How to Help a Spouse With Addiction
Addiction can impact virtually any relationship, including the relationship with your spouse or romantic partner. If your spouse is struggling with addiction, keep reading to learn more about how to help a spouse with addiction below. At Multi Concept Recovery, we help individuals overcome addiction so they can achieve lasting sobriety. Contact us today to learn […]
How Addiction Affects Families
Addiction is a complex disease that impacts millions around the world. Addiction not only impacts the individual struggling with addiction, but also their loved ones. In this article, we will explore how addiction affects families so you can better understand how substance abuse can impact friends and family members. Multi Concept Recovery offers top-rated rehab […]
What Are the Signs of Prescription Drug Abuse?
According to the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics, six percent of Americans over the age of 12 have abused prescription drugs in the last year. Twelve percent of all prescription drug abusers have an addiction, and the majority of those have an addiction to opioids, with four out of five pharmacy-filled prescriptions being opioids. […]
Is Valium Addictive?
Many people today receive prescriptions for mental health issues like anxiety disorder. Valium is the second most popular benzodiazepine prescribed for an anxiety disorder. It sometimes goes under the name diazepam. Today over 30 million people have been given a prescription for valium. Given that so many people use Valium, it’s important to know whether […]
How Addiction Affects Families and Relationships
When we talk about addiction, we focus on the impacts on the user. While this is important, we are only getting part of the picture. In reality, addiction has significant impacts on their families as well as their relationships. To truly help the addict, we must dive deep and see how addiction affects families and […]
The Opioid Epidemic: Everything You Need To Know
Opioids are supposed to help people reduce pain, but they often end up causing more pain because they’re incredibly addictive. Opioids are commonly prescribed to manage pain after surgery or a procedure and can easily be abused. If you’re reading this, you’ve probably been prescribed opioids at least once in your life, such as Vicodin, […]
A Goodbye Letter To My Addiction
Dear Addiction, There is a saying that the hardest thing to do in life is to say goodbye. This includes all relationships, including my relationship with you. We have been through a lot together. This started off with plenty of happy moments, like the first time I experienced getting high or drunk. There came a […]
How To Handle Addiction As A Working Professional
Maintaining professional employment while in the clutches of addiction is challenging. You may have even already lost at least one position because of the consequences of your disease. Addiction can affect your job and workplace performance in many ways: It can lead to being late or missing work. You may be constantly tired when at […]
How a Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) Can Make Dealing with Addiction Easier
It’s no secret that addiction can be truly life-threatening. The National Institute on Drug Abuse notes that there 47,600 deaths related to drug overdose in 2017 alone. The numbers only escalate from there. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism reported that around 88,000 people die from alcohol-related causes on a yearly basis. The numbers only become more […]
Finally Ready To Quit Heroin? Read This.
Heroin is one of the most addictive drugs plaguing our society today. In the United States, 948,000 people admitted to using heroin in the past year according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health conducted in 2016. The rise in heroin use is attributed to the rise in opioid prescription medication abuse because […]