by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | May 16, 2018 | Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Dual Diagnosis, Mental health, Rehab Programs
It cannot be repeated too often that about half the people with a substance use disorder also have a mental illness or, more correctly, another mental illness. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), “drug addiction is a mental...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | May 9, 2018 | Addiction, Chapters Blog, Drug Abuse
Last month a study was published—and widely written about in the media—about a medical condition associated with chronic marijuana use: scromiting. More precisely and often known as cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (CHS), the catchier name is a portmanteau word...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | Apr 4, 2018 | Addiction, Chapters Blog
Advocates for legal marijuana have just received additional support that not only isn’t marijuana necessarily harmful to you, its legalization could save lives and help curtail the opioid epidemic. Two reports in JAMA Internal Medicine — one by the...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | Mar 28, 2018 | Addiction, Addiction Support, Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Rehab, Alcoholic, Chapters Blog, Drug Abuse, Drug Rehab
Easter is a time of rebirth, renewal. Not only because it’s the Christian’s commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, but also because (in the northern hemisphere) it’s the early days of Spring following the vernal equinox, and the setting...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | Mar 21, 2018 | Addiction, Addiction Support, Chapters Blog, Drug Abuse, Drug Rehab, Rehab Programs, Treatment Centers
According to historical legend, the Gordian knot was a knot so difficult that it was impossible to unravel. Alexander the Great solved the problem by cutting it with a sword. You could consider that as either cheating, taking the easy way out, or practical, creative....
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | Jan 19, 2018 | Addiction, Addiction Support, Chapters Blog
There’s an old proverb that begins, “For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the horse was lost.” It describes a chain of causation that culminates in disaster, from the loss of a man’s life to the fall of a kingdom. Paul...
