Category: Resources

Hardly a week goes by where we don’t see a celebrity’s story trending as they check into a drug and alcohol rehab centre. Sometimes it feels like every famous person […]

When you get sucked into the whirlwind that is the life of a drug addict, you realize that their addiction didn’t start at the moment they completely succumbed to utter […]

It is not easy for the un-addicted to appreciate what addiction feels like. The first tentative try, an uncertain second time and then a rapid incorporation of heroin into everyday […]

Reliance on alcohol and drugs to get through life takes a toll on your mind and body. You may not feel it, but you tend to shrink physically, mentally and […]

Opioids are a class of pain-relieving drugs that work by intermingling with the opioid receptors in your body’s cells. Some, like morphine, are made from the poppy plant, while others, […]

It is common to stereotype a friend, who drinks too much, as an alcoholic. However, the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction has set clear guidelines to help identify […]

To say that it is extremely difficult to have a victim of abuse in the family would be an understatement. Watching a loved one suffer from the trauma of addiction […]

If you have a loved one who has a possible substance use problem, you may start to ask yourself, what is drug abuse? To define drug abuse, it is the habitual […]

Recovery is a process. Giving up an addiction leaves a lot of space and time in a person’s life. It creates a void. Along with that, recovering addicts have the […]

Addiction is a lifelong struggle. A successful recovery is more than completing one program. In order for addicts to achieve long-term sobriety, they need to take care of the symptoms […]