Addiction is a complex disease characterized by chronic dysfunction in brain systems related to reward, motivation, and memory. In other words, addiction occurs when an individual compulsively craves a substance,…
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Can You Get Addicted to Restoril? Restoril (Temazepam) is a brand name benzodiazepine medication that is commonly used to treat anxiety and insomnia. The medication is a central nervous system…
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Did you know that certain mental health conditions could affect someone’s likelihood of developing an addiction (as well as how they experience or recover from that addiction)? One such condition…
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Are you worried about a relapse? Have you already faced one? Well, if you have, you know that it isn’t a fun climb out of it. No matter how good…
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Mental illness cannot be the new normal, especially when it occurs with another mental illness like substance abuse disorder. Believe it or not, over 9 million Americans suffer from multiple…
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Of all the treatment admissions for heroin abuse, approximately 4.8% involved smoking heroin.[1] While the majority of people who use heroin inject or snort it, smoking and inhaling the substance…
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Addiction is a complex issue that affects every aspect of a person’s life. People who abuse substances often experience short and long-term damage to their physical, emotional, and social health….
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