Monthly Archives: January 2016

Some Things You May Not Know About Substance Abuse: What keeps you addicted

Chemistry First there’s the chemical. That calm feeling you get from Percocet is just too good to give up. The sickness you feel when you are in withdrawal is just too bad to bear. Genes get rewritten when you use cocaine often enough, so that nothing but cocaine can make you happy. Your brain cellsContinue reading “Some Things You May Not Know About Substance Abuse: What keeps you addicted”

The Shrink’s Links: CrowdMed

Bringing you the best of mental health every week. Do you have frustratingly complex medical symptoms that have you and your doctors baffled? Pay $199, submit your medical history anonymously to CrowdMed, and dozens, or even hundreds, of “medical detectives” will chime in. You get a list of suggestions, based on these detective’s rankings, toContinue reading “The Shrink’s Links: CrowdMed”

Some Things You May Not Know About Substance Abuse: You can’t stop cravings from knocking at the door, but you don’t have to answer

You could stop using whatever it is that is destroying you and you will still think about it from time to time. You’ll have dreams of using. A beer truck might roll by and you’ll feel thirsty. That old life will seem good every now and then. You could have some very good reasons toContinue reading “Some Things You May Not Know About Substance Abuse: You can’t stop cravings from knocking at the door, but you don’t have to answer”

The Shrink’s Links: The New Year’s Clean Sweep

Bringing you the best of mental health and relationship advice on the internet. Today’s link from the shrink is: The Clean Sweep Program I’ve posted it before, but this is a link that’s worth repeating in this season of setting goals and making resolutions. The Clean Sweep Program is a checklist of 100 items which,Continue reading “The Shrink’s Links: The New Year’s Clean Sweep”