dependency and convince ourselves that it’s not our business to intervene or not our place to say anything about it. In theory, this sense o...
Dropkick Murphys’ New Album Tackles Addiction and Substance Abuse
It’s called 11 Short Stories of Pain and Glory and it’s the ninth album from Quincy, MA punk legends Dropkick Murphys. The record was made right here in Texas and was deeply inspired by the Massachusetts op...
Substance Abuse Study by Surgeon General
Big Shout out to the Dr Vivek Murthy the U.S. Surgeon General for planning to release the first-ever “substance use, addiction and health” report next year. He revealed strategies for this at this past wee...