Approximately 40 million Americans suffer from the disease of addiction. That is more than the number who suffer from cancer, diabetes, or even heart conditions. There are many myths when it comes to addiction recovery. Among the most pervasive is that there is a single effective method for “curing” addiction. In reality, there are many…
When we talk about an “epidemic,” we often think of it as something that doesn’t affect all of us. Regarding the heroin epidemic, in particular, it’s tempting to think of it as a problem relegated to specific groups. But the numbers say otherwise. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), heroin…
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has reported that in 2016 alone, almost one million Americans used heroin. And those numbers do not appear to be going down. Heroin addiction has tripled in the last ten years, and researchers have linked it to the current opioid epidemic. These are only some of the reasons…