Declared a public health emergency in 2017 by the Department of Health and Human Services, opioids have washed over the country like a tidal wave, leaving death, despair and devastation in their [...]
Growing up is never straightforward. Especially in this day and age where hyperconnectivity, superficial comparison and intense competition seem to be the norm. It’s enough to make you look back [...]
We’re over a year into the coronavirus pandemic at this point and the scope of the damage done is beyond words. The cost has been immense no matter how you slice it. The death toll, at over 2 [...]
Sometimes it feels like anxiety is as thoroughly part of our modern world as the air we breathe. That our natural state is to be on edge and stressed and that trouble sleeping just “goes with the [...]
Stigma. Noun. A mark of shame or discredit. It’s a potent word as defined by the dictionary. Its power only exceeded by the internal pain the person carrying it experiences. But what is the [...]
Understanding addiction can be complicated enough, but getting sober can also seem like you’re learning a new language entirely. You may hear some say that they are sober, while others say that [...]
This is likely the very definition of the conversation no one wants to have and there’s no truly comfortable way to handle it. Just shades of pain and levels of discomfort that you can work to [...]
These two aren’t just linked, they are inextricably linked with each other. For starters, when you consider the definition of addiction, the very concept of it is intertwined with our minds. The [...]