Addiction And Mental Illness: How To Help A Loved One

Addiction and mental illness affect millions of Americans separately, but when they are combined they can cause myriad problems for the individual affected. It’s difficult to study the complete course that substance abuse and mental illness take within a person–or to determine whether one leads to the other–but it’s generally agreed upon by professionals that

Combating Sexual Abuse and Addiction for Lasting Healing

  Hundreds of thousands of Americans are sexually assaulted each year. Indeed, many of the statistics surrounding sexual assault are shocking, and what’s even more heartbreaking is that victims of abuse have increased risk of becoming addicted to drugs or alcohol. This is especially true if the abuse occurred during childhood or adolescence, and if