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Workplace Stigmas: 6 Ways Proactive Employers Can Change Their Culture
Substance use stigmas in the workplace can harm those seeking help and those already in recovery. Reviewing the language in your office culture can positively impact someone’s recovery.
Living with a Fentanyl Addiction: A Scary Reality
Living with a fentanyl addiction is a terrifying and chaotic reality many never expected to experience. As the opioid epidemic sweeps the nation, more individuals lose their will to stay sober and their lives to deadly overdoses. Fentanyl addiction affects people from all walks of life, some with a history of heavy drug use, others
4 Important Ways You Can Support Friends or Family in Rehab
GateHouse Treatment has as much experience with friends and family supporting our patients in rehab as we do with our patients. Saying goodbye to a loved one undergoing drug addiction treatment can be highly stressful. Nothing can brace you from being separated from someone you care about, and you may be worried about the journey
Partial Hospitalization Programs: 3 Important Things to Consider
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), around 10% of Americans will suffer from a substance abuse disorder at some point in their life. Difficulties may arise when interacting with the world and indulging in an addiction, which can destroy your health, relationships, career, psychological well-being, safety, and legal situation. The problem of drug
What is “Dope Sick?” Defining the Triggering Term Every Addict Knows
When parents, siblings, or friends become exposed to the life of addiction, it can mean hearing unfamiliar terms or phrases. Among those is the slang “dope sick.” Even if you’ve heard the words, they likely came from pop culture, maybe a film or television character’s dialog or song lyrics. Dope sick is a phrase commonly
Fentanyl Facts You Need to Know: Understanding the Crisis
The fentanyl epidemic we are living through is sweeping the nation and leaving entire communities in complete despair. In response to this crisis, it’s essential to understand fentanyl facts and how the drug can affect your life whether you consume street drugs or not. Awareness of fentanyl facts helps us address the crisis head-on and
5 Powerful Ways Exercise Fights Addiction
Everyone, on some level, understands that exercise has positive effects. What needs to be clarified is how exercise can help curb addiction. We’ve all heard of the phrase “runner’s high”, the euphoria after a long period of cardio. Still, exercise’s effects on addiction are varied and impossible to be captured under a single umbrella term.
Sober Activity: 5 Ways to Have Fun in the New Year
Even if symbolic in nature, the arrival of a new year allows us an opportunity for renewal. Old habits are put aside for new, healthier ones as we look to reinvent ourselves as someone a little closer to who we want to be. For those struggling with addiction, this is deeply meaningful. It represents a
Fentanyl Awareness: Understanding This Dangerous Epidemic
Fentanyl awareness is a necessary aspect of the nation’s essential journey toward recovery. It is evident with every life lost, especially as those affected by fentanyl get younger, that establishing a deeper understanding of this drug and promoting fentanyl awareness saves lives. As a community, we must discuss the extreme dangers of fentanyl use in
Fentanyl Poisoning: The Scary Reality of This Dangerous Drug
Do you know what fentanyl poisoning is? Chances are, you have heard of fentanyl, but you may not know what it is or how often its consumption results in traumatic overdoses or even death. Perhaps, you think fentanyl poisoning only affects heavy drug users living in the throes of active addiction. Maybe you, like many,
