Read about Maureen Fitzpatrick’s experience with her daughter’s addiction to heroin and how they were able to battle and overcome the deadly disease. Meet Maureen Not too long ago, Maureen...
Read about Libby’s struggle with her son’s heroin addiction & how, through embracing rehab treatment, she & her son were able to overcome the disease. Meet Libby A private school...
Read Dave’s story about his role in his son’s recovery from heroin addiction as a part of The Recovery Village’s addiction stories series. Meet Dave To a dad of three...
While the use of prescription painkillers may be one way how heroin addiction starts, there can be other gateway drugs that lead users down the path of this drug. When...
So what can you do? How can you help a heroin addict? How to help a heroin addict is a difficult question, because there is very little you can do....
Heroin is one of the most addictive substances known to man. In a 2012 survey, 335,000 people admitted to past-month use of it, per the U.S. Department of Health and...
Some heroin is sold as a brown powder, and there’s also something called “black heroin” or “black tar heroin”. Heroin is a drug classified as an opioid. Opioids also include...
To help identify signs of heroin use, it’s important to be aware of its street names as well as what it looks like. It’s important for people to be informed...
For a person who uses heroin, the only option to stop using the drug is often professional treatment. Without professional treatment, it can be incredibly difficult to kick heroin. The addiction...