The Twenty-First Century Face of Substance Abuse An addiction may start out as an isolated incident, often something to try out with friends. Unfortunately, for many, those few hours of… Read More
Social Media and the Glorification of Addiction
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Gateway to Alcohol Abuse: Effects of Peer Pressure and College Living On Young Adults
As we enter the month of June, many students are busy welcoming the end of another semester yet bogged down by the stress of the always daunting final exams. Most… Read More
Mental Health and Dual Diagnosis
With breast cancer awareness month, and many other disease-awareness months in rotation, many people forget about another type of important and life-changing disease—mental health diseases, the invisible health issue. May… Read More
Nutrition and Recovery
Eating food for nutrients and energy is essential to sustaining life. All cell, organ, and bodily functions require specific nutrients to function properly. These nutrients help maintain hundreds of things… Read More
Fear Foods and Eating Disorders
I’m afraid of cake.. I’m afraid that if I allow myself to eat one bite, before I know it the whole thing will be gone! Lots of us have this… Read More
The Development of Eating Disorders and the Media
From a very early age, children are taught by society that their looks matter. Think of the four year old little girl who is constantly praised for being “so cute”… Read More
Intuitive Eating: Listening to Inner Hunger Cues
Intuitive eating, aka mindful eating is a pretty hot topic these days. Intuitive eating creates a healthy relationship with your food, mind, and body. It allows you to become completely… Read More
Memory’s Effects on Addiction and Recovery
Addiction affects the entire body, but it has particularly serious effects on the brain. It’s the brain that interprets physical reactions as pleasurable or not so pleasurable, including reactions associated… Read More
Does Addiction Affect Genders Equally?
Addiction can strike anyone given the right set of factors, but the way addiction affects different groups of people are not the same. Women and men are both susceptible to… Read More
Dual-Diagnosis and Self-Medication
Recovering from an addiction takes hard work and good therapeutic support. When a person also suffers from mental illness, the process of addiction recovery becomes even more complicated. “Dual diagnosis”… Read More
