Heroin Withdrawal Symptoms

Heroin addiction is extremely difficult to break, and sometimes the unknown of what will happen to your body if you stop is what is keeping you from trying to recover. Heroin withdrawal symptoms can be severe but they are manageable and will pass. Heroin withdrawal symptoms will vary and some Read More

Is Addiction a Disease?

is addiction a diseaseIs addiction a disease?

Well, addiction can be classified as a disease, a disease that is not only destroying the lives of the addicted but those around them. Whether it is alcohol or opioids such as painkillers or heroin, there are so many victims. A lot of people mistakenly think

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Opioid Addiction – Surviving the Holidays

Surviving the holidays Addiction Outreach ClinicThe stockings are hung by the fireplace, people are scurrying through the stores, children are laughing and decorating cookies. It is seemingly the most wonderful time of the year – the holidays

Isn’t this the image of what the holidays look like in our heads, like something taken from a … Read More

Signs of a Heroin Overdose

I think we can all agree the opioid epidemic has become a crisis on the national level and knowing the signs of heroin overdose is as important as ever.

Opioid addiction can happen to anyone, prescription painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone are prescribed to normal people, after surgery, injury, … Read More