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Friends and Family Supply Most Pills to Drug Abusers
The overwhelming majority of those who abuse opiates or become addicted get the medications from friends or family and have previously used drugs, such as cocaine.
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Study: Depression Risk Is Contagious
At certain periods in life, living with a person who uses maladaptive thinking styles increases your risk of depression. Fortunately, the opposite is also true.
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4 Months of Opiate Use Increases Risk of Impotence by 50%
Here’s one very compelling reason to quit opiates sooner rather than later.
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Depression, Chronic Pain & Opioid Misuse
Learn how opioids can lead to depression, how depression worsens pain and what to do when you have both pain and depression.
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The "Addiction Severity" Self-Test
Know you have a problem but not sure how serious it is or if you need treatment? Take this 1 minute addiction severity self test and learn how your level of addiction ranks.
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Does Your Lifestyle Match Your Values?
Overcoming ambivalence: How does the ‘ideal you’ compare with the ‘current you’? Not sure? Well, take a few minutes to complete the following exercise and find out how far you’ve strayed from the life you’d love to have. If your lifestyle strays too ...
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Recovering Teens: 7 Ways to Improve Communication
Parental support is a necessary component of teen addiction recovery, but you can’t have full support until you build real communication; learn how to improve your parent-teen communication skills in 7 easy steps.
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Alcohol Addiction - the Straight Facts
The difference between alcohol abuse and alcohol addiction (alcoholism), what puts you at risk of becoming an alcoholic and what to do once you’ve crossed that invisible line to addiction.
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AA for Beginners – What You Need to Know
New to AA? Start here – a list of 9 quick-read articles answering all your important questions on getting started with the 12 steps.
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For Teens: How to Quit Marijuana on Your Own
If you prepare yourself for high-risk situations and learn strategies to prevent relapse you have a great chance of being able to quit on your own – learn how to succeed here.
Activity on ChooseHelp
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Friends and Family Supply Most Pills to Drug Abusers
The overwhelming majority of those who abuse opiates or become addicted get the medications from friends or family and have previously used drugs, such as cocaine.
-
4 Months of Opiate Use Increases Risk of Impotence by 50%
Here’s one very compelling reason to quit opiates sooner rather than later.
-
Study: Depression Risk Is Contagious
At certain periods in life, living with a person who uses maladaptive thinking styles increases your risk of depression. Fortunately, the opposite is also true.
-
Depression, Chronic Pain & Opioid Misuse
Learn how opioids can lead to depression, how depression worsens pain and what to do when you have both pain and depression.
-
The "Addiction Severity" Self-Test
Know you have a problem but not sure how serious it is or if you need treatment? Take this 1 minute addiction severity self test and learn how your level of addiction ranks.
-
Does Your Lifestyle Match Your Values?
Overcoming ambivalence: How does the ‘ideal you’ compare with the ‘current you’? Not sure? Well, take a few minutes to complete the following exercise and find out how far you’ve strayed from the life you’d love to have. If your lifestyle strays too ...
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Recovering Teens: 7 Ways to Improve Communication
Parental support is a necessary component of teen addiction recovery, but you can’t have full support until you build real communication; learn how to improve your parent-teen communication skills in 7 easy steps.
-
Alcohol Addiction - the Straight Facts
The difference between alcohol abuse and alcohol addiction (alcoholism), what puts you at risk of becoming an alcoholic and what to do once you’ve crossed that invisible line to addiction.
-
AA for Beginners – What You Need to Know
New to AA? Start here – a list of 9 quick-read articles answering all your important questions on getting started with the 12 steps.
-
For Teens: How to Quit Marijuana on Your Own
If you prepare yourself for high-risk situations and learn strategies to prevent relapse you have a great chance of being able to quit on your own – learn how to succeed here.