Benzo Withdrawals You are scrambling to find one of your prescription bottles. With your final exam in only 10 minutes, you feel your heart racing as sweat beads on your forehead. How could you let this happen? You always have a stash of benzos around, but every...
Alcohol and Night Sweats You know you can’t keep going on like this. Your drinking has gotten so out of hand that you can’t make it through the day without at least a pint. Usually, your day has to start with a beer just to stop the shakes. You know you can’t keep...
Signs of Benzo Addiction Your teen daughter has been taking medication for anxiety for years. She had some traumatic experiences as a child that you blame yourself for, but she really has come a long way with therapy and these medications. Her doctor told you that the...
Benzo Overdose You have been taking Xanax for a little while under your doctor’s orders. Your anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder have been plaguing you recently, and he suggested this benzodiazepine as a way to help alleviate the symptoms. It has been helping...
Types of Alcoholism You were never good at school. The only reason you found yourself going was to keep your dad off your back, as he spent most of his days inebriated while your mother took care of everything else. He was on disability from being hurt in the factory,...
Social Alcoholic You always stayed away from alcohol, focusing on your studies and your future. As you got older and entered college, you started to expand your horizons more and attended frat and sorority parties. You never had more than a couple of red solo cups of...