Addiction

Solstice Health & Wellness Addiction Treatment

Helping Those Struggling with Alcohol, Drug, and Other Addictive Disorders Lead Healthier Lives

Substance Use Disorder = Addiction = Chemical Dependency = Substance abuse

Repeated and unhealthy use of alcohol, nicotine, cocaine, sex, gambling, and video games can lead to changes in the brain’s natural “reward pathway” and erode a person’s self-control and ability to make sound decisions, while sending highly intense impulses to continue the behavior. These overwhelming impulses help explain the compulsive and often baffling behavior around addiction. The person will keep doing them, even when terrible things are happening to them.

Biology of Addiction

Self-Test: Are You Struggling with an Addiction?

Alcohol

Tobacco

Vaping

Cocaine

Prescription Opioids

Heroin

Naloxone

Cannabis (Marijuana)

Synthetic Cathinones

References:
American Psychiatric Association; National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI); National Institue on Drug Abuse (NIDA); Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed); Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD)