The Irish are Recovering

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!RTE News out of Ireland is reporting a rise in people seeking help for addiction problems. A recent article has shed light on the rising drug problem in Ireland, and says that:
Nearly 3,000 people in the five counties [...]

Treatment Options for Drug Addiction and Alcoholism Addiction

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You’ve recognized that you or someone you care about needs help. So let’s look at [...]

Do You Question: What is Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Actually?

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Do you ask yourself the questions, ‘what is alcoholism or what is drug addiction really?’ [...]

Middle-Aged Men Need to Get Out & Enjoy the Sun to Stay Healthy!

According to a recent article in the Los Angeles Times,
Men lacking in vitamin D have more than double the normal risk of a heart attack, a study says, one of many suggesting the vitamin is crucial to good health.
When it comes to our health, we are quick to point out the things that are [...]

This is Your Brain on Drugs…

We’ve all heard about what drugs can do to your brain. They’re bad. However, there are still those of us who would prefer to look “cool” in front of friends by taking a hit of that pot. You said, at first, that you were only going to “try it once”… which turned [...]

Protecting Those With Alzheimer’s

While alcohol addiction affects families in the thousands across the United States, there is a growing, if not larger, number of people who are affected when their loved ones are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease. An article that was published earlier this year in Telegraph.co.uk talked about how German nursing homes were using a strategy [...]

5 Things to Avoid if You’re Depressed

Sometimes life after drug and alcohol addiction recovery can be extremely difficult. Some people find if extremely difficult to fight the urges they once had with drugs and/or alcohol. Therefore, in an effort to not be tempted into doing drugs again, they remove themselves from situations where there may be drugs and/or alcohol. [...]

Turning 21 Never Seemed So Deadly…

Turning 21 years old never seemed so deadly. It’s absolutely amazing how accepting Americans are of alcohol sometimes. We embrace it and even encourage it with games such as “21 for 21″. According to this popular alcoholic drinking game, a person (who is typically in college by this age) drinks 21 alcoholic [...]

Children and Alcohol

According to an article that was printed in a British newspaper, almost 5,000 children under the age of 18 were hospitalized last year because of drinking too much alcohol. According to data from the National Health Service (NHS), in 2006/2007, the equivalent of approximately 100 children per week ended up in a hospital [...]

Overcoming Depression

…and here I am sitting in my car in the middle of the night not knowing where to go, who to talk to- the phone in my hands, but I don’t have anyone that I can call- what would I say if I could tell someone what was wrong with me.? Even I didn’t know [...]