Relapse is often seen as a part of recovery that can be devastating, but the instances are more like road bumps rather than dead ends....

Looking at addiction with a lens focused on the differences between genders makes the disease much more complex. The minimal past...

Watching a loved one go through the perils of addiction is devastating, especially when it’s your immediate family. In many cases,...

Medical and scientific terminology can be tricky, especially when we read things in the media where terms are mistakenly used...

Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) combines proven medications and counseling to help you start the path to recovery with comprehensive...

What would you do if a friend or family member began to exhibit signs of an opioid overdose? Calling an ambulance or the police is one...

The phrase “one size fits all” may apply to some things; baseball caps, ponchos, and theatre seats come to mind. It does NOT, however,...

Suboxone®, a medication made up of the combination of buprenorphine and naloxone, is a brand-name prescription drug often used to help...

Treatment gave you much-needed clarity and time to reflect on the way addiction affected your life and the impact it had on those closest...

Being the parent of a child in substance use disorder recovery is something that is becoming more common across America. As the opioid...

Millions of people in America suffer from some form of chronic pain, many of whom treat their ailments with opioid painkillers. Those who...

When someone goes through opioid addiction treatment and is in recovery, there is a stage of assimilating back into society that leads...

Learning that a potential romantic interest has battled addiction in their past can stir up various different emotions. Some people...

Opioids are at the center of America’s biggest addiction epidemic in history, affecting people from all walks of life. Every day, more...

If you’ve made the choice to take a step towards treating your opioid use disorder, methadone is an excellent option with a long track...

Suboxone®, a formulation of buprenorphine with naloxone, is a medicine commonly used in medication-assisted treatment (MAT) and has...

Due to the overwhelming opioid epidemic that has plagued the US since the early 2000s, there has been a dramatic increase in women using...

In recovery, you come across a lot of talk about “coping skills” that you have probably also discussed at length with your substance use...