How to Fight Adderall Addiction
How to Fight Adderall Addiction The Blackberry Center Behavioral Hospital Troy Borges 👍In 2016, The New York Times Magazine gave millennials a new nickname: Generation Adderall. Since its release in 1996, doctors have prescribed the drug to millions of people—oftentimes children. While prescription drugs can...
How to Stop Drinking and Driving During the Holidays
Drinking while driving is a year-round threat, but it can be especially dangerous during the holidays. That’s why Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is putting on their Tie One on for Safety event...
Military Alcohol Rehab: What to Expect
For military veterans and active duty members, seeking help for issues like addiction isn’t always easy. However, too many veterans suffer from physical and mental health consequences when they do not receive treatment....
Synthetic Opioid “Pink” Drug Use in the United States
The “Pink” drug is a synthetic opioid that is more potent than morphine and stronger than heroin. This drug has caused many confirmed deaths in the United States, and its use continues to spread.
Do you...
What Substances Cause Drug-Induced Psychosis?
Psychosis is a mental health condition that causes a break from reality. This means that a person undergoing a psychotic episode cannot decipher between what is real and what is not. And sometimes,...
Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms: The Detox Timeline
When someone attempts to stop drinking, one of their first concerns often involves alcohol withdrawal symptoms. If they are a heavy drinker or someone with a long history of alcohol abuse, their body...
Getting Sober: 10 Tips for Day One of Recovery
Whether the goal is a week, a month, a year, or a lifetime, getting sober from alcohol can feel intimidating at first. Drinking is intertwined with our customs, ceremonies, sorrows, and celebrations, all of which make it harder to quit.
However, if a break from alcohol is what you need to make improvements in your life, then you should feel empowered to take one. Keep reading for crucial information that will help you stay in recovery.
Getting Sober from Alcohol
Taking a break or quitting alcohol has countless physical benefits, from clearer skin to improved heart function to simply breaking unhealthy coping mechanisms. The effects of quitting drinking can also be enlightening,...
5 Signs of Alcoholism and What to Do Next
5 Signs of Alcoholism and What to Do Next The Blackberry Center Behavioral Hospital Troy Borges 👍It can be hard to identify whether you...
Serotonin Syndrome: Are You at Risk?
Serotonin syndrome is a serious, life-threatening medical condition that can happen to people who...
Alcoholic Eyes: Drinking Alcohol & Your Eyesight
Alcohol consumption impacts every function in the body, including vision. The lasting effects of alcohol on optical nerves, blood vessels, and brain-to-eye messaging can be referred to as “alcoholic eyes.” And conditions caused...
Veterans Health Care
Honoring Heroes: Veterans’ Health Care and the Heroes Mile
Introduction: Veterans have sacrificed their time, energy, and safety to protect our nation. Providing them with comprehensive health care is a way to honor their...
Opioid Treatment Program in Florida
As the drug epidemic continues to rise, more and more people are in urgent need of an opioid treatment...
The Science Linking Substance Abuse and PTSD in Veterans
Most people don’t need evidence that substance abuse and...
Fake Percocet: Spotting Fake Prescription Drugs
There is a new crisis increasing the dangers of...
Which Rehabs in Ohio Really Work?
There are a variety of rehabs in Ohio, and...
The 3 Stages of Addiction Denial and How to Navigate Them
Addiction is a severe mental illness, although it can...
Step 3: Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him
Hi friends, Vance Johnson here. Last week we discussed the second step of the 12-step program. This week we will continue the series onto...
Step 4: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves
Hey everyone, Vance Johnson here. Now that we’ve covered the third step, I want to talk about the fourth step in the 12-step program:...
Step 2: Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Hey everyone, I’m Vance Johnson, a former NFL athlete and current recovery advocate for the Vance Johnson Recovery Center. Continuing our conversation about the...
Step 5: Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Hey friends, this is Vance Johnson, former NFL athlete and current recovery advocate for the Vance Johnson Recovery Center. We’ve already covered the fourth...
Step 1: Admit We Are Powerless
Hi there. I’m Vance Johnson, and today I want to discuss the first step in the 12-step recovery process. “We admitted we were powerless...