Recovery Burnout and How to Cope With It
Recovery is hard work. If you ask anyone that is currently going through recovery at any stage, you will hear that it takes a lot of focus, determination, and resilience. There will be challenges that [...]
Is Texas’s New Opioid Misuse Prevention Website Helping Addiction?
Online drug abuse prevention resources have the power to educate anyone who has access to the internet. According to Kasey Strey, director of the Texas Targeted Opioid Response effort, one in five Texans have experienced [...]
Why You Shouldn’t Avoid Negative Emotions
Many try to avoid their negative emotions because they can make them feel depressed, anxious, worried, or stressed. However, while it may not be pleasant to feel these emotions, they are essential to experience both [...]
What is Important to Know About Alcohol and Blood Pressure?
Untreated blood pressure can lead to a risk of heart attack and stroke. Alcoholic beverages are loaded with calories, sugar, and salt, which can cause obesity and weight gain over time. That is one contributing [...]
How Recovery Helped Robert Downey Jr. Become a Real-Life Iron Man
Today, Robert Downey Jr. is one of the most popular and highest-paid actors in Hollywood. However, he wasn’t always the successful actor known around the world. For years, Downey Jr. spent time in and out [...]
How Can the Pleasurable Effects of Alcohol Predict Alcohol Use Disorder?
When you drink that first alcoholic beverage, you probably do not expect to make drinking a new habit despite the pleasurable effects it gives you. However, a new study showed that constantly experiencing the pleasurable [...]
The Opioid Epidemic in Texas
The opioid epidemic has been evolving in the United States since the 1990s when increasing amounts of opioids were being prescribed to patients. Overdose deaths have been steadily rising as a result since 1999. However, [...]
Why are COVID-19 Conditions Making Sobriety Harder?
You may have made it your goal to achieve sobriety, but feel like it is too much of a challenge because of the COVID-19 limitations. COVID-19 has brought about less social interaction, more stress, and [...]
