Addiction

In the United States, opiate and opioid addiction has become a national epidemic.

ICE is a type of extremely purified methamphetamine used by addicts to achieve mental and physical euphoria.

Dr. Tian Dayton of the National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACOA) offers insight on how and why drug and alcohol addiction affects the family unit as a whole, especially the children of addicts.

Alcoholics and drug addicts don’t just wake up one day and decide to abuse a dangerous substance. Each of these individuals has a life and a story of how they got to a place of drug or alcohol dependency. For many of them, that story begins with a traumatic event in their childhoods. EMDR therapy can help!

When most people talk about bipolar 2 disorder, they are referring to bipolar I disorder, where moods swing back and forth between mania and depression.

Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week is part of a strategy to limit drug use and substance abuse. Contact Hawaii Island Recovery today!