Drug & Alcohol Addiction
What Is Drug And Alcohol Addiction
Drug and alcohol addiction refers to the long-term, pathological use and abuse of alcohol or drugs. An individual abusing drugs and/or alcohol has physical dependence on the substance, and will persists in using despite problems arising from their behavior.
Articles About Drug & Alcohol Addiction
Can Humor Be an Intervention Strategy?
While traveling home from the American Pharmaceutics meeting, I stopped to think about how I made folks laugh during my presentation.Humor served to break the ice and make folks more relaxed, so the ongoing discussions were full and the participants felt safe and...
Death
Nothing prepared me for April 20, 1996. It was the day after Easter a supposed time of resurrection and goodness. Instead, my husband was DOA after sliding backwards into the center divide in his brand new (with not a scratch on it) Infiniti. Two days before after...
Biden Overdose Strategy
The current U.S. President, Joe Biden, will unveil a new strategy for dealing with drug addiction and overdoses that aims to expand access to medications for opioid overdoses, increase funding for law enforcement, and expand sanctions against traffickers. The Biden...
Part 1: Alcohol and Women — Do Women Need An Intervention?
Even though March was deemed women's month, with the startling statistics, every month must be a focus on women's health. Over the past two and a half years we have all experienced how the pandemic, natural disasters, and political unrest have created a world fraught...
How Do You Talk to a Teen About Cannabis? – What’s Inside those Gummy bears and Chocolate chip Cookies?
Funny how when I was growing up, marijuana was marijuana, yet now we have a new word for an old substance, cannabis. The sad truth is teens are getting high on candies and cookies. Every day there is a new article written that indicates that schools are miffed by the...
The Crisis Of Wealth
We live in a time of unprecedented, voluptuous wealth. It can be measured in all sorts of ways, such as the high school senior driving a new Mercedes Benz or a five-bedroom apartment on Park Avenue. Two of the most successful TV shows running today, Yellowstone and...
Cocaine and Ketamine — A Lethal Cocktail Known As CK
Calvin Klein has now achieved new notoriety in the drug world. CK-Calvin Klein is the name for a new polydrug which is a combination of cocaine and ketamine. CK is popular around the world, including major cities like London and New York. Users of CK experience a...
When You Have The Worst Seat On The Plane And You Spill Water.
So here I am, sitting right next to the bathroom with a door constantly opening and shutting as the myriad of faceless travelers drop trowel and alleviate themselves. I try and think of funny jokes as I worry that the droplets of hot water that just danced across my...
Party Without Regrets
Colleges all over the nation are getting ready for students to return to campus. The return of students to in-person classes and dorm living will usher in the return of parties. Often, alcohol is the main event of the party, but drugs will also be on the scene. It...
The Overdose Death Toll is Staggering
The Overdose Death Toll is Staggering. Last week, the US Centers for Disease Control released national data that confirms almost 30% increase in deaths by drug overdose. Tragically, over 93,000 people died from overdoses in 2020. This is the highest number of...
Additional Resources On Addiction
American Society for Addiction Medicine
Orange County Alcoholics Anonymous
Cocaine Anonymous World Service
Narcotics Anonymous World Services
National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence, Inc.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Nicotine Anonymous World Service
Apps to Help with Addiction Recovery
The Addictive Personality
Craig Nakken
Under the Influence
Milam & K. Ketcham
Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.’s “Big Book”)
Alcoholics Anonymous
My Wooky Book
Russel Brand
Navigating Grace
Jeff Jay
Moments of Clarity
Christopher Crawford Kennedy
Broken
William Moyers
Falling Up: A Memoir of Renewal
Louise Stanger
Learn To Thrive
Louise Stanger
Does The Noise in My Head Bother You?
Steven Tyler
Facing Co-Dependence
Pia Mellody
Choice-Making
Sharon Wegscheider
How to Break Your Addiction to a Person
Howard M. Halpern
One Day at a Time in Al-Anon
Al-Anon
Enough Already!
Bob Tyler
Living With an Alcoholic
Al-Anon
The Parallel Process
Krissy Pozatek
The Alcoholic Family in Recovery
Stephanie Brown PhD
Speed
Stephanie Brown PhD