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...
Can I Use FMLA for Rehab? Veteran Rehab Facts
After returning from military life, transitioning to civilian living can be hard. And it can be especially hard when you find yourself in a good job, but addiction threatens to ruin it. Left...
Medicare vs. Medicaid: Covering Mental Health & Rehab
When it comes to choosing the right mental health treatment, you might be wondering exactly which services will have you covered. But how do you know if a treatment center accepts Medicare or...
Hypersomnia: When Too Much Sleep Is Never Enough
In today’s busy world, many people struggle with the effects of not getting enough sleep at night and feeling tired during the day. In fact, feeling tired has fueled an entire industry of energy drinks...
Traumatic Brain Injury: Long-Term Impact on Veterans
The effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be lifelong, but veterans often receive no instruction on how to deal with these chronic effects. And that’s a problem, because military service members are...
Veterans and Tramadol Addiction
Tramadol is a prescription opioid medication used to treat moderate to severe pain. At approximately one-tenth the potency of morphine, it’s considered to be one of the weaker opioid options. Because of this,...
Stages of Alcoholism for Veterans: How to Break Free
While alcohol addiction starts in a wide variety of ways, the progression of alcoholism actually follows somewhat uniform stages. These stages of alcoholism are not perfectly defined, but they can help individuals determine whether or not they are addicted to alcohol.
And that’s important, since veterans are at an increased risk to use alcohol as a coping tool. So if you’ve wondered whether or not your drinking is healthy, examining the stages of drinking can give you answers.
Alcoholism Symptoms and Stages
Alcohol addiction is defined as alcoholic drinking that involves problems controlling your drinking habits, an obsession with alcohol, continuing to drink even when you have good reasons not to, and...
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...
Prescription Drug Detox Near Columbus, Ohio
Prescription drug use in Ohio has increased in the years following COVID. This has...
How to Detox from Heroin
The elimination of all traces of intoxicating drugs is the first step on the road to recovery. Detoxification, or “detox,” is a process that is unique to each person, and the consequences of...
The Opioid Withdrawal Timeline
Opioid misuse among veterans continues to be a primary health concern. Recent estimates suggest that 595,000 veterans misuse opioids of some form, with the vast majority struggling with prescription painkillers. The intense withdrawal...
Why Is Alcohol Addictive for Some People and Not Others?
Alcohol abuse and alcohol addiction are common in the United States. Nearly 6% of American adults and 2% of...
Does Alcohol Cause Cancer? Here’s the Sobering Truth
Having a drink after work: harmless, right? Drinking alcohol...
How to Use VA Insurance to Pay for Rehab in Florida
For anyone, dealing with insurance can be a challenge....
20 Veteran Quotes to Uplift Veterans
For civilians, it can be easy to forget the...
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...
Top 5 Addiction Recovery Groups
Having a stable support system can make all of the difference in the success of someone’s recovery. But what happens to those of us...
Finding Help for Veterans with PTSD
For many friends and families of service members, finding help for veterans with Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can feel impossible. Living with PTSD can...
What Is My Why: Lindsey A., Receptionist
My name is Lindsay and I am a receptionist as well as a grateful recovering addict. My battle with addiction started when I was...
Heroin Detox: What You Should Expect
Although taking heroin for the first time probably didn’t include a lot of forethought or planning, the choice to go through a heroin detox...
What Can a Drug Rehab Near Me Offer?
Every day, countless people in Las Vegas ask themselves, “How can I find a drug rehab near me?” If this sounds familiar to you,...