In 2016, an estimated 21 million people over age 12 were diagnosed with a clinical substance use disorder and therefore required professional treatment. Yet less than 2 percent actually received it. This is especially true among younger generations – according to national data, only 0.7 percent of addicted adolescents, and 1.8 percent of young adults […]

Just months ago, the world lost iconic musician Tom Petty. He died after suffering multiple episodes of cardiac arrest. While Tom Petty experienced a long and hard journey with drugs (Turnbridge shares his story here), his death was not instantly deemed a drug overdose. Until now. On January 20, 2018 – more than 100 days […]

At the end of 2017, the latest Monitoring the Future data was released— and according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, there is some good news regarding adolescent drug use. Despite the ongoing opioid crisis affecting our country, despite the alarming increases in opioid overdoses nationwide, they said, opioid abuse among adolescents is at […]

2015 was a record-setting year for drug overdose deaths in the United States. Now, the 2016 numbers are in— and they are not boding well for the year ahead. In late December 2017, the Centers for Disease Control revealed that the number of fatal drug overdoses in America rose 21 percent from 2015 to 2016, […]

It’s a new year and for many people out there, that means making resolutions to change. But this time, you may have decided to do something a bit beyond the norm. As you rang in 2018, you did not vow to stop eating junk food. You did not make a promise to your running shoes, […]

Last year, an estimated 28.6 million people over age 12 were classified as current illicit drug users. This translates to about 1 in 10 individuals who use illicit drugs in the United States. According to national statistics, young adults are the most affected demographic – about 1 in every 4 young adults (between ages 18 and […]

Nearly 175 Americans die from a drug overdose each day. The majority of these deaths, declared the President in his 2017 statement against the nation’s opioid crisis, are caused by opioid overdoses. Heroin. Fentanyl. Morphine. OxyContin. Vicodin. Any name-brand prescription painkiller you can think of. These are the drugs (yes, even the ones found in […]

“The first place we lose the battle is in our own thinking. If you think it’s permanent, then it’s permanent. If you think you’ve reached your limits, then you have. If you think you’ll never get well, then you won’t. You have to change your thinking. You need to see everything that’s holding you back, […]

The holidays are just around the corner. Christmas lights are strung on trees and houses, making our surrounding neighborhoods come alive. More and more people are bustling about, finishing up their last-minute shopping lists. Friends and family are making plans for the nights ahead – and many are already shipping and settling in for holiday […]