5 Effects of Untreated Trauma
Trauma is an emotional response to a distressing or disturbing experience that overwhelms your ability to cope. Trauma can change your brain in multiple ways that affect your memory and...
05Apr
How to Stop a Panic Attack
If you’ve ever experienced sudden, intense fear for no apparent reason, it might have been a panic attack. Panic attacks have no obvious trigger, which makes them unpredictable. You...
29Mar
Cocaine and Alcohol Don’t Mix
Alcohol has a depressant effect that slows down your body and brain messaging, while cocaine is a stimulant that provides an immediate pleasurable sensation and heightened energy levels. Despite...
20Mar
Fentanyl Detox and Withdrawal Symptoms
Fentanyl, a human-made drug once available exclusively in hospitals, is driving the recent alarming spike in opioid overdose deaths. Because it takes effect quickly and binds more completely to...
13Mar
How to Get Better Sleep
Over the weekend, most Americans set their clocks an hour forward to mark the beginning of daylight saving time. Though the extra sunlight is a welcome change for people...
08Mar
Chronic Fatigue and Substance Use Disorder
Do you frequently wake up in the morning and feel like you barely slept? Are your energy levels consistently low throughout the day? Do you experience inexplicable body aches,...
30Jan
Xanax Addiction: Getting Help
Xanax use is as widespread as the conditions doctors prescribe it to treat – but even for people who are careful to follow the prescription instructions, this medication carries...
12Jan
Psychotic Depression Symptoms
Clinical depression involves symptoms like mood, appetite, and sleep changes, a lack of interest in previously enjoyable activities, and persistent feelings of hopelessness or worthlessness. In addiction to these...
19Dec
Kathi Wire’s Bill W. Plant Tale
What is the Bill W. Plant? When I first started going to AA meetings, I kept hearing about the “Bill W. Plant.” People were talking about their Bill W. Plants;...
