Thursday, March 4th, 2010
The following story was shared by a young reader. I was first drawn to it because it mirrored mine to a large extent. Fortunately, John decided to pull out before he let his life go down as far as I allowed myself to go. For that, and for his courage in ...
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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, December 26th, 2009
I keep referring to the fact that I don't believe in quick fixes for addiction.
My crystal meth addiction
Partially, this is due to research I've been exposed to that shows changes in the brain that are very long lasting. As I'd mentioned in an earlier post about crystal meth use, it can ...
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Friday, December 11th, 2009
Co-authored by: Jamie Felzer
Many people today know about the dangers and risky behaviors (sharing needles, unsafe sex, and mother-to-child transmission) that can increase the risk for HIV/AIDS infection. The question lies in whether or not they are able to take appropriate actions to prevent contracting the disease themselves.
Heroin addiction, dirty ...
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Saturday, November 7th, 2009
We've already talked (see here) about the fact that well-off teens are in no way protected from the damages of drug abuse. We've even published a story by a reader who became addicted to heroin after another friend introduced her to snorting oxycontin pills. This recent article, published in the ...
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
**DISCLAIMER: This post has been changed since its original content. Since I Believe the submitted story was fake, I've now made this a post about the possibility of developing LSD dependence**
Many of my readers claim that LSD addiction does not exist. Well, They're simply wrong. LSD dependence (the clinical term ...
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
The story published today by the Baltimore Sun (see here) is another sad reminder that no one is safe from addiction.
Two doctors of pharmacology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine were apparently developing quite a drug habit buying prescription drugs online and then cooking them and shooting them ...
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