The Dangers of Benzos
Benzos are reaching epidemic levels in the U.S. Chief of Addiction Medicine and researcher at Stanford University Medical Center, Dr. Anna Lembke has spoken of her concerns about benzodiazepine prescribing, “Doctors also tend to overestimate the benefits. Long-term use can make insomnia, mood, and anxiety worse.” These medications are supposed to be prescribed in low doses and for short periods of time, due to […]
Scientists closer to finding inherited traits in addiction
Scientists have concluded that the risk of addiction is a complex combination of both genes and environmental influences. Despite advances in the science of genetics, it has been extremely difficult to identify the possible genetic contributions to addiction because it likely involves a combination of inherited variants in multiple genes. To find answers related to nicotine addiction, […]
Would you help a friend stop using drugs?
Would you help a friend stop using drugs? The NIDA Blog Team August 20, 2018 “You Said It” is a periodic series based on real teens’ answers to the NIDA for Teens poll questions. Check out our current poll on theNIDA for Teens homepage. You can also check out article about Opioid Crisis in America. Drug use among […]
Interventionist in Philadelphia
Interview With Philadelphia Interventionist It was 7:00 AM in Aston, PA located in Delaware County on a cold January morning. The night before I participated in an intense family education process with the Philadelphia interventionist. A group of 15 of us approached the front door of the home. To our surprise it was barricaded from the inside. He […]
Christian Approach to Drug Intervention
When we hear the word ‘disease’, most of us initially associate it with a physical malady. There are aspects of addiction that can be traced back to physical predispositions leading to an increased risk for developing a chemical dependency. However, drug and alcohol abuse also entail the breakdown of emotional health and spiritual belief in […]
The Step by Step Guide to Staging an Intervention
Step by Step Guide to Staging an Intervention An intervention is an important event, created by family and friends of a person struggling with addiction, to help the person realize they have a problem, they need help, and they have support. While reality television shows have popularized interventions in recent years, these depictions often offer a false sense […]
Exclusive: Mark Your Calendars Because a New Season of ‘Intervention’ Returns This Summer
Exclusive: Mark Your Calendars Because a New Season of ‘Intervention’ Returns This Summer In need of a new summer show? Look no further. A&E’s Emmy-winning series Intervention returns on Tuesday, August 6, with a brand new season. This time, the episodes will focus specifically on the ever-growing drug epidemic in various cities and neighborhoods in Philadelphia. Watch the exclusive sneak peek above for […]
Loving an Addict
Loving a drug addict or an active alcoholic is the hardest thing you will ever do. Watching someone you love, that has fought so hard to beat addiction, throw everything away and sink back into a life that will most likely lead to jail or death, is one of the hardest things you will ever do. […]
Addiction Recovery amidst Coronavirus
Addiction recovery amidst coronavirus makes isolation is the breeding ground not just for loneliness but for depression and negative thoughts to take over like some evil dictator. My roommate finally found toilet paper after weeks of searching and while he was walking home from CVS with 12 rolls in his hands, a homeless guy approached […]
It Only Took One Pill
Late at night in November 2011, Ted Flores was coming home from running errands in Highland, Ind., when a car T-boned his at an intersection. He was lucky. He was diagnosed with only a pinched nerve and a couple of degenerative discs. He tried physical therapy, but it didn’t take the pain away. Then a […]