Addiction Recovery Blog

Every four years, Americans are tasked with electing the next president of the United States. With this comes the responsibility of voting from an informed position on many of the policies that will shape America for the next four years and beyond. One such policy is...

Between the deaths of famous musicians, rampant drug abuse, and drug culture in music, it's clear that for one reason or another that drugs and music seem to find themselves crossing paths quite frequently. Why is this, and when did it begin? It's difficult to pin...

While hip hop was at one point only a voice for disenfranchised communities, it is now a multi-million dollar music industry and has produced some of the most beloved musicians and music of the last twenty years. Rap and hip hop helped popularized other genres like...

While many modern depictions of abuse, addiction, and alcoholism are reserved, nuanced, and informed, some simply aren't. For one reason or another, some films approach addiction or substance use disorder from a comedic perspective; while there's nothing wrong with...

Many films attempt to accurately portray the true pain and loneliness of addiction, but few manage to do it well. Leaving Las Vegas, directed by Mike Figgis and written by John O'brien, portrays the fall of Ben Sanderson (Nicolas Cage) due to a crippling alcohol...

Similar to the second golden age of television, film has been far less tentative about putting its foot into the pool of somber and realistic topics in recent years. While it's much more difficult to identify exactly where this trend began, the 2000s ushered in a...

In college, it's not difficult to get a hold of an assortment of different types of drugs. Many students use prescription medications or alcohol to help relieve stress and fit in. One of the most commonly used drugs on college campuses that achieves a similar effect...

Alcohol and college seem to go hand in hand. College is a time when teenagers feel like they are discovering themselves, and it's often the first time they've been on their own. This path can often lead to some self destructive choices, and while some are simply a...

While we've been discussing steroids and other performance enhancing drugs over the past week, one oft-overlooked type of PED is a nootropic. While anabolic steroids enhance physical ability, nootropics enhance one's mental ability. What sounded like science fiction...

When we think of steroids, we often think of their negativeimpact on sports;however, steroids have a variety of uses outside of powering up a runner or cyclist. Steroids are often prescribed by doctors to help treat muscle damage or development, as anabolic steroids...