by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | Sep 26, 2018 | Addiction, Addiction Support, Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Rehab, Alcoholic, Chapters Blog, Drug Abuse, Drug Rehab, Rehab Programs, Treatment Centers
The US House of Representatives and the Senate have each now passed bipartisan bills to fight the opioid epidemic and overdose (OD) death crisis. The two bills now have to be reconciled in conference, but the President is expected to sign the resulting bill. Action is...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | Sep 12, 2018 | Addiction, Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Rehab, Alcoholic, Chapters Blog, Drug Abuse, Drug Rehab, Dual Diagnosis, Media, Mental health, Rehab Programs, Treatment Centers
Rapper Mac Miller — who was open about his substance use disorder in his music and interviews — died Sept. 7. As of this writing (Sept. 10), the toxicology reports had not been released yet, but no “apparent” cause of death, drug-related or...
by anthonym@sunshinebh.com | Aug 29, 2018 | Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Rehab, Alcoholic, Chapters Blog, Rehab Programs, Treatment Centers
The importance of family and friends to an addict’s decision to seek recovery should not be under-stressed. While it is true that the addict must want to recover and be willing to do the necessary work, loved ones can give the abuser a nudge in the right direction. Or...
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 | 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 | 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...
