Archive for the ‘Diagnosis’ Category

Drug Dependence Vs. Drug Abuse

Friday, November 27th, 2009

The words drug abuse and drug dependency are often used interchangeably, but in reality, there is a difference between abuse of a drug and dependency. Dependency does begin with drug abuse, but addiction is much more than a lot of drug use.

Drug abuse is basically the repeated or uncontrolled use of controlled substances. Another [...]

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Alcoholic Or Alcohol Abuse?

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

There may come a time when you look at someone you love, and you may wonder if they are exhibiting alcoholic behavior. What can be scary is that there can be problems long before you see them, and the person with the problem may never see them, and there is nothing that you can do. [...]

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