“A person can learn a lot from a dog, even a loopy one like ours… Marley taught me about living each day with unbridled exuberance and joy, about seizing the moment and following your heart.”
John Grogan,Marley & Me

In June of 2006, I was walking beside the river in our town praying for my husband, Dave. In times like these, (if I listen very carefully) I sometimes feel like there’s a message for me coming directly...

This article will give you information on the problems of using drugs and their effects on health and work. The amount of medicinal information available is inadequate. Most people understand that medicines are not good, but they do not always think about how the consequences of medicine uses can affect their work.

This is not a replacement for substance mistreatment. If a person is having problems related to the misuse of medicines, he or she should be referred to a...

Pre-employment background checks or background screening is the process of compiling criminal, financial and commercial records of an individual. Pre-employment background checks are usually sought by employers on candidates seeking jobs that demand trust and security, such as in a financial institution, hospital, school and government departments including law and military. These checks are conducted by the government agencies or private companies. Pre-employment background checks...

Integrity Way has agreed to provide many of their apartment homes for Transformations Treatment Center. They will also provide staff for monitoring, drug testing and transporting clients.

Transformations Treatment Center is located in Delray Beach, Florida and is licensed by the Department of Children and Families for a Partial Hospitalization and an Intensive Outpatient Program.

Integrity Way Transitional Housing has recently contracted with...

The best way to approach Substance Abuse Intervention involves following a series of steps to ensure the addict is completely taken care of during the entire process. Following the steps is the best way to approach substance abuse intervention because it will make sure the rehabilitation center, the friends and family intervening, and the addict are all prepared for everything that happens when committing to rehabilitation for any sort of addiction.

Contact a Substance Abuse...

Over-indulgence of alcohol can gradually result into addiction and can render one unable to perform their duties effectively without having to drink. This is known as alcoholism and can be categorized into three stages; early, middle and end. While one or two drinks consumed daily can be considered healthy and acceptable, increased frequency and heavy drinking is seen as a sign of early addiction.

Behaviors that are morally unacceptable, impaired thinking and unexplained...

Relapse is a dirty word, a backsliding into addiction from a position of confidence and strength which unfortunately so many people working out how to stop smoking pot fall prey to. What causes someone who may be so strong one week to break their vows and fall back into habitual pot smoking and can it be avoided?

Why people relapse can be a complicated question. Social pressures, sudden new stress, depression and many other factors can break the fragile division between quitter...

Substance abuse prevention speakers take the topic seriously, but sometimes I wonder just how many others do? I suppose as a substance abuse prevention speaker who knows the pain and torment personally from an experiential level, I am more apt to see the danger in substance abuse and drunk driving.

I grew up the son of a mother (a former high school cheerleader and honor graduate) who was an alcoholic and substance abuser. As a child I saw my beloved mother self-destruct and...

If how to stop smoking marijuana is a question you have been asking yourself for a while but have never found the answer then you may just be psychologically addicted to smoking pot. This is different to some other drug addictions which come with physical dependency and very painful withdrawal symptoms.

Those addicted to weed often continue doing so because of a small four letter word that has crippled many people's lives: FEAR!

This can come in many shapes and sizes but...