If you’ve never had to live through an addiction in real life, there’s a good chance you’ve picked up some ideas about what the experience is like from shows on TV. Well, just like some of those kitschy products on late-night infomercials, what you see isn’t always...
The American Journal of Medicine reports that approximately one in ten people who need help with a substance use disorder will seek out and obtain support. As hospitalizations due to opioid poisonings increase across Canada, Nova Scotia presents unique challenges. For...
We’ve all seen the party lifestyle glamorized in popular media. While it may make for good TV or juicy tabloid fodder, a substance-driven lifestyle isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. We all know that chronic substance use can wreak havoc on your life, but did you know...
Content warning: This story discusses trauma, PTSD, and substance use disorders. When two soldiers go to war and are exposed to the same conditions, why does one return with PTSD and develop a substance use disorder, and the other does not? The answer to this question...
Being an entrepreneur is tough. As a business owner, you’re likely to deal with long hours, high stress, and responsibilities that never seem to end. Even on a slow day, it’s still a 24-hour-a-day job. Not surprisingly, many entrepreneurs end up dealing with addiction...
Content warning: This story discusses sexual abuse, sexual violence, incest, trauma, self-harm, and substance use disorders. There’s a saying within addictions recovery that we never ask what’s wrong with someone. We ask what happened to them. That’s because trauma,...
