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Chronic Drug Use & Abuse: Risk Factors, Symptoms, and Treatment
Chronic Drug Use & Abuse: Risk Factors, Symptoms, and Treatment The Blackberry Center Behavioral Hospital Troy Borges 👍Each year, millions of Americans struggle with chronic drug abuse. Not only...
Downer Drugs: Central Nervous System Depressants
Downer Drugs: Central Nervous System Depressants The Blackberry Center Behavioral Hospital Troy Borges 👍“Downer...
Barbiturate Addiction Recovery: Evidence-Based Treatments
Barbiturate Addiction Recovery: Evidence-Based Treatments The Blackberry Center Behavioral Hospital Troy Borges 👍For so...
Why You Need to Know the Dangers of Benzo Addiction
Why You Need to Know the Dangers of Benzo Addiction The Blackberry Center Behavioral...
Depression Symptoms
Depression Symptoms The Blackberry Center Behavioral Hospital Troy Borges 👍Do you know the common depression...
Am I An Addict? Signs That You’re Losing Control of Substance Use
Have you found yourself asking “Am I an addict?” By the time you’re wondering, the answer could be yes. Substance use can quickly spiral...
How to Stop Using Drugs: A Complete Guide to Recovery
Struggling with a substance use disorder is not a moral failing. Addiction is a disease that impairs your ability to quit, but you can...
Cocaine Overdose Deaths Soar from Tainted Drug Supplies
Cocaine is a powerfully addictive stimulant drug commonly abused in the United States and Florida specifically. While cocaine has been present throughout the United...
Overcoming Addiction: Getting Past the Roadblocks to Recovery
The road to recovery is littered with obstacles and challenges. And overcoming these barriers is essential to achieving addiction recovery, so you should not...
What to Do in a Mental Health Emergency to Stay Safe
Everyone goes through periods where they’re prone to more negative emotions like sadness, anger, or anxiety. And while these feelings are normal, sometimes they...
Passive Suicidal Ideation is High in Florida
Passive suicidal ideation includes thoughts of death and the desire to die, but it does not come with plans to act upon these thoughts....
How Long Does Withdrawal Last? Alcohol, Opioid, and Stimulant Withdrawal Phases
When you’re considering starting rehab, it’s normal to have a lot of questions. What kind of detox do I need? How long does withdrawal...
Detox Symptoms: Alcohol Detoxification Explained
An occasional drink or two probably won’t cause a problem in your life. But when you start drinking every night or regularly binge drinking,...
Spice Drug Effects: Fake Weed Hospitalizes Dozens in Florida
Recently near Tampa, Florida, two people died and over 40 were hospitalized from a poisonous batch of fake weed called spice. Synthetic weed is...
What Is China White Heroin?
The ongoing opioid crisis in America has taken a turn for the worst since the start of the pandemic. Since 2020, there has been...
Is Alcohol Detox Still Safe with Omicron Out There?
Deciding to start alcohol detox is a big decision, and even in the best of times it can seem complicated to arrange. But with...
5 Mental Health Coping Skills to Use in Addiction Recovery
Recovering from an addiction can present challenges that continue long after recovery begins. While these issues may feel like obstacles, they are also opportunities...
Start a Detox for Drugs Now to Get a Head
If you’re holding off on a detox for drugs in Florida until after the new year, you are not alone. Many people use December...
5 Steps to Enrolling in a Mental Health Hospital Near You
Sometimes, mental health becomes difficult or impossible to manage on one’s own. That’s not the result of weakness or a character defect—that’s just how...
