The recovery process involved when you go to rehab for addiction doesn’t end when you complete the program and leave the facility. You may feel like you’ve overcome your problem and regained full control of your life, however, there are …
Addiction and Mental Health: What’s The Connection?
Last updated on April 16th, 2021 Facing addiction is never an easy endeavor. For those who suffer from a co-occurring mental health condition, recovery becomes even more difficult. With an excess of stigma surrounding both addiction and mental health, it …
Food for the Starving
The city I live in is considered ground zero for the opioid epidemic. In a city that has less than 50,000 people, 1 in 4 adults is addicted to an opiate and 1 in every 10 babies born in 2016 were born addicted.
Amber’s Hands
Just woke up a few minutes ago. Trying to get myself together to get my day going. Fleeting memories of Amber’s hands pass through my peripheral vision. They look rough from years of dishes. She says they are scarred now …