The Jazz Age Lawn Party, which usually occurs twice a summer on Governor’s Island, in New York, has become a delightful tradition. Typically, it features live music, social dancing, dance performances and many gorgeous 1920s-style dresses and dapper suits on two weekends in June and August. This year, it became an inadvertent example of why ... Read more The post Blog first appeared on Confessions Of A Drug Addict ..read more

3 Simple Factors to Beating Cocaine Addiction Ok, someone you love and care about has a Cocaine Addiction Problem. Now what? At this point many thoughts will go through your mind. Most people actually follow a common series of thoughts, believe it or not. The first thought is denial. The addict actually goes through this ... Read more The post Blog first appeared on Confessions Of A Drug Addict ..read more

`What you resist persists; what you accept disappears.` I don’t know where I found this Buddhist concept because I memorized the thought instead of the source. I doubt that Buddha would mind. I memorized it because I had to. You see, all addictions are responses to unresolved emotions, feelings long buried in the subconscious mind. ... Read more The post Blog first appeared on Confessions Of A Drug Addict ..read more

All addictions have symptoms, which allow us to recognize these problems as addictive diseases. The signs of addictive diseases are self-stimulation, compulsion, obsession, denial, withdrawal and craving syndrome, and unpredictable behavior. Like alcoholism or drug use, anger meets many of the criteria. Self-Stimulation For those who are rageaholics, expressing anger is self- stimulating. It triggers ... Read more The post Blog first appeared on Confessions Of A Drug Addict ..read more

Opiates are a class of extremely physically addictive drugs, also referred to as opioids they embody the class which heroin belongs to. What makes heroin addictive is the physical dependency that makes the user use or else they will feel sicker than imaginable. This is why it’s so difficult to quit heroin. The heroin withdrawal ... Read more The post Blog first appeared on Confessions Of A Drug Addict ..read more

Three people have died after a man who was high on opioids crashed his vehicle into a gas station in northern New Jersey, officials said. His car went airborne and landed on top of the car with a father and son inside killing them instantly as well as the gas station attendant. Officials on the ... Read more The post Blog first appeared on Confessions Of A Drug Addict ..read more

Drug addiction is a life-threatening illness, but these tips can help save someone’s life. Become aware of the signs and symptoms of drug addiction with help from a practicing psychiatrist in this free video series on drug addiction. Spotting a meth addict can typically be done by noticing telltale signs such as missing teeth, acne ... Read more The post Blog first appeared on Confessions Of A Drug Addict ..read more

This story about what heroin does to your body was posted today on our sister website “The Addiction News Network. To learn more click on this link. The post Blog first appeared on Confessions Of A Drug Addict ..read more

Prince isn’t the only person who has died from an overdose of the drug fentanyl. In fact, a recent report found that nearly half of overdose deaths that are related to opioids involve fentanyl. Fentanyl is a very powerful synthetic (human-made) opioid that doctors can prescribe for patients who are in extreme pain. It’s similar ... Read more The post Blog first appeared on Confessions Of A Drug Addict ..read more

A story from CBS News about the day in the life of a drug addict. The post Blog first appeared on Confessions Of A Drug Addict ..read more