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What Are Inhalants?

What Are Inhalants?

In popular culture and the media, drug paraphernalia is often portrayed using the most common routes of administration. You might see pictures of empty prescription bottles, ash-covered pipes, or dirty syringes. These portrayals, however, miss one class of drugs that...
Confusing Self Worth With Success

Confusing Self Worth With Success

Self-esteem is something that many people will struggle with during their lifetime. Many people struggle with their self-worth because they confuse self-worth with success. Modern society frames success in unhealthy ways, which causes individuals to be misguided in...
How to Cope With Grief in a Healthy Way

How to Cope With Grief in a Healthy Way

As we experience life, we will inevitably experience loss. Most people will experience the loss of a pet or a loved one throughout their life. Many people interpret loss to be experienced during times of death, although loss does not have to necessarily mean that...
Codependency and Addiction

Codependency and Addiction

Addiction is a mental health condition that affects the brain and body in a variety of ways. Although addiction is best understood as being unable to quit compulsive substance or alcohol use, addictive behaviors can happen from anything or in anyone. It is important...
Finding Work After Addiction Treatment

Finding Work After Addiction Treatment

Navigating life after treatment is challenging for everyone. In treatment, you learned to prioritize your recovery and your health. Outside of treatment, you still have to keep both of these things at high priority, although now you have greater responsibility to gain...
How Drug Use Affects Memory Loss

How Drug Use Affects Memory Loss

During active addiction, chronic drug use impacts cognitive, emotional, and physical well-being. Substance use often affects different aspects of one’s life in ways that many people do not consider initially. The brain regions associated with addiction and drug...