by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | Jun 28, 2018 | Chapters Blog
12 -Step Program Alternatives Millions of addicts have been able to overcome their drug or alcohol addiction using 12 step addiction treatment programs. The 12 step programs give recovering addicts structure. They allow them to attend counseling and work through...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | Jun 28, 2018 | Addiction, Addiction Support, Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Rehab, Alcoholic, Chapters Blog
It’s Independence Day, and even though it has the temerity and bad timing to arrive mid-week – demolishing any hope of squeezing a three-day or even a four-day weekend out of it – chances are you will want to celebrate. You can, even if you have a dependence on or...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | Jun 27, 2018 | Chapters Blog
The U.S is facing turbulent times as a result of a drug crisis. Since 2000, the rate of overdose deaths due to opioid abuse has increased at a rate of 200%. Opioids are drugs derived from the opium poppy plant like heroin. Also, in that category are synthetics like...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | Jun 27, 2018 | Addiction, Drug Abuse, Drug Rehab, Mental health
What’s the greater threat facing the United States from over the Mexican border: illicit drugs or undocumented immigrants? To the US executive branch, the answer seems to be both, because President Donald J. Trump seems to believe most of the drugs entering our...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | Jun 26, 2018 | Chapters Blog
Drug use and abuse in the United States has a long-standing and changing history. From being “a national threat” around the year 1969 to being stamped “public enemy No. 1” in 1971, drug use and abuse doesn’t seem to be something ending soon. Taking stimulants like...