Addiction Blog

Professions That Have High Rates of Addiction

Professions That Have High Rates of Addiction

One in 13 working adults struggles with excessive alcohol use. People in every type of job face their own unique challenges, some of which lend ...
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Impact of Addiction Treatment on Your Career

The Positive Impact of Addiction Treatment on Your Career

The idea that addiction treatment could hurt your career is both wrong and toxic. For many people with a substance use disorder, it is the ...
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What Are the Signs of a Functioning Alcoholic?

Alcohol is one of the most devastating addictions in our country. Yet, it doesn’t always get the proper coverage necessary. Of course, everyone is familiar ...
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How Untreated Mental Health Issues Can Lead to Addiction

There is no denying the strong relationship between mental health challenges and addiction. No matter which problem appears first, they often co-exist in the same ...
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How Untreated Mental Health Issues Lead to Addiction

All too often, people view addiction as a standalone disease. In reality, addiction is incredibly complex, with ties to a long list of additional factors ...
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A woman thinks about the link between addiction and finance problems

The Link Between Addiction and Finance Problems

Substance abuse affects you across multiple spheres. You know that it takes a severe toll on interpersonal relationships. Next, you jeopardize your standing within the ...
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WHYY TV Documentaries March 29 2018

PBS and NPR’s local member station WHYY Channel 12 in Philadelphia will air 2 powerful short TV documentaries about addictions on March 29, 2018 from 10pm ...
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Do You Know the Signs of Cocaine Abuse?

Whether snorted, smoked or injected into the blood stream, cocaine abuse can cause damage to a loved one’s mental and physical health, relationships, employment and financial ...
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Addiction and Older Individuals

We know there are two developmental periods of the person’s life that is at greater risk for addiction. The older individual, age 55+, is at ...
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Professional women and addiction do happen

Professional Women and Addiction

Despite studies showing that women with substance use disorders have a faster course towards severity than men with addictions, most treatment programs in the U.S. ...
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