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Get Help for Relapse Fast

Setbacks occur for everyone. You can plan ahead for everything you do, and you still can’t guarantee that it will…

Make the Holidays Happy this Year

While this time of year brings joy and merriment to most of us, we in the substance use and mental health treatment field are…

How to Reduce Substance Abuse in the Workplace

Employee alcohol and drug abuse is a problem in almost every business category. Management is often faced with weighing the value of substance abusing…

Alcohol Dependence and Drug Addiction -Tolerance

Tolerance, as it relates to alcohol dependence and drug addiction, is often misunderstood by many in the general public. In…

Senior Alcohol Abuse – Damaging Effects

Senior alcohol abuse is often more difficult to correct than with any other group in America. By age 60, most…

Adolescent Alcohol Abuse – Prom Night

The senior prom at high schools across the country is a special evening of celebration for most teens. To most…

Adolescent Drug Addiction – Don’t Discriminate

Teen drug addiction does not only occur with drugs like heroin and methamphetamines. Prescription opiate and benzodiazepine abuse can quickly…

Teen Substance Use – Prevention and Treatment

It’s no secret that a certain percentage of teens will recreationally use alcohol or drugs before they finish high school. …

Domestic Violence is Treatable

Domestic violence as it relates to substance abuse is not as simple as it may seem. While alcohol abuse or…

College Alcohol Consumption Rises with Low Prices

As if a study was needed, San Diego State University Center for Alcohol and Drug Studies has learned that college…

Understanding Alcoholism and Drug Addiction – Denial

People have a hard time understanding why loved ones suffering from alcohol dependence or drug addiction wait so long to…

Antisocial Behavior

Adolescent alcohol abuse can mark the beginning of many future problems. Even if the youth avoids later alcohol dependence and…

Facts About Alcohol

Alcohol is created by fermenting grains, fruits, or vegetables. Fermentation is a chemical process that uses yeast or bacteria to…

Alcohol Withdrawal

Alcohol’s effects on the body are compounded as use increases. Social drinking is not at issue here. Once that line…

Alcohol Abuse Facts

Alcoholism is a disease — a chronic, progressive, fatal disease if not treated. That is putting it bluntly, yet in this…

Living with your Liver

Many people with chronic alcohol dependence or other drug addictions experience liver disease. This is no accident. The liver is…

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Effects on Oral Health

We know that drug and alcohol abuse has many negative health effects, but something that is not frequently discussed are…

Rethinking Drinking

Often, problems due to alcohol abuse or dependence sneak up on an individual. This is because it is a progressive…

Substance Dependence and the Economy

Tarzana Treatment Centers in Los Angeles, California knows that the bad economy has had a negative effect on everyone. Tough…