As kids move from middle school into high school, they start to explore new experiences to help find their identity. It’s during this time when young teenagers are tempted to...
Eating disorders are serious, potentially life-threatening mental illnesses. While eating disorders are often portrayed as illnesses that only affect females, this simply isn’t the case. It’s estimated that eight to...
It has become a cliché that people with substance use disorders will initially be in denial that they have a problem at all. Their substance abuse then seems to become your problem, as...
Addicts lie. It’s practically part of the disorder. They lie to themselves: “I don’t have a problem with heroin. It’s under control.” They lie to other people: “I’m not high.” Some addicts may...
As the war on drugs continues, the science community is partnering with law enforcement to develop more tools to detect the presence of an illegal substance. Such is the case...
Though 2020 is behind us, the pandemic and its isolating effects remain. Fortunately, there are many ways to find treatment and continue your recovery in 2021. Last year, the COVID-19...
Is 2018 the year you will get healthy? Quitting tobacco can be part of your Florida drug rehab program. Although tobacco is universally classified as a drug, people in treatment have historically...
The largest and fastest-growing industries in Florida are also the most likely to have drug- and alcohol-addicted workers. The hospitality sector infamously goes hand in hand with substance abuse. Part...
The television show House shined a spotlight on a problem that is more common than you might think. Doctors are not immune to drug addiction. In fact, Mayo Clinic estimates that between 10 and...
Florida has suffered one of the highest spikes in death due to drug overdose in the nation. A handful of states experienced an increase so high that it registered as “statistically significant”...