The first time I heard about A Way Out I was desperate and had exhausted all of my resources, my families resources and my friends. No one wanted anything to do with me – including myself. [...]
Dear Readers, The board, staff, volunteers and clients welcome you to the A Way Out blog posts. A Way Out is a non-profit dedicated to reducing the number of people affected by a substance use [...]
The Howard G. Buffett Foundation in Decatur, Illinois, has announced a $30 million commitment to fund construction of a healthcare and social services campus dedicated to public health needs and [...]
August 1, 2018 by Ian Haydon, The Philadelphia Inquirer None of us has the brain we were born with. Brains grow and adapt. This process, called neuroplasticity, doesn’t end when you step [...]
To learn about this upcoming symposium with Dr. Claudia Black, Dr. Mel Pohl and William Moyers, Click on the link below. Light breakfast provided. Cost is free, but a donation of $20 is [...]
Researchers develop system that senses smoking movements, sends motivational text messages, videos to help users quit smoking Date: August 1, 2018 Researchers are using wearable sensor technology [...]
Analysis of self-report measures from a large community sample of Swiss males indicates that problematic online gaming and cybersex represent distinct disorders. Internet addiction represents an [...]
The annual amount of Americans dying from liver disease and liver cancer has risen since 2009, according to a new study. The number of Americans aged 25-to-34 who died from cirrhosis rose by 10.5 [...]
What’s underneath the surface? We all can see the tip of the glacier that is sticking up in the water. What we refuse to acknowledge and talk about is all the “stuff” underneath [...]
We’ve often heard that alcohol, marijuana and nicotine, traditionally in the form of tobacco but increasingly as an oil in connection with vaping, are gateway drugs. What that means is that [...]
