July 15, 2019
First Responders and Hidden Addiction How we got ourselves addicted matters not; what is far more important is how to get ourselves […]
When we last left Purdue Pharma and its Sackler family owners, they were deliberating a new line of products. It was the […]
Is the opioid crisis a recent phenomenon or did it unfold over time? According to a CNN timeline, the opioid problem surfaced […]
It can be days, weeks, months, or years before you notice your loved one has an addiction problem. It can take even longer […]
New Charges in the Opioid Arena As the United States continues to endure the worst of the opioid epidemic, the nation has […]
There’s a difference between loving a person with addiction and enabling, and enabling is more common than you think. The goal of […]
I’m often asked, “Is it better for a person to go to drug or alcohol rehab close to home or far […]
What We Think It’s a hard life we live as first responders, and hard people are required to live it. We convince […]
Although national studies show that underage alcohol use has steadily declined since 2002, there were still 7.4 million drinkers between the ages […]
Beginning the process of recovery is the hard part. The rest comes naturally. If you make the effort to get rid of […]
In April 2016, rock legend Prince, suffering from intense hip pain, consumed a Vicodin for relief. Shortly afterward, he overdosed and died […]
Well, the time has come at long last; the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) has stepped in to the opioid epidemic arena. And […]
It’s the law of the jungle: Groups are stronger than their individual parts. Firefighters are no different. Everything we do, we do […]