by Cindy Spiegel | Feb 3, 2017 | Addiction
A Loved One’s PerspectiveDetaching with love from an addicted person is difficult, to say the least. Not only are we watching someone we love and care about go into a downward spiral, but we need to determine how to keep ourselves healthy in the process. Their disease...
by Cindy Spiegel | Jan 27, 2017 | Drug Treatment
Studies have shown that many people begin using heroin after becoming addicted to prescription opioid medications.According to the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), “The threat posed by heroin in the United States is serious and has increased since 2007....
by Cindy Spiegel | Jan 20, 2017 | Addiction, Recovery
It is widely understood that exercise is a major component of good overall health. Usually, those living in addiction do not prioritize their health. They ingest substances that negatively affect their physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Depending on their...
by Cindy Spiegel | Jan 12, 2017 | Addiction Consequences
Drug overdoses can happen to anyone who takes too much of a prescribed or even over-the-counter (OTC) medication, or to someone who is using illicit drugs and uses enough to cause toxicity that leads to death.Drug overdoses can be intentional or accidental....
by Cindy Spiegel | Jan 4, 2017 | Addiction
It has become a fairly well-known fact that the United States is suffering from an opioid epidemic.Opioid abuse refers to the misuse of opioid medications such as hydrocodone, oxycodone, Dilaudid, methadone, and morphine, as well as the abuse of the street drug...
