Monday, February 15th, 2010
When my life started seriously veering off track, a few of my friends sat me down and told me that they want to help me. At the time, drugs were paying my rent, and they literally offered me their couch to help me lower my cost of living. They were ...
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Saturday, November 21st, 2009
Breaking news: When alcoholics who have gone through treatment have a drink after a certain length of sobriety, most don't go off the deep end.
Slip scares and abstinence
The old AA adage: "One drink is too many, and a thousand not enough," refers to the fact that alcoholics who are sober ...
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Monday, October 26th, 2009
About a year ago, while sitting in a lecture on learning and memory, the idea that certain drugs can affect the emotional responses to memory long after the memory itself has been formed came up. As someone interested in addiction research, the implication for treatment immediately came up in my ...
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Sunday, October 18th, 2009
While there are some people who still argue about whether drug addiction is a disease or a condition that results from the moral failing of an individual, most of the scientific community has long agreed that there are at least some influences on it that are far beyond a person's ...
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Sunday, September 27th, 2009
Contributing author: Chelsea Crow
Abstinence should not be the only standard by which we measure success in addiction recovery.
There's no doubt that for some addicts, full abstinence is necessary for recovery. Still, it would be hard to deny that even if they can't stay completely clean, addicts who reduce their use ...
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Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
One of the main features of addiction is, unfortunately, how insidious it is.
Given everything I've been learning in the past 12 years about drugs, their abuse, and the people involved, I feel right in saying that most people don't realize how far gone they are until it's too late.
I consider ...
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Friday, July 3rd, 2009
Okay, we've talked about meth and cocaine and how they affect the brain. As I mentioned, both cocaine and meth interfere with the way the brain stores and cleans up important neurotransmitters, including, most importantly, Dopamine and Norepinephrine.
The class of drugs known as opiates, which includes morphine, heroin, codeine, and ...
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