Depending upon the seriousness of your addiction and the amount of support you have at home, it may be possible to do most of your opiate addiction rehab at home. more...

If you think you can use heroin once or swallow a few prescription drugs every day and avoid the pitfalls of addiction, think again. What is it about opiates that make them so addictive? The answer lies in how they affect the brain. more...

Using opiates carries a number of risks, one of the most serious of which is accidental drug overdose. Each year, overdoses kill upwards of 22,000 Americans. more...

Good and bad things happen. They have always happened and they always will happen. Once you've taken reasonable steps to protect yourself from the bad things, you might as well focus on the hopeful possibilities. Psychological research suggests that this kind of hopeful optimism is good for both our mental and physical health. more...