As a loved one of someone with an alcohol or drug problem, you may have heard this advice: “An addict has to “hit bottom” before he or she is ready for help. You need to take care of yourself, stop enabling, and wait.” As a professional, this advice just never sat well with me. It…
The first of the Major League Baseball players tied to the South Florida “anti-aging” clinic Bio-genesis has been suspended. Ryan Braun caught a hefty 65 game suspension for admitting to using PED’s (performance enhancing drugs). “As I have acknowledged in the past, I am not perfect,” Braun said in a statement. “I realize now that…
Helping a friend or family member who struggles with addiction can be a balancing act between your desires for their recovery achievements and what they desire to achieve for themselves. It is common for this balancing act to be evident during interventions. When we are finally able to speak with the person about the destructiveness…
Because of a DUI related car accident on December 8, 2012, Dallas Cowboys football player Josh Brent is facing involuntary manslaughter charges for the death of his teammate, Jerry Brown. When the accident occurred, Brent’s blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit. Brent says that he is retiring because doing the right thing…
This seems like it would just create a vicious circle… A South Dakota Indian Reservation is debating whether to lift their ban on alcohol in order to sell and tax booze…To fund substance abuse prevention and treatment. Alcohol has been illegal on Pine Ridge Reservation for 100 years, and for good reason. The number of…
A recent online survey by Partnership at Drugfree.org shows that parents who support the legalization of marijuana expect strict rules around the use of the drug to protect kids. According to USA Today, the survey reached – 1,603 adults, 1,200 of whom are parents of kids ages 10-19. About 35% of parents favored legalizing marijuana for recreational…
Dealers will always come up with new methods of stretching drugs by cutting them and intensifying the high addicts experience in order to increase their profits, but lacing heroin with Fentanyl is a deadly combination. Fentanyl is is a potent, synthetic opioid analgesic with a rapid onset and short duration of action that is approximately 100 times more potent…
It has been announced that the unexpected death of Cory Monteith was alcohol and heroin related. The Glee star passed away Saturday, he was found dead in his hotel room by the staff at Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel in Vancouver. Foul play has been ruled out, and according to the Express – British Columbia Chief Coroner Lisa…
Steps to Recovery is proud to announce that we are sponsoring the PRO-ACT Recovery Walk 2013. The purpose of this annual walk is to provide hope for recovery. PRO-ACT aims to help reduce the stigma of addiction while educating the public. PRO-ACT also uses this opportunity to honor those who provide recovery services as well…
The opioid dependency epidemic in the United States has grown to such proportions that every hour a baby is born addicted to opioids. These opioid addicted babies are born with neonatal abstinence syndrome, because their mother used drugs during her pregnancy. A study in The Journal of the American Medical Association takes a look at this issue…