Intervention Helpline News & Articles

We strive to provide addicts and their families with up-to-date information about addiction, intervention and treatment to help guide them on their journey to lifelong sobriety.

Thursday, October 18th, 2018

When Heroin Addiction Hits Families: Help for a Family Member Addicted to Heroin

The 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that approximately 948,000 Americans used heroin within the previous year. Furthermore, nearly two out of three of those heroin...
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Friday, October 12th, 2018

PTSD in an Alcoholic Family: Unfortunate Collateral Damage

It is no mystery that alcoholism can destroy a person’s life. However, it is important to remember that the damage caused by alcohol abuse can affect the mental health...
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2018

Teen and Young Adult Behavioral Health Interventions Help Prevent Future Substance Abuse Issues

Behavioral problems that take hold in the developmental years of your child’s life can indicate behaviors they may engage in later in life. If your child begins acting out...
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Wednesday, September 19th, 2018

Will Insurance Really Cover Interventions?

Are you in the following situation? You have a child or a spouse who’s been taking drugs or drinking heavily for some time now, and they can’t seem to...
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Friday, September 14th, 2018

The Importance of Dual Diagnosis Treatment with a Focus on Trauma

It may come as little surprise that trauma is a common denominator in a majority of addiction cases. But trauma doesn’t mean the same thing to each person. What...
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Monday, September 10th, 2018

The Lack of Value in Interventions Provided by Treatment Centers

As you’re looking through directories and websites of various drug rehab facilities on behalf of your loved one, you might see one that offers an intervention service. You might...
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Saturday, August 18th, 2018

How to Help Someone with a Benzodiazepine Addiction

Families all around the country are waking up to the dangers that certain prescription drugs hold. The opioid epidemic has shown us that it is all-too-possible for pharmaceutical companies...
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Thursday, August 9th, 2018

How Did the Opioid Epidemic Start? DEA Reports Suggest the Epidemic Began in Florida

DEA reports, and an exclusive investigation from Florida newspaper The Palm Beach Post, suggest that the opioid epidemic in the United States began in Florida in the early 2000s,...
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Saturday, August 4th, 2018

New York Doctors Prescribing Dangerous Opioids Received Perks from Pharmaceutical Companies

The report establishes a possible conflict of interest between physicians and opioid manufacturers in the way opioid manufacturers incentivized doctors. The report admits that financial relationships do exist between...
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Friday, July 27th, 2018

How Drugs and Alcohol Affect Thyroid Function

Substance abuse involving alcohol, opioids and stimulants will cause damage to- and throw of the balance-of nearly every organ and system in the body. The affect that drugs and...
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