Sober living

Medications for Opioid Use Disorder National Institute on Drug Abuse NIDA

In other cases, drug use may trigger or worsen those mental health conditions, particularly in people with specific vulnerabilities.43,44 In addition, some drugs, such as inhalants, may damage or destroy nerve cells, either in the brain or the peripheral nervous system (the nervous system outside the brain and spinal cord). Because addiction can affect so

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3 Steps to Break the Boredom Drinking Loop

If boredom already makes us squirm, then alcohol culture helped position drinking—especially boredom drinking—as an easy solution (one much preferable than zapping ourselves). The truth is, most of us didn’t just stumble on “using alcohol to solve boredom” on our own. The drinking culture and alcohol industry offered us a big nudge. We’re wired to

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