In the year 2015, the last year of analyzed data used for the recent statistics released by the Health Research Board, more people sought out treatment for alcohol than opiates and cannabis. Alcohol misuse is a primary problem for most people seeking treatment in Ireland. Between 2009 and 2015, more than 56,000 people were treated […]
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The Devastating Effect of Alcoholism in Ireland
Alcoholism’s Dangerous and Devastating Effects Alcohol is part of Irish tradition. Alcoholism is part of a growing problem with substance use and misuse in Ireland. Treatment for alcoholism has to include a strong commitment to abstinence. The difference between alcohol misuse and alcoholism is a matter of control. See binge drinking vs alcoholism. People who […]
Fentanyl in Ireland
Fentanyl is a lethal and dangerous drug spreading its way across the world. Over the last two years, fentanyl has found its way to Ireland, in much the same manner as it has presented itself in other countries. Without any taste or color, fentanyl is hard to detect. This is why many drug manufacturers are […]
Challenges Created in Relationships When You’re Living with Mental Illness
Relationships are a necessity in life. Learning to have healthy relationships can present many challenges when you are living in recovery from mental illness. When you struggle with self-esteem, low self-worth, and a lack of personal identity, you tend to cling onto other people. In addition to being many other things, codependency is a […]
How To Stay Connected To Recovery When You Move Home From Treatment
People travel far and wide to get the treatment they need to recover from drug and alcohol addiction, in addition to concurrent mental health conditions. It is common for people to feel as though they need to get far away from their home environments where they have misused drugs and alcohol or become mentally unwell. […]
What are the Symptoms of Opioid Withdrawal?
Addiction can cause someone to become very manipulative in their nature, causing them to lie, cheat, steal, and hide the truth. You might suspect that someone in your life is misusing drugs like opioids but you cannot catch them or prove that they are. One of the best ways to identify opioid abuse is through […]
Ireland’s Problem with Codeine
Solpadeine is an over the counter pain relief sold in Ireland, the UK and other parts of the world. Drugs like Solpadeine aren’t sold in the US because they contain an active opioid ingredient: codeine. Irish governments have set restrictions on Solpadeine and other codeine-containing compounds in current years because of Ireland’s growing problem with […]
Substance Misuse Officially Added to Symptoms of PTSD
The relationship between PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder, and substance misuse is not without recognition. In order to cope with high amounts of stress and difficult emotions in living with PTSD, people turn to drugs and alcohol with numb their pain- both emotional and physical. Mental illness of any kind has been proven to increase […]
Supporting a Loved One Through Bereavement Therapy
The loss of a close one can feel like a devastation from which there is no recovery. Turning to drugs, alcohol or other self-destructive behaviors only prolongs the grieving process, which can be healing. Residential treatment programmes including bereavement therapy can help the mourning process find completion while enabling self-care rather than self-destructive behaviors. […]
How To Support Mental Health Recovery
Mental health recovery for addiction, alcoholism, or co-occurring disorders includes everyone. We can all support mental health recovery for ourselves, our friends, and our family members. Real change is possible in recovery. People living with mental illness are not broken, damaged, or defective. They are real people capable of real change. Everyone is capable […]
Over The Counter Drug Addiction
Throughout the EU, over the counter drug addiction is becoming a problem surpassing in number the high effect of addiction to heroin and other opiate drugs. Treatment centers everywhere are seeing a sharp increase in admissions and calls for help from individuals as well as their family members desperate for a solution. Codeine, a liquid […]
Mental Health and Food
BBC reports on the revolutionary effect food can have in improving the lives of those living with mental illnesses. “A landmark 2015 article in the prestigious Lancet journal stated that nutrition may be as important to mental health as it is to cardiology, endocrinology and gastroenterology.” Additionally, citing a study Australian study, the article emphasizes, […]