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7 Good Reasons to Leave Your Home During COVID-19
As we continue to navigate the coronavirus pandemic, there's a growing trend of shaming people for leaving their homes. And while you should stay safe by social distancing and staying home when possible, sometimes you need vital resources that you can't get at...
How to Find Xanax Addiction Treatment Near Orlando, Florida
When you're working to improve your mental health, finding a medication that treats your symptoms can feel like a weight off your shoulders. But if you're one of the millions of people who take Xanax for a mental health disorder, you might find that your life...
Detox Symptoms: Alcohol Detoxification Explained
An occasional drink or two probably won't cause a problem in your life. But when you start drinking every night or regularly binge drinking, your body starts to adapt to its new conditions. In time, you might find it difficult to function normally without having a...
Bipolar Disorder and Alcohol: Is It Safe to Drink with Manic Depression?
When you live with bipolar disorder, especially if it's untreated, managing the symptoms can be difficult. This leads many people, sometimes without knowing they have a mental health condition, to combine a bipolar disorder and alcohol. And sadly, the results of...
Spice Drug Effects: Fake Weed Hospitalizes Dozens in Florida
Recently near Tampa, Florida, two people died and over 40 were hospitalized from a poisonous batch of fake weed called spice. Synthetic weed is illegal in Florida, meaning any fake marijuana products come from the black market. This means it is often impossible to...
What Is China White Heroin?
The ongoing opioid crisis in America has taken a turn for the worst since the start of the pandemic. Since 2020, there has been an increase in opioid-related overdose deaths of nearly 25% nationally. One of the major reasons for this sharp increase in the presence...
Is Alcohol Detox Still Safe with Omicron Out There?
Deciding to start alcohol detox is a big decision, and even in the best of times it can seem complicated to arrange. But with the outbreak of new strains of COVID-19 like the delta and omicron variants, many people are nervous about making big changes like going to...
5 Mental Health Coping Skills to Use in Addiction Recovery
Recovering from an addiction can present challenges that continue long after recovery begins. While these issues may feel like obstacles, they are also opportunities to build on mental health coping skills that will benefit you in recovery. Ultimately, navigating...
Florida Therapy: How to Find the Best Mental Health Hospital in Central Florida
For residents of central Florida, therapy can be especially hard to find. This is not due to a lack of mental health facilities in Florida, but rather the sheer volume of providers. This can make it difficult to find the right care for your unique needs, especially...
Start a Detox for Drugs Now to Get a Head Start on 2022
If you’re holding off on a detox for drugs in Florida until after the new year, you are not alone. Many people use December to indulge in unhealthy habits with the goal of starting over in the new year. While this logic is understandable for behaviors that are not...
