Addiction treatment and rehab is more than detoxification after months or years of heroin abuse. After you go through detox, you need addiction counseling to learn about your substance use and overcome it. This therapy also helps you improve your mental health. Heroin rehab is where this counseling takes place, ideally involving you in individual…
An increase in opioid prescriptions has led to more heroin use than ever before. In fact, the National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates that 80% of all heroin users first began with prescription opioids. This means you can no longer assume someone does not need heroin rehab based solely on economic or social status. Instead,…
When people think about effective drug rehab treatment, what comes to mind? This question is difficult to answer because they have their own ideas of what makes rehab effective. Further still, some individuals don’t know what makes rehab effective in the first place. What they need to understand is that dual diagnosis treatment centers are…
Heroin is an extremely addictive drug. People who take it don’t usually get heroin addiction symptoms right away, but inevitably addiction happens. Symptoms of Heroin Addiction can be hard to detect as users are pretty good at hiding their use. Most of the time, going to a quality heroin rehab center is the only way…
According to the 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, nearly 475,000 people reported using heroin within the last month. Approximately 948,000 admitted using it within the past year. This means that unfortunately, the odds that a loved one will display heroin overdose symptoms are very high. Here’s how to recognize the signs of…