Dope sick is a term used for the withdrawal symptoms individuals experience when they are quitting heroin. While other drugs can result in withdrawal symptoms, “dope sick” is usually referred to when talking about heroin withdrawal specifically. So,...
The definition of estranged is “a person no longer close or affectionate to someone; alienated.” Families may be dealing with the emotionally painful experience of having an estranged child if the parents stopped communication for something the child...
The holidays are a time for shopping, decorating, eating, and drinking? When the months become chilly and the families start to travel in, individuals who are in the recovery process may face many temptations that deviate them on...
Maintenance Drugs
Maintenance drugs are medications such as methadone, buprenorphine, suboxone, and other “less-addictive” drugs that serve as a replacement to the more addictive opioid drugs that addicted individuals are trying to detox from. For example, a person addicted...
Author Tricia Goyer says she never thought she had an anger problem … until she had to deal with children who had anger problems. She and her husband had three kids of their own and adopted seven others.
Their...
