In spite of the effects it has on society, we tend to think of addiction as the individual’s disease. After all, it’s the individual who…
By Kathryn Millán, MA, LPC/MHSP Addiction has become a primary issue across the world. The United States is experiencing a drug crisis with the ongoing…
Millennials are those who had just come of age, were coming of age, or were about to come of age as we stepped into the…
There’s a prevailing narrative in addiction treatment that says a person only seeks help for their substance misuse once they’ve hit rock bottom. The narrative…
Although addiction isn’t exactly a new problem, it wasn’t until it became the leading cause of accidental death that the seriousness of the heroin epidemic…
Another year, another round of changes for Medicaid’s funding of mental health treatment. Such has been the story for years now in Michigan. The reason…
In social environments such as college, being sober can sometimes feel like social suicide to some students who are just trying to fit in. Pressure…
There’s no way around it: Drug addiction leads to broken relationships and hurts the people you love. When you were under the influence of drugs,…
The United States is currently engulfed in its largest public health crisis to date. In 2016, it is estimated that upwards of 60,000 people died…
What if you experienced your worst fear nearly every day of your life – the fear that others will abandon you completely? This fear is…