Survey of Men and Women with Substance Use Disorder in Halfway Housing Brandi McNeely Addiction Research Foundation Men and women in sober living in order to recover from substance abuse face numerous challenges that involve integrating oneself back into sober society after months or years of substance abuse. Along with this re-integration, is the fact [...]
Syringe Services Programs (SSPs) for Alabama Brandi McNeely Addiction Research Foundation Syringe services programs (SSPs) have in recent years been expanding throughout the United States as a response to the opioid epidemic and response to injection drug use related diseases, which are continuing to spread across the US at higher rates. SSPs are qualified as [...]
Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention and Intervention for Substance Use Disorder The Addiction Research Foundation Brandi McNeely “Mindfulness” is a term that can be heard echoed throughout recent culture, bringing to mind different images and definitions for different people. Although ‘mindfulness” may be a broad and possibly misunderstood term, there have been movements to better integrate practices [...]
Did Drinking Give Me Breast Cancer? The science on the link is clear, but the alcohol industry has worked hard to downplay it. STEPHANIE MENCIMERMAY/JUNE 2018 ISSUE Edmon De Haro I thought I’d done everything right: breastfeeding my children, a careful diet, plenty of exercise. I wasn’t overweight and didn’t have a family history. I [...]
The problem with any single label for a complex issue is that it implies a level of understanding or agreement that probably doesn’t exist. This is true for all labels and it is especially true for addiction. If I say that you are an addict and you then agree with me that, it will sound [...]
