Posted in Substance Abuse on Dec 29th, 2009
Substance abuse can and does kill people every day. A person can succumb to alcohol poisoning, take an overdose, get some bad “stuff”, anything can happen. For teens, substance abuse can affect their growth, their grades, their mental ability. They can become withdrawn, hostile and end up losing out on many wonderful memory making opportunities by missing out on school events, sports, dances. At one, a student can end up with grades dropping so bad that he or she could lose out on a scholarship or not getting accepted into the college of his dreams
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Posted in Substance Abuse on Dec 22nd, 2009
In the majority of cases, these two conditions co-exist.
It is difficult to tell which came first; the depression or the drug addiction but they are often found together. Substance abuse is capable of causing depression because all substances directly affect the brain. This off sets the chemical balance within the brain and depression occurs.
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Posted in Substance Abuse on Nov 24th, 2009
A short question yet it is for you hard to answer. It is essential to understand that deciding to go to a drug and alcohol rehab is not an easy one. Addiction is something that some people fight with for years, before they finally decided that getting serious about it is not something that they can do on their own.
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Posted in Substance Abuse on Nov 17th, 2009
While there is no universally accepted definition of the term substance abuse, there are guidelines which aid in the diagnosis. Basically, it is the use of harmful drugs or alcohol with the knowledge that it is harmful. A person who tries Oxycontin, just to try it even though they know it can be harmful, is abusing a substance. They are not necessarily addicted but they may continue to use it knowing the dangers of the substance.
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