Social Isolation and Loneliness of Pandemic Worse for LGBTQ
Overview: The COVID-19 pandemic has also caused a mental health crisis, with millions struggling with anxiety, depression, and loneliness. LGBTQ...
Life During Recovery: The Importance of a Healthy Environment
Overview: Creating a healthy environment is critical to the substance abuse recovery process. In this context, that means both limiting...
High School Students Who Abuse Opiates are More Likely to Attempt Suicide
Overview Studies have long shown a link between substance abuse and the risk of suicide and attempted suicide during adolescence,...
Why Starting a Relationship in Early Recovery is a Bad Idea
Highlights: New romantic relationships in early recovery are a bad idea for several reasons: They are distractions from the work...
Older LGBT+ Adults Hit Harder Than Others by COVID Pandemic
Overview: Older adult members of the LGBT+ community are facing an intersection of challenges. The pandemic is unusually dangerous for...
Reducing Vaccine Hesitancy in People with Opioid Use Disorder
Overview: A new outreach program seeks to overcome COVID vaccine hesitancy among people with opioid use disorder, who are at...
Trauma: Are we less tough than we used to be?
“Why are we all so broken? Why is this world so hard, so brutal and unforgiving, that we can’t navigate...
COVID-related Alcohol Use Found Higher Among LGBTQ Population
Moving back home during the pandemic has caused stress for many in the LBGTQ community. Overview: LGBTQ individuals have faced...
Methamphetamine Users Are at High Risk of Death from COVID-19
Highlights: Habitual methamphetamine use can exacerbate the symptoms of COVID-19 because both conditions affect the lungs and heart. People who...
Sober Celebs: Who they are, and why they did it
By: Sarah Surrey, LCSW, CRAADC Haven’t you heard? Recovery is all the rage. The new black. So cool, in fact,...
