What Percentage of Addicts Stay Clean? When a Hollywood celebrity or Washington politician is arrested for driving under the influence or prescription shopping, the media presents story-after-story on substance abuse disorders. Many times the people in the news have been on-and-off the...
Alumni Support Services Our addiction Alumni Programs, both at Tampa and Fort Myers, acknowledge your accomplishment in addiction recovery. You have just overcome a major disease with success and that is something to be extremely proud of. Our Alumni programs are designed...
Drug Addiction Treatment Drug addiction treatment works to treat a user’s substance abuse problem through proven rehabilitation techniques. For those who are addicted to drugs or alcohol, treatment and recovery can only be completed successfully when that individual admits that they have...
About Us WhiteSands Treatment provides patients with unparalleled treatment for their drug or alcohol addiction. Our facilities consist of compassionate and caring addiction advisors, therapists, and medical personnel who will make your journey throughout recovery a comfortable and positive one. Our modern...
The Opioid Crisis is upon us and is only worsening. The crisis that opioid abuse has created stems from decades of misuse in conjunction with over-prescribed drugs that are extremely addictive. In turn, this has created a population of addicts who are...
Men and women use and metabolize alcohol differently. Learn about some of the gender differences in alcohol consumption between men and women. We’ve heard that women are from Venus, and men are from Mars, and enough differences between the genders exist to...
What Is Codependency? Codependency is a word we hear tossed around a lot. What is codependency, and how does it affect the life of someone with an addiction? In the context of substance abuse, a codependent generally refers to someone who supplies...
FDA Approved Drug Addiction App Thousands of apps exist in the mental health care space, and they are in wide use by people who struggle with conditions such as depression, bipolar, OCD or schizophrenia. Addiction being a mental disorder, there are apps...
Cocaine Overdose Prevention and Addiction Treatment The addictive properties of cocaine result in many cases of severe addiction and overdoses across the United States. The CDC reported that as many as 10,619 people died as a result of cocaine overdoses in 2016....
The long term effects of cocaine use can be devastating. Here’s what you need to know if you use cocaine. Cocaine is an illegal stimulant drug that’s highly addictive. It’s derived from coca leaves, and it’s been used by human for thousands...
