Monthly Archive for: ‘March, 2013’
Speaker Series – Dr Jeremy Martinez
Dr Jeremy Martinez was guest for the latest Speaker Series event at Pasadena Recovery Center on Wednesday night March 20th giving an excellent presentation on the rapidly growing epidemic surrounding prescription drug abuse and addiction.
Watch for more great events to come at
Pasadena Recovery Center
No Thanks… I Don’t Drink!
Why Does Society Think I’m Some Kind of Freak for Abstaining From Alcohol?
No one ever asks me why I don’t shoot heroin.
Drug Facts
FACTS ON DRUGS
If you think drugs won’t affect your health, think again. Get the facts about the most commonly abused drugs. Learn what they are and how using drugs, even just once, can affect your body and your mind.
Bath Salts
An Evolving Threat.
People using “bath salts” may experience “excited delirium,” which can result in dehydration, breakdown of skeletal muscle tissue, and kidney failure.
Depicting Addiction – The Roadmap to Recovery
Substance abuse is defined as a “maladaptive pattern” of substance use leading to clinically significant impairment or distress as demonstrated by one (or more) of the following occurring within a 12 month period:
- Recurrent inability to fulfill major obligations at work, school or home.
- Recurrent substance use in physically hazardous situations such as driving a car while physcially impaired.
- Recurrent substance abuse related legal problems.
- Continued substance abuse despite persistent or recurrent social or interpersonal problems that are either caused by or exacerbated by the effects of the substance.
