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Addiction in Healthcare: Knowing the Signs and How to Get Help

This article was originally published by Birmingham Medical News and written by Mike Wilkerson, MD Corporate Medical Director at Bradford Health Services. With the...

Can you Keep your Job while in Rehab? Balancing Work and Addiction Treatment

“I can’t miss work.” People often delay starting their drug or alcohol treatment. They do this because they are scared of losing their job or delaying career goals....

Understanding How Addiction Affects the Brain

This article is the second part of a series on Understanding Addiction, adapted from Bradford Medical Director Dr. Mike Wilkerson's presentation. Click here for part...

Understanding Addiction as a Disease

This article is part one of a new series, Understanding Addiction. The dictionary defines addiction as "the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular...

How Substance Abuse, Substance Dependence, and Addiction are Different

Addiction. Substance Abuse. Substance Dependency. While these terms are similar and related in certain situations, they are not the same. Defining the terms can help us...

Drug Rehabs in Alabama

Looking for Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs in Alabama? According to the latest available data reported by the Alabama Department of Mental Health*, the drug...

What is the Difference Between a Slip and Relapse?

What Does Relapse Mean in Drug Use or Alcohol? Relapse in drug use refers to the return to drug use after a period of abstinence or reduced use. It can be a...

Why PTSD Can Lead to Addiction

Formerly called shell shock, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was once believed to only affect war veterans. Today, we know much more about this complex mental...

What is Polysubstance Abuse?

Sometimes you instinctively know something isn’t quite right with a friend, a family member or colleague. You suspect potential drug or alcohol use but you feel...

Tension in Addiction

The world is full of opposing forces, tensions. They are at work in each and every life. Life's pressures push and pull all of us. But those in active addiction often...

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