Active duty military and retired soldiers face unique challenges and circumstances that average citizens can not relate to. While substance use disorders among veterans are frequently discussed, in relation...
For many, daylight saving time in the Fall is just a matter of turning the clocks back an hour, but the fewer hours of daylight can have a dramatic...
Addiction is a devastating issue that touches the lives of millions of people. It destroys families, friendships, careers and anything in its path. Addiction comes in many forms and...
Society’s most vulnerable populations, those suffering from addiction and the homeless, are being hit harder by the effects of the pandemic than any other population. They are experiencing loss...
Substance use disorders often appear alongside other medical or mental health disorders, also known as co-occurring disorders. The National Eating Disorder Association reports that about 50% of those struggling...
Lake Ave Recovery’s esteemed Dr. James DiReda had the pleasure of sitting down with Aaron Huey of the #1 parenting podcast, Beyond Risk and Back, to discuss the impact...
On average, someone in America dies from a drug overdose every eight minutes. That is almost 180 lives lost each day. Most of these drug related deaths are caused...
Opioids, a class of drug that includes heroin, fentanyl, codeine, morphine, hydrocodone and oxycodone, that act on opioid receptors in the brain to relax the body and relieve pain...
Opioid use and addiction in the United States continues to exponentially rise to epidemic levels as illegal drugs such as heroin and the recreational use of prescription painkillers wreak...
For decades, due to misconception and shame, drug use and addiction was often associated with lack of willpower or poor decision making. Although, today, substance use disorders are considered...