Last month, public data posted by Google Trends showed that for the third time in the past three years – and for the entire month of September – online...

When our clinicians facilitate group counseling sessions and other meetings involving people in treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD) and/or substance use disorder (SUD), they often hear participants ask...

The public perception of addiction recovery has changed dramatically over the past twenty years. A process that was once highly stigmatized as something negative or shameful is now widely...

National Study Follows High School Seniors From Age 18 to Age 35  The year 2020 was challenging for everyone. When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived, no one knew what would...

We spend significant time and energy responding to the ongoing opioid crisis in the United States. In fact, helping people with opioid use disorder is one of our primary...

In July 2022, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in collaboration with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), published a report on the current state of...

When you have a bad day, a good friend can turn everything around. Sometimes a kind word, a piece of good advice, a helping hand, or maybe a hug...

By Christopher Johnston, MD ABPM-ADM, Chief Medical Officer, Pinnacle Treatment Centers If you receive a diagnosis for opioid use disorder (OUD) and decide to commit to treatment, you have...

In the United States in 2022, we face a problem: drug misuse, drug addiction, and drug overdose. Most of us know about the opioid epidemic and opioid overdose crisis....

Evidence collected over the past five decades shows that the most effective treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) is medication-assisted treatment (MAT). This approach to treatment for opioid addiction...