Blogs
Addiction and Eating Disorders
Substance use disorders often appear alongside other medical or mental health disorders, also known as co-occurring disorders. The National Eating...
The Impact of Addiction on Families
Lake Ave Recovery’s esteemed Dr. James DiReda had the pleasure of sitting down with Aaron Huey of the #1 parenting...
Why Are Opioids So Addictive?
On average, someone in America dies from a drug overdose every eight minutes. That is almost 180 lives lost each...
How Opioids Affect the Brain
Opioids, a class of drug that includes heroin, fentanyl, codeine, morphine, hydrocodone and oxycodone, that act on opioid receptors in...
Spirituality and Addiction Treatment
Opioid use and addiction in the United States continues to exponentially rise to epidemic levels as illegal drugs such as...
Breaking the Stigma
For decades, due to misconception and shame, drug use and addiction was often associated with lack of willpower or poor...
