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Does Methadone Get In Your Bone Marrow?

According to the U.S. Library of Medicine (NIH), methadone is used to relieve severe pain in people who are expected to need pain medication around...

Does Tramadol Get You High?

Tramadol is a prescription narcotic used to treat moderate to severe pain. Since its introduction to the prescription painkiller market, it has been criticized as...

What Schedule Drug is Xanax?

Drugs have been around since the beginning of time. Whether they’re needed for pain, illness, or anxiety, there is a drug for just about everything....

Why is Staying Sober So Difficult?

It might seem like a pretty basic thing – staying away from drugs and alcohol. Especially if drugs and alcohol have played a negative role...

Using Heroin When You’re on Suboxone

Pure heroin, diacetylmorphine, is a white powder with a bitter taste abused for its euphoric effects. Heroin, a highly addictive drug, is derived from the...

What Does a Meth High Feel Like?

Every individual is different and we experience everything differently. The way one-person experiences eating a banana may be a different experience for another. The same...

How Your Ego Drives Substance Abuse

Those that recover from addiction know that it is not an easy feat to accomplish. People who are not addicts don’t understand why it is...

Mixing Cocaine and Xanax

Table of Contents1 What is Cocaine?2 What is Xanax?3 Why is it Common for People to Mix Cocaine and Xanax?4 What Happens When You Mix...

When Addicted Loved Ones Ask for Money

Watching a loved one struggle with alcohol or drug addiction is one of the most painful experiences an individual can have. Addiction is a physically,...

Should I Go to NA or AA Meetings?

When an addict has the desire and willingness to get sober for the first time, they probably wonder which twelve-step program is better, Alcoholics Anonymous...

HALT

To Halt means to stop abruptly. The acronym for H.A.L.T., as many people in recovery know, means hungry, angry, lonely, and tired. For recovering addicts...

Brad Pitt Opens Up About His Alcoholism

In a recently published New York Times article, Brad Pitt opened up about his personal struggles with alcoholism, as well as his time spent in...

What is the Calvin Klein Club Drug?

The Calvin Klein drug is not a new synthetic compound, but instead is a deadly combination of cocaine and ketamine. It’s one of the latest...

Addiction Recovery Quotes

15 Motivational Quotes About Addiction Recovery Addiction is a condition with far-reaching consequences. Families are torn apart, and trust is often broken. Not only the...