The Jobs That Make You Drink
Drug and alcohol abuse costs the U.S. economy billions of dollars in lost productivity each year. New government data released this month can now tell us exactly which industries’ employees drink the...
View ArticleInfographic: Meth Effects
How does meth work in the brain? The basic workings of methamphetamine’s psychoactive action in the central nervous system are as follows: 1. Meth disrupts the dopamine neurotransmitter system. 2....
View ArticleTracking Drug Use on Instagram
Drugabuse.com unveiled the results of a study into drug use at music festivals. By tracking drug references made in Instagram posts from 15 different festivals, they analyzed 3,622,365 posts for...
View ArticleDrunk Like Don Draper
There’s no doubt that Don Draper likes a drink every now and again…and again…and again. The battle with alcoholism is the character’s main overarching problem. Alcoholism is often a sign of other...
View ArticleThe First Worldwide Report on Addiction
We’ve always known that people around the world smoke, drink and use illegal drugs. But we’ve never known just how much people abuse substances, nor have we known whether illegal or legal drugs do more...
View ArticleAddiction Is a Disease – Infographic
Addiction to drugs and alcohol affect millions of people and their families every year. Yet, they often go undiagnosed by healthcare professionals. This results in an estimated annual combined...
View Article3 Charts Showing How Bad Our Heroin Problem Has Become
Heroin use is on the rise in the United States. Deaths involving heroin have quadrupled since 2000. A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that heroin use is “increasing...
View ArticleHow Many Years Will Your Addiction Cost You?
It’s hard to find something that destroys life (social & physical) faster than addiction. While some substances provide quick highs, they also rapidly waste your body and time. The following...
View ArticleThe 10 Jobs with the Highest Rate of Drug Abuse
This infographic shows the relative rates of drug abuse, according to professions. These 10 career categories—from business, to the arts, to agriculture—have the highest rates of drug use, according to...
View ArticlePopping Pills: Prescription Drug Abuse Infographic
The misuse and abuse of prescription medications in the United States is on the rise. For a country with just 5% of the world’s population, we consume our share of medications…and then some—a full...
View ArticleThe Booziest States of America
A recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows some pretty disturbing numbers when it comes to binge drinking in the United States. Nationwide, the data shows that one in six...
View ArticleThe Benefits of Exercise in Addiction Recovery
Recovery is a lifelong endeavor. Forming positive habits — such as exercise — is a vital part of healing your body and mind. This infographic will help you work it. If you or someone you know is...
View ArticleThe 5 Stages of Change
The 5 Stages of Change — Addiction will take control of a person’s life in many unhealthy ways. But once sufficiently motivated, people can and do change. It may not happen overnight. Rather, change...
View ArticleWhat Is Recovery?
Who can better explain what recovery actually is (and how to achieve it) than someone who is actually in recovery? This infographic represents thousands of people in recovery. The data is culled from a...
View ArticleFighting the Stigma of Addiction
Stigma is one of the meanest and most difficult aspects of addiction because it makes it harder for people to get the help they need and deserve. Society imposes stigma – and its damage – on addicts...
View ArticleA Trillion-Dollar Failure
The war on drugs may be a trillion-dollar failure. But putting an end to the war is an extraordinarily complex issue because there still isn’t a single definitive way to solve the drug problem. Five...
View ArticlePositive Self-Talk (Saying Is Believing)
In the privacy of our minds, we all talk to ourselves. Self-talk is what happens when you make yourself the target of your own comments, advice or reminders. It’s like a subset of thinking. You’re...
View ArticleUnderstanding Addiction
Understanding addiction — this comic depicts how drugs and other stimuli hijack dopamine signaling in the brain, causing changes that can lead to addiction. If you or someone you know is struggling...
View Article37 Fictional Drugs and Substances
Addicaid - Addiction Recovery Support Are you looking to discover a sixth sense or alter someone’s memory? Have you ever thought of tasting morphling from The Hunger Games or V from True Blood? Maybe...
View ArticleSubstance Use Disorder & Mental Health Illnesses
Addicaid - Addiction Recovery Support There’s clearly a connection between Substance Use Disorder & mental health illnesses, and any number of combinations can develop, each with its own set of...
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