Substance Use Therapy

Do you know someone who identifies in the LGBTQ+ community? Odds are that you do. If so, there is a chance this person, like others you...

Harm reduction made history recently when it was included in the steps the current White House Administration is taking to address our...

"Love makes the world go round? Not at all. Whiskey makes it go round twice as fast.” ~ Compton Mackenzie We know how we feel when we...

Many of us use or come to depend on the effects of drugs without quite understanding how they work. All drugs (well the good ones anyway)...

Let’s face it, alcohol is everywhere. Liquor stores the size of grocery stores, billboards, online ads, print media, television...

Damn you Greg Abbott. I am reasonable enough to understand that we all have differing political views and priorities. However, as a...

Hangovers may be ubiquitous, but research around on the topic is not. Surprising, right? Apparently, the research is so scant, they have...

93,000. That is the approximate number of overdose deaths that occurred in 2020. According to Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the...

“Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.” -Mark Twain Change is hard,...

You just found drugs in your teenager’s bedroom. Your sister has relapsed. Your partner arrived home drunk for the third time this week....

Even though buprenorphine is an evidence-based treatment for opioid dependence, there are very few substance use facilities that will...

This is important, so I am going to repeat myself. You are NOT an addict or an alcoholic. You are a person. You may struggle with drug...

It has happened to the best of us. We start drinking, we remember getting to the bar and that annoying song was playing. We remember...

This may come as a surprise to you, but there are no pharmacological differences between crack and cocaine. The two main differences...

Perhaps the holidays are one of your favorite times of the year. Or, maybe you dread them the way other people dread Tax Day. Regardless...

For Family Guy enthusiasts, there is an episode in which Peter takes ecstasy. He is overtaken with how soft and amazing everything is,...

When I was working at the methadone clinic, an older conservative woman I know asked me what the people there looked like. I told her...

If you have never seen the 1936 film, Reefer Madness, coronavirus quarantine is probably a good time to check it out. Bizarre, dramatic,...

If I were to see you trip and spill coffee on yourself, my instinct would be to assist you. I would think, “that sucks they tripped” and...

I got alcohol poisoning as a teenager. I would tell you about it, but frankly I don’t remember it. I have recollections of laughing and...