Addiction

The Truth About Your Family Member’s Struggle with Drugs or Alcohol

Understanding and Supporting a Loved One’s Struggle with Drugs or Alcohol   Seeing a family member struggle with drug or alcohol addiction can be heartbreaking. Helping them recover is challenging, but with your support, recovery is possible. Here’s what you need to know: Alcohol addiction is powerful. It affects the central nervous system, making people […]

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Once an addict always an addict

Is it true that once an addict always an addict?

What is addiction? Addiction is the consistent dependence on substances or things. It’s the inability to break the pattern of using, accessing or being around those substances or things. It is the strong, consistent desire to do or have something to the point that you are unable to resist it. For some people, it doesn’t

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