Category Archives: Sober living
Fentanyl: What It Is, Uses, Side Effects & Drug Interactions
If administered in time and in a sufficient dose (or doses), the opioid antidote naloxone (Narcan) may be able to reverse a fentanyl overdose and respiratory depression. Opioids were involved…
Group Therapy For Substance Abuse Treatment
It is more productive to see this kind of boundary violation as a message to be deciphered. Sometimes this attempt will fail, and the clinician may decide the behavior interferes…
Is Alcoholism A Disease And Can It Be Cured?
An important first step is to learn more about alcohol use disorder and your treatment options. Alcohol use disorder is what doctors call it when you can’t control how much you drink…
Sobriety: How to Start and Maintain a Sober Lifestyle
Three months ago I hit the benchmark called “Advanced Recovery” and suddenly things began to fall into place like they did not do in the early days of my sobriety.…
Alcoholic ketoacidosis: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
In December 2014, for instance, a man was driving a tanker truck full of salmon in Oregon when he crashed and spilled the fish all over the highway. His blood…
What Is Powerlessness? Step One of the 12-Steps of AA
As we abandoned responsibilities, our problems began to mount. Ashamed to admit failure, we began hiding our use from the same people who tried to help us, and then we…