Substance Use Therapy

Drinking less is a reasonable goal and for many an important way to begin taking better care of themselves.

Prior to 2008, the only drugs you could (usually) buy at the gas station were the legal and well controlled drugs like tobacco and...

You may have recognized that the way you drink is causing you some problems. Perhaps you want to change your drinking patterns, but you...

There is no right treatment, only what is right for you. The abundance of treatment options is ultimately a positive, but it can make...

It is hard not to notice the proliferation of clinics offering ketamine therapy. Up until recently, ketamine was mostly known as a club...

In the world of substance use treatment, the term codependency is used with such great frequency it has become almost synonymous with...

Overdose deaths have been receiving massive amounts of coverage for the past two years as the numbers continue to rise. And yes, they are...

Do you know someone who identifies in the LGBTQ+ community? Odds are that you do. If so, there is a chance this person, like others you...

Harm reduction made history recently when it was included in the steps the current White House Administration is taking to address our...

Many of us use or come to depend on the effects of drugs without quite understanding how they work. All drugs (well the good ones anyway)...

Damn you Greg Abbott. I am reasonable enough to understand that we all have differing political views and priorities. However, as a...

Hangovers may be ubiquitous, but research around on the topic is not. Surprising, right? Apparently, the research is so scant, they have...

93,000. That is the approximate number of overdose deaths that occurred in 2020. According to Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the...

“Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.” -Mark Twain Change is hard,...

You just found drugs in your teenager’s bedroom. Your sister has relapsed. Your partner arrived home drunk for the third time this week....

Even though buprenorphine is an evidence-based treatment for opioid dependence, there are very few substance use facilities that will...

It has happened to the best of us. We start drinking, we remember getting to the bar and that annoying song was playing. We remember...

This may come as a surprise to you, but there are no pharmacological differences between crack and cocaine. The two main differences...

Caring about someone who struggles with substance use can be many things—devastating, overwhelming, scary, frustrating, confusing, even...

Methadone treatment is widely criticized, but often, those criticisms are based on myths or lack of understanding. Granted, methadone,...