What You Should Know About Drugs Laced With Fentanyl
The Dangers of Fentanyl Laced Drugs Drugs laced with Fentanyl are becoming more common and contributing to more overdoses than ever. Lacing is when a substance or drug is added...
Treating Anxiety Naturally: Alternatives to Benzodiazepines
What Are Benzodiazepines? With all of the attention that’s been given to addiction to opioids and other more well known substances, many do not realize the dangers of the commonly...
Long Term Effects of Painkillers
The Consequences for Prolonged Use of Painkillers Can Be Devastating Dealing with chronic pain can be debilitating. To treat patients suffering from prolonged agony, many physicians prescribe painkiller medication to...
Effects of Long Term Opioid Use
Understanding the Effects of Long Term Opioid Use The opioid crisis has wreaked havoc in the lives of millions of people in the United States. Unfortunately, a significant portion of...
Top 4 Most Dangerous Drug Combinations
The Risks of Mixing Multiple Drugs News reports often talk about overdose deaths associated with opioids or binge drinking, but they don’t often highlight the issue of drug mixing. For...
Overdose Risk: The Easiest Drugs to Overdose On
Drugs That Pose the Highest Overdose Risk In 2018 alone, nearly 70,000 people in the U.S. lost their lives due to drug overdose, according to The National Institute on Drug...
Why Do I Continue To Relapse?
Why do I continue to Relapse? For years I struggled with relapse. Hospitals and jails were common occurrence for me. I would tell myself “I really am going to stop this time. I...
JC Recovery Center Gift of Sobriety Christmas Scholarship
JC Recovery Center is happy to announce we will be offering a full treatment scholarship to someone struggling with addiction. This scholarship will include our full partial hospitalization program. We...
RIP Active Addiction – Stop Killing a Generation
In the midst of the upcoming holidays, I am left to reflect on a topic that is near and dear to my heart. The loss of life that is happening...
A Life worth Living without Opiates
Those who abuse prescription painkillers don’t usually choose to become addicted. This happens over days and weeks of misuse, as the person’s body becomes dependent on the pills and the...