How Alcohol Antagonizes Bipolar Disorder

There is a prevalent link between substance abuse and mental illness, and it is one that can be started from either end of the spectrum. Sometimes, the risks of developing certain types of mental illnesses can be spurted on through substance abuse, but types of mental...
How Trauma Can Fuel Addiction

How Trauma Can Fuel Addiction

Most people have an idea that substance abuse is hurting them. Pretty much every addict understands the danger of the situation, and none of them really ever desired to become an addict. The key to addiction is that you feel like you are in control of it…until...
Skills to Cope with Dual Diagnosis

Skills to Cope with Dual Diagnosis

Fighting addiction is certainly a trying and challenging experience. Since addiction has the power to warp your brain’s reward processes, it forces you into thinking that you need to engage in your addiction to achieve happiness. However, what is especially difficult...

How Bipolar Disorder Enables Sex Addiction

As the rates of a multitude of different addictions, including drugs, alcohol, sex, and gambling, continue to climb in the United States, and around the entire world, it is worth examining the root cause of several of these addictions. In many cases, there is a...