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Exercise in Addiction Recovery: How Physical Activity Reduces Relapse
Moving Your Body Changes Your Brain Chemistry Exercise is one of the most underused tools in addiction recovery. Regular physical activity reduces cravings,…
Recovery Housing Standards: Your Rights in Sober Living Homes
Sober Living Homes Are Evolving With New Protections Recovery housing provides a drug-free living environment for people transitioning from treatment to…
Peer Recovery Support Specialists: How Lived Experience Strengthens Recovery
People Who Have Been There Are Leading Recovery Peer recovery support specialists are people who have lived through addiction and now use that experience to…
Contingency Management Programs: Incentive-Based Addiction Treatment
Paying People to Stay Sober Works Contingency management (CM) is the most effective behavioral treatment for stimulant use disorder. It works on a…
FDA-Approved Medications for Opioid Addiction: 2025 Treatment Options
Medication-Assisted Treatment Saves Lives Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder reduces overdose deaths, improves treatment retention,…
Telehealth for Addiction Treatment: How Remote Care Is Expanding Access
Remote Prescribing of Addiction Medication Is Now Standard Telehealth for addiction treatment has moved from a pandemic-era workaround to an established…
Social Media and Teen Substance Use: What Parents Need to Know
The Connection Between Screens and Substance Risk U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued a clear warning: social media poses a significant risk to the…
Stimulant Overdose Deaths Are Rising: Cocaine and Meth Statistics
Stimulants Are the New Front Line of the Overdose Crisis For years, opioids dominated headlines about drug overdose deaths. That shifted in June 2025, when…
Xylazine in the U.S. Drug Supply: What You Need to Know
Xylazine Is Reshaping the Overdose Crisis A veterinary sedative called xylazine, known on the street as “tranq,” has infiltrated the U.S. illicit drug supply…