Recovery Month 2009 Comes To An End
Today is the last day of September, representing, among many things, the end of this year’s Recovery Month. Over the past month, we shared different personal stories of alcohol and drug addiction and recovery. Some were better-known stories than others, others simply from better-known storytellers; we had stories of long-lasting sobriety and others of multiple […]
New Poll Suggests Americans Willing to Include Addiction Treatment in Health Care Reform
A new poll released this month suggests that Americans on both sides of the aisle support including addiction treatment in health care reforms. Furthermore, a great majority of Americans polled are willing to pay to make treatment options more affordable and accessible. The poll, sponsored by the Open Society Institute for Closing the Addiction Treatment […]
Teen Substance Abuse: Family Dinners Are the Key
According to new report released Wednesday, September 23 2009, by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University, teens who have infrequent family dinners are, overall, more likely to use drugs, alcohol, and tobacco. The Importance of Family Dinners V is part of the Center’s Back to School Survey. CASA reports […]
Family Members Suffer From Addiction Too
Addiction isn’t an individual problem. Addiction affects an entire community, both from a macro perspective and micro. As we have previously discussed on the Heritage Home Sobriety Blog, addiction affects every member of the addicts Unit–that inner sanctum populated by those who love you unconditionally. Brothers, sisters, parents, lovers, wives, husbands, friends, colleagues are all […]
Untreated Addiction Epidemic
Building on a SAMHSA’s earlier report, The National Survey on Drug Use and Health Data, the director of the Closing the Addiction Treatment Gap initiative reports that untreated addiction has reached pandemic levels in the United States. Although the SAMHSA survey found that both prescription drug and methamphetamine abuse declined in the US in 2008, […]
Burt Reynolds' Prescription Drug Addiction
As Recovery Month continues, it’s important to recognize the power of sharing one’s addiction and recovery story. Healing comes from sharing, as the weight of holding on is lifted, replaced with feelings of understanding and support. Yesterday, it was announced that Burt Reynolds entered into a drug rehab program to address his addiction to prescription […]
Prescription Drug Abuse Declines in 2008, According to SAMHSA
A new study released yesterday by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration showed a decline in prescription medication abuse in 2008 in the US. Approximately 6.2 million Americans, or 2.5% of the population, abused prescription medication in the past month, down from 2.8% in 2007. The decline is attributed to the national, and […]
Drug and Alchol Addiction in Baby Boomers
Late onset alcohol and drug addiction is quickly becoming a prevalent problem that poses many new problems to addiction treatment specialists. A recent study from SAMHSA, for example, reported that drug use is continuing well into the later years of life. Older addicts fall into one of two groups–the older addict and the young older […]
CASA 2009 Teen Study Released: Attention All Parents
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University released their annual National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse XIV: Teens and Parents. This years survey reveals scary statistics for parents. CASA researchers surveyed American teens, aged 12-to-17 years old, about their drinking habits and attitudes, and found that, overwhelmingly, teens […]