According to a survey done in 2017, it was reported that around 50% of American teens had misused a drug at least once in their lifetime. Drug abuse is becoming a rising trend, especially for teenagers. However, many important facts about certain drugs are overlooked by many teens. Below, we will share some tips regarding…
According to a survey done in 2017, it was reported that around 50% of American teens had misused a drug at least once in their lifetime. Drug abuse is becoming a rising trend, especially for teenagers. However, many important facts about certain drugs are overlooked by many teens. Below, we will share some tips regarding stimulants.…
“It is not failure, but complacency… aiming too low, that is life’s greatest tragedy.” – Benjamin E. Mays Most people I know in recovery are aware of how important it is to be vigilant about “practicing these principles in all our affairs.” For the sake of this blog-post, this means that, as far as our…
“In your mind, you can be okay, you can just do one. But like they say, ‘One is too many and a thousand’s never enough.’*” – Bruce Cherry, Pennsylvania[1] (*: quote from Narcotics Anonymous Basic Text) Regardless of how long a person has been in recovery—one day or a few decades—I have a high regard…
“Adopt the pace of nature; her secret is patience.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson The following brief anecdote illustrates one of the first “lessons” I learned in early recovery—the principle of practicing patience in my life. One evening after a recovery group meeting, a tall, thin woman—someone I respected and who I knew had decades of…
Whether you’ve just arrived at a treatment center for alcohol or drug issues, have been “working a program” of recovery for decades, or you’re somewhere in between, it’s probably clear to you that learning and adopting new ways of thinking and acting isn’t always easy. But in recovery, we’re quickly told by both addiction professionals…
“Be as committed to your recovery as you were to your drinking or using.” – Anonymous I clearly remember feeling overwhelmed early on in recovery, given the number of suggestions I was getting to assist me with healing my body, mind and spirit from the ravages of substance abuse and turning my life around. Indeed,…
Given the rising need for addiction treatment and mental health services due to the increased stress and strain of the COVID-19 pandemic—both on individuals and society as a whole—BoardPrep Recovery Center®, located in Tampa, Florida, is taking extra precautions and establishing solid safeguards at its residential treatment facility, as well as increasing use of outpatient…
Opioids are a class of drugs that are naturally found in the opium poppy plants. There are many different names used for opioids such as O.C, oxy, percs, vike, M, monkey, white stuff, lean, schoolboy, sizzurp, purple drank or loads, etc. Opioids are often used as prescription drugs. People consider them safe as they are…
A longtime physician with whom I’ve become good friends once told me he had a really hard time reconciling in his mind that he had a substance abuse disorder, i.e., identifying he was an addict. When I asked him why, he said something to the effect of, “I think it’s because I’d always thought an…