Whether you’re relatively new to recovery or you’ve been involved in recovery for a long time, you’d probably agree there are many areas of our lives that require a new approach, a new focus or taking steps along a new path, if we’re going to build and sustain a new life, one day at a…
Based on recent research findings, the destructive nature of addiction is continuing to ruin people’s lives across the nation. According to a report just published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), based on data available for analysis as of July 4, 2021, U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2020 increased by nearly one…
The men and women who work in the healthcare industry as physicians are often mistakenly perceived as being “superhuman” by their patients and the community, in general, especially when it comes to being exemplary models of physical and mental health. But the same anxiety, stress, illness and addiction that affects everyone else can afflict medical…
[Note to Reader: See “PART ONE” of this 2-part blog-post in the archives.] When a doctor, nurse or any other healthcare professional regularly drinks an unhealthy amount of alcohol, the fact that they’re sustaining some level of professional and personal success may inhibit them from acknowledging they have an alcohol abuse disorder and getting help…
During Mental Health Awareness Week and World Mental Health Day, it’s critical to learn how to get help for mental illness in a loved one. At times, helping someone who is battling a mental illness can be challenging. You may not know what to say or do or even how to act. Even individuals who…
June marks the month when people across the country will take time to highlight an important mental health disorder. Post-traumatic stress-disorder affects millions of Americans each year. This challenging disorder strikes young and old of every socioeconomic status. Symptoms of PTSD can drag you down and take over your life. However, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder…
What to say to your addicted friend Drug addiction is not as simple as it sounds, it is a medically proven disease and it is life-threatening if taken for granted. Like other diseases, drug addiction has its symptoms such as emotional and social deficiencies, victims tend to put themselves in harm’s way when addicted to…
June 14, 2018 6 PM to 8 PM at Armature Works Tampa Bay Foundation for Mental Health Presents A Community Education Series Conversations on Mental Health, Addiction and Recovery Episode 2 How and why addiction treatment works The TBFMH Community Series on Mental Health offers valuable and objective information about mental illness, available evidence-based treatment…
THIS EVENT IS OVER Thursday May 10, 2018 6 PM to 8 PM The Portico, 1001 N. Florida Ave. Tampa FL Conversations on Mental Health, Addiction and Recovery Episode 1: Opioids and other Drugs . . . Facing the Problem THIS EVENT IS OVER Conversations on Mental Health Episode 1 DONATE Free Admission Snacks and soft…
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