Millions of people will have a beer every now and again or a glass of wine after dinner. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean they have an alcohol addiction and need to stop drinking. On the other hand, there are people who drink too much alcohol and this can cause devastating effects on the person’s health …
Making the choice to give up alcohol or drugs and asking for help takes courage and strength. Even if you feel that you don’t have these two things inside – you do. Making that one first phone call to us, here at Riverwalk Recovery, is a great step in the right direction. We can help …
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When trying to determine whether a friend or loved one has a drinking problem, there are certain steps that you may want to take. However, there are also some things that you may look for that others may not. The reason for this is because addictions don’t affect everyone in the same way. Basically, it …
Addiction is a disease that impacts millions of people around the world. It doesn’t just affect the addict either, it affects their loved ones, friends and other people they come into contact with, too. If you are a member of a family where someone has an alcohol or drug addiction, you may already know that …
Most Effective Treatment for Depression Depression, also known as major depressive disorder or clinical depression, is a very common mental health disorder. In fact, research estimates that around 20% of all people will have depression at some point in their life. As you may know, depression can negatively impact various parts of your life including …
Opioid use disorder is a disease. It causes short and long-term changes to a person’s brain.
Research shows that children are resilient, but how can someone bounce back from such a horrible, traumatic event or multiple events?
Excessive alcohol use has claimed the lives of more than 90,000 people throughout the nation every year. This equals about 261 deaths every day. Around 15,000,000 people in the U.S.A. have an alcohol use disorder.
Of those diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, 20% of these individuals also have a substance abuse disorder.
Have you come to terms with your alcohol addiction? If so, now is the best time to get into a treatment program.
