Posted by Steps to Recovery on February 10, 2013 Very interesting information regarding alcohol related deaths has become available through a couple of new studies conducted in British Columbia. The information collected indicates that the number of alcohol related deaths increases when more stores selling alcohol are opened…However, by raising the price of alcohol, the…
Posted by Steps to Recovery on February 8, 2013 The most vulnerable people in our culture are now receiving less support around substance abuse prevention. Current government research is indicating that a high percentage of teenagers are experiencing fewer messages about substance abuse prevention from the media and at school. This new report shows that…
Posted by Steps to Recovery on February 2, 2013 Senator Schumer is urging the FDA to create new rules around medications that contain hydrocodone. Addiction to drugs that contain hydrocodone is on the rise. Because these types of pharmaceuticals are some of the most highly abused and are very addictive, there have been some suggested…
Posted by Steps to Recovery on January 30, 2013 Instead of treating drug addicts as criminals, what would it look like if we could treat them as human beings with a disease? Instead of spending so much money jailing these people, if we spent the money on education and treatment, we might be surprised with…
Opiate dependence is a growing problem in the United States, as not only is heroin use on the increase, but more people are becoming addicted to opiates commonly prescribed for pain relief. For instance, the results of the most recent National Survey on Drug Use and Health not only show that around 517,000 people suffer…
Posted by Steps to Recovery on January 21, 2013 Several years ago I lived in a small camp in Baja California, Mexico. Quiet, quaint, beautiful, cheap and only about 15 miles from the US border, it was amazing. I’ll never forget that place, the great times I had there, the amazing friends I made there…Or…
Posted on Steps to Recovery on December 30, 2012 I read an article today that set me spinning. Literally made my head and stomach feel woozy. In the wake of my best friend’s kindergarten age son’s teacher telling her that he needs to be medicated (for normal 5 year old behavior) this struck my core.…
Posted by Steps to Recovery on December 15, 2012 Everyone knows that pregnant women should avoid alcohol. When a woman is pregnant, she shares her blood supply with her baby through the placenta and umbilical cord. Everything a woman puts into her body passes onto the child as well. Alcohol can have a number of…
Posted by Steps to Recovery on December 21, 2012 Just as with alcohol, women should avoid using drugs while carrying an unborn child. Because the woman’s blood supply is shared with the baby while he or she is in the womb, whatever the woman puts into her body, the baby receives as well. Using drugs…
Posted with great sorrow by Steps to Recovery on December 15, 2012 It is with deep sadness and a very heavy heart that I write this post, in response to the shocking tragedy that occurred yesterday in Newtown, Connecticut. As a human being in general, but especially as a mother, it is really hard to…