Types of addiction
Understanding the drugs we treat.
Addiction is a disease, not a moral failing. These guides explain how different substances affect the body and mind, the signs to watch for, and how recovery works, so you can take the next right step for yourself or someone you love.
Opioid
Heroin
Heroin is one of the most addictive drugs a person can encounter, and one of the hardest to walk away from without help. If you or someone you love is caught in heroin addiction, recovery is possible, and you do not have to do it alone.
Read the guide →Depressant
Alcohol
Alcohol is legal and everywhere, which is exactly what makes an addiction to it so easy to miss and so hard to face. If drinking has taken over more of your life than you want it to, you are not weak and you are not alone, and recovery is within reach.
Read the guide →Stimulant
Cocaine
Cocaine promises energy, confidence, and control, and then quietly takes all three. If cocaine has a grip on you or someone you love, there is a way out, and it starts with a single conversation.
Read the guide →Stimulant
Methamphetamine
Meth is one of the most powerful and destructive stimulants there is, and one of the most treatable when a person gets real help. No matter how far it has gone, recovery is possible.
Read the guide →Opioid
Fentanyl
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid so powerful that a tiny amount can be fatal, and it now shows up in many street drugs without the user ever knowing. If fentanyl is part of your story, getting help quickly can save your life, and recovery is possible.
Read the guide →Cannabis
Marijuana
Marijuana is often called harmless, but for some people it becomes a daily habit that quietly narrows their life. If cannabis has more control over you than you want it to, that is worth taking seriously, and help is available.
Read the guide →Benzodiazepine
Xanax
Xanax can start as a legitimate prescription for anxiety and quietly turn into a dependence the body cannot easily let go of. If you have come to rely on Xanax, you are not alone, and there is a safe way out.
Read the guide →Opioid
Oxycodone
Oxycodone is a prescription painkiller that has pulled countless people into opioid addiction, often starting with a legitimate injury. If it has taken hold of you or someone you love, recovery is possible.
Read the guide →Opioid
Hydrocodone
Hydrocodone is one of the most commonly prescribed opioids in the country, and one of the most common paths into opioid addiction. If it has become a problem, help is here.
Read the guide →Opioid
Percocet
Percocet is a common prescription painkiller that can quietly turn a short-term prescription into a long-term opioid addiction. Wherever you are with it, recovery is possible.
Read the guide →Opioid
Codeine
Codeine is often seen as a milder, everyday opioid, which is exactly why its addictive pull is so easy to underestimate. If codeine has become a problem, help is available.
Read the guide →Opioid
Morphine
Morphine is a powerful opioid that has relieved real pain for many people, and pulled many into addiction along the way. If it has taken hold, there is a way back.
Read the guide →Prescription
Prescription Drugs
Prescription drug addiction usually does not start in a dark alley. It starts in a medicine cabinet, with a legitimate prescription. That is exactly what makes it so common and so easy to overlook.
Read the guide →Hallucinogen
Mushrooms & Hallucinogens
Hallucinogens like psilocybin mushrooms are often treated as harmless, but they carry real psychological risks, and problem use is frequently a sign of a larger struggle with substances. Help is available.
Read the guide →Stimulant
Ecstasy (MDMA)
Ecstasy promises connection, energy, and euphoria, and then leaves a crash and real risks behind. If it has become part of a bigger pattern of substance use, there is help.
Read the guide →You can recover
Whatever the substance, recovery is possible.
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