All the latest news and information about opioid use disorder. Plus, information and encouragement on your path to recovery. We can help you get your life back.
Harm reduction is a proactive and practical approach to reducing the negative personal and public health consequences associated with “unpopular” behavior by improving policies, programs, inventions, and practices. Organizations specializing in harm reduction strive to meet people where they are – on their own terms – and may serve as
Harm reduction is a proactive and practical approach to reducing the negative personal and public health consequences associated with “unpopular” behavior by improving policies, programs, inventions, and practices. When applied to substance use, harm reduction acknowledges that completely abstaining from drugs is not a realistic solution for everyone. Its primary
Each year, millions of Americans face the reality of living with a mental illness such as depression or anxiety. Multiple national population surveys have found that about half of those who struggle with mental illness also suffer with a substance use disorder (SUD) and vice versa.1 Both of these conditions
As part of our multi-part series examining stigma and its role in recovery, this blog tells about how the public is beginning to embrace abstinence over mind-altering substances and how the paradigm shift is inspiring some innovative business concepts. Now, more than ever, the world is finally making room at
Entering treatment is a big deal and with it comes a lot of questions. Here are the ones we hear most often. Opioids attach to receptors in the brain. Once attached, they block pain, slow breathing, and produce a calming, anti-depressing effect. This video helps explain how it all works:
Whether you are visiting from another city, state, or country, we are happy to accommodate you when you travel. To ensure your visit with us goes smoothly, there are things you should do in advance. 1. Notify your home clinic Notify your home clinic of your plans to guest dose
Sitting Bull is quoted as saying this: “Inside of me there are two dogs. One is mean and evil and the other is good and they fight each other all the time. When asked which one wins I answer, the one I feed the most.” Think of Addiction as one
The lowest point, the worst of the worst, the ‘rock bottom’. Call it what you will, many people who suffer from addiction have a personal story of landing at a place so low, there’s no further place to fall. People have told us… “I lost my marriage and then lost
Re-Printed with permission: By SARAH E. WAKEMAN and MAIA SZALAVITZ A patient came to see me after his most recent near-fatal opioid overdose. Once again, he had stopped his prescribed medication, even though we had agreed together that the safest course of action was to continue. Once again, he had relapsed — and
If you’re in the thick of addiction right now, you know the voice of addiction. The one that says… Here’s the thing: all of that, and the other things your addiction tells you, are all lies. The question is, how long will you continue to buy into it? We want
Here’s a letter from a former patient written to our Program Director at Crossroads of Danville. These are the moments that make us proud of our treatment teams at Crossroads and of our courageous patients who choose recovery. It’s not an easy path, but for someone with the disease of
