When the opioid crisis and the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic come together, it creates a new set of healthcare difficulties. After comparing data received before and after the pandemic, a national clinical laboratory made significant findings regarding clinical drug testing patterns. Drug Testing and Coronavirus Testing Drug testing for prescription…
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How to Prevent Relapse: 10 Relapse Prevention Techniques
Not everybody relapses, but many do. Relapse may not be guaranteed, but it does happen often. Luckily there are some relapse prevention techniques that can help you maintain control. The definition of addiction is “a chronic brain disease characterized by an inability to control substance use.” The “chronic” nature of…
Alcohol Relapse Can Be Prevented. Here’s How:
The road to full recovery from alcohol addiction is not always as smooth as we would like it to be. The path to living a sober life is very challenging, every day for the rest of the person’s life. Sadly, for many of those in recovery, the fact is that…
Relapse Prevention: 7 Common Triggers & How To Avoid Them
Recovering addicts are at extremely high risk for relapse because it is so difficult to fight ingrained behaviors, as well as physical, mental, and emotional addiction to substances. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), those in addiction treatment suffer a relapse at a rate of about 40-60%. …