Adjusting to a life of sobriety after rehab can be challenging. While checking into a treatment center at first feels intimidating, the structure and pace of life can quickly become familiar. With time, depending on the length of your stay, life in rehab gets...
Chicago, also known as the windy city, is infamous for its drug use. The most commonly abused drugs in Chicago include cocaine, marijuana, heroin, and ecstasy (MDMA). Prescription drugs such as methadone, Adderall, oxycodone, and Hydrocodone are also commonly abused....
Drug abuse is a huge issue in the country and cities such as Champaign, Illinois haven’t been spared. Champaign is undoubtedly the heart of Illinois and being a college town, hosts a healthy community of young adults. Unfortunately, this also means that there are...
Does trauma in childhood lead to addiction, and is there a correlation between addiction and childhood trauma? While not every child who experiences childhood trauma will become addicted to substances, studies have found a correlation between addiction and childhood...
There are many misconceptions about how and why drugs become addictive, and why some people are more susceptible to drug addiction than others. As a society, there is a prevalence of thinking that someone who has become addicted to drugs is inherently bad, weak, and...
Since 2000, there have been over 700,000 deaths associated with substance abuse in America. A study by DrugAbuseStatistics.org discovered that as of 2020, over half of the population aged 12 or over had tried illicit drugs at least once. But with an increase in...