My addiction to opiates began as a teenager after a significant sports injury. I was going through surgery and dealt with excruciating pain. I was prescribed a powerful painkiller. The doctor told me it was Oxycontin. I did not question it nor did my family. Next thing I know, I’m an opiate addict without even realizing it.
Nutrition’s Powerful Effect On My Mental Health and Addiction
I am now nearly 5 years sober and while clear headed for the most part still have my bouts of depression. I had a realization a couple of months ago that when I feel bad, instead of drugs, I turn to a gigantic unhealthy meal to make me happy. It hit me real hard.
Environmental Racism: How Pollution Puts Communities Of Color At Risk
Anyone can get cancer. Or asthma. As a PSA might put it, diseases don’t see race, place, or age. You know who does, though? Community planners and industrial developers, and that’s led to disproportionate rates of cancer in communities of color.
How Changing Your Diet Can Help Save the Environment
While there’s no doubt that governments need to majorly ramp up efforts to safeguard our future from impending climate doom, there is much that we as individuals can do to help save the environment. Looking at our food consumption, for instance, is a good place to start.
Fighting the Stigma of Mental Illness: 6 Things You Can Do
Although the stigma around mental health has slowly been decreasing over the last several years, we, as a community, need to pick up the pace. Things aren’t changing fast enough. Stigma is still far too widespread.
Tarmac Meditations: Haiku # 37
One shot at a time.
5 Tips to Help you Stay Sober at Parties
Here are some tips on how to protect your sobriety at a party where you may run into temptations.
How a Partnership Between Social Workers and Librarians Can Help Drug Abuse
It may surprise you to learn that the nation’s librarians have a much more significant role in American communities than you might think. Across the nation, libraries have experienced a surge in patrons struggling with addiction, homelessness and mental illness. Resultantly, many branches have hired full-time social workers to serve at-risk patrons.
Simple Ways for Seniors to Put More Spring in Their Step
Sometimes, aging can feel really complicated. Some of the things that seemed easy in youth are now challenging, and it can be a drain on your energy and self-confidence. However, there are simple ways to get back on top of your circumstances. Read on for suggestions that can help revitalize your outlook and put the spring back in your step.
I am Grateful to be an Addict
My life was a continuous cycle of starting new and exciting things, deciding I was not good enough, and then self-destructing to the point of no return. I wallowed in self-pity and played the victim card so much that being a “victim” became my whole identity; I was a shell of a human being, was hooked on substances that did nothing but make my life messier, and was completely wasting my potential.
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