How Long Does Antabuse work?
Antabuse is an oral medication taken to discourage people from consuming alcohol. When taken correctly, users will become violently ill shortly after drinking alcohol. It is used in the treatment of alcohol use disorder.
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Living With A High Functioning Alcoholic
Living with a high functioning alcoholic can be a heavy burden to carry for family members. Aside from its health impacts, alcohol abuse can destroy personal relationships with a spouse, children, and even friends. It can increase stress and…
How to Deal With Feeling Overwhelmed (in Recovery)
Changing a lifestyle can be extremely hard, possibly due to the fear and confusion of altering habitual activities and routines. Our daily routines are important for providing a sense of control over strong emotions. Unfortunately, not all practices…
What Happens to Drug Addicts in Jail?
The sad realities of drug abuse are not exclusive to its impacts on health. In fact, issues frequently cascade, affecting outside factors, including family life, the workplace, and the community. Communities nationwide are riddled with the complex…
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Teens Using Marijuana
Concerns about marijuana use among adolescents become a more pertinent subject as more states seek to legalize cannabis. Two Colorado surveys reported that marijuana use among teens increased significantly from 2017 to 2019. One survey conducted…
Effects of Peer Pressure
Overall, there are two types of effects of peer pressure: negative and positive. In life, we are often influenced by the lifestyle of our peers. Those we are close with, whether it's family, friends, classmates, or co-workers, to some degree,…
Most Addictive Drugs
Drugs and alcohol are dangerous. Many of us may have heard this and some of us have lived the realities associated with substance abuse. It can be incredibly difficult to overcome the disease of addiction. As more potent substances are accessible…
Why does my addicted loved one’s therapist keep telling me to go to Al-anon?
Laura Whitcomb, LPC, CACII
As an adult child of two alcoholic parents I was seeking answers. I recall my first Al-anon meeting. I went in there and ranted and raved about all the ways my parents had wronged me. Though it felt good to speak…