Posts Tagged ‘prescription drug addiction’
Dealing with Opiate Withdrawal – Guest Author George Catlin
Dealing with opiate withdrawal is huge and often the basis for the calls I receive from those struggling and the family members who love them. George Catlin, founder of Withdrawal Ease – an outcome of his own struggle with opiate dependency following a surgical procedure in 2007 – shares his top 8 tips. George has written The Opiate Withdrawal Survival…
Read MoreHow Prescription Pain Meds Can Destroy Lives – SLLiP Film
Wow… after watching the trailer (below) for SLLiP (Pills spelled backwards), I immediately wanted to watch the full 25-minute film. And I was not disappointed. It’s powerful, accurate, thought-provoking and enlightening. It’s outstanding because it captures addiction for what it is – a developmental, chronic, often relapsing brain disease; it captures what can happen when prescription…
Read MoreChildren on RX Drugs Become Adults with Drug Addictions
Children on RX drugs become adults with drug addictions because addiction is a developmental brain disease and the misuse of drugs during brain development (ages 12-25) is a key risk factor for developing this disease. The following is a guest post by Leslie Botha, Marketing Director for Courage to Change Addiction Recovery Ranches, in which…
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