Pharmaceutical firm Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $572 million in damages to the state of Oklahoma after losing a lawsuit. The State claimed (1) that the...
Addiction In The Retirement Community While many may have a picture of alcohol misuse being primarily an issue with the young and (seemingly) carefree, problems with alcohol addiction in...
Researchers have known for some time that genetics is one of the risk factors for substance abuse. One of the big questions remaining is why are some people at...
Ways to Practice Self-Care in Recovery Triumph on the journey of recovery always uses multiple paths. Long-term recovery success depends on examining, attending to, and maintaining the parts of...
When 30 Days Isn’t Enough: Extended Addiction Treatment Popular opinion has us believe that 30 days of inpatient treatment for addiction is the standard approach. But further research into...
The national opioid epidemic is creating a legal wrinkle in the nation’s workplaces. Workers who are living with addiction are protected under federal law — the Americans with Disabilities...
Treating Emotional Pain and Trauma in Addiction Recovery It might be easy to see someone struggling with addiction and just notice those destructive behaviors, but people are so much...
Five Unexpected Benefits of Sobriety When you struggle with addiction, your life is nowhere near how you imagined it ever would be. Somehow the life you’re living is not...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing that rules for opioid manufacturers be tightened to make new drugs less addictive. The Agency’s Acting Commissioner Ned Sharpless withdrew...