Addiction Is a Chronic Illness: We Need to Start Treating It Like It
The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) defines addiction as a “primary, chronic disease of brain reward, moti [...]
October 8, 2019
September 16, 2019
Working in Early Recovery: MARC Offers Full Vocational Programming
At Maryland Addiction Recovery Center, we believe that treating addiction and co-occurring disorders does not mean simp [...]
May 13, 2019
The Dangers of Stimulants
America’s opioid crisis has grabbed the headlines over the last several years in relation to the country’s relationships [...]
April 1, 2019
April 2019 is Alcohol Awareness Month
April is Alcohol Awareness Month for 2019! Alcohol Awareness Month is a public health program organized by the National [...]
January 11, 2019
The Cost of Addiction on America’s Workforce: What can Employers do?
It is well known that addiction doesn’t discriminate and that it impacts individuals, families and communities across et [...]
A New Year, a Perfect Time for New Beginnings and an Opportunity to Create Positive Change
Each new year millions of people around the world make new year’s resolutions, typically firm decisions and determinatio [...]
December 19, 2018
Early Recovery and the Holidays: It is not the Responsibility of our Friends and Family to Change their Behavior based on our Newfound Sobriety
Selfishness and self-centeredness is what the 12 Step rooms such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (N [...]
The Dangers of Synthetic Drugs
For many years, individuals seeking help for substance use disorder would enter treatment and rattle off a list of subst [...]
October 8, 2018
Senate takes steps to make Patient Brokering a Federal Crime
On Monday, September 17th, the Senate overwhelmingly approved a legislative package of bills aimed at combating and offe [...]