Substance abuse typically wreaks havoc among families in several ways. Children may endure abuse and neglect at the hands of alcoholic parents. Parents may suffer seeing their children fall into addiction. Siblings endure substance abuse from different perspectives, and being stuck in such a situation can have drastic consequences. At The Dunes East Hampton, we…
No one aspires to become addicted. Addiction happens as the result of other factors in a person’s life that go unresolved. Substance use starts out as a temporary solution, and then becomes a problem in and of itself. In fact, even when deep into the grips of addiction, a person is often oblivious to the…
One of the most common things we hear from clients at our treatment center is that they were “filling the void with drugs and alcohol.” Descriptions of a hole or void are common from people struggling with addiction. They experience emptiness in their lives that they do not know how to fill. Why do people…
Substance abuse and addiction problems do not discriminate between class, income, or socioeconomic status. Someone from any walk of life can struggle with addiction. Studies show, however, that individuals raised with affluence display significantly higher rates of substance abuse than those from different backgrounds. Understanding the reasons behind these addictions, and learning how to get…
Pain, anxiety and panic are the most common side effects of withdrawal from alcohol and drugs. When recovering from addiction to alcohol and drugs like opioids, heroin, methamphetamine, benzodiazepines, and other illicit drugs, users often cite these 3 side effects as the “worst part” of withdrawal. Incidentally, a majority of substance abusers that initially began…