Northpoint Recovery Addiction News and Stories
Staying Sober in College: How Drug and Alcohol Addiction is Affecting Students Across the Nation
The college years. Many eager, young people look forward to this time in anticipation of the beginning of their adult lives. And many adults look back on this time [...]
Columbine High School shooting survivor Austin Eubanks dies at 37 from Opioid Overdose
Austin Eubanks, one of the survivors from the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, was found dead in his house on May 18, 2019. He had passed away from an [...]
Quiz: Are You an Enabler?
“Enabling feels good, though! It makes us feel like we are helping and doing something good and positive in our family member’s life! It gives us a false sense of [...]
Our Future in Danger: Children and Opioid Poisoning
The opioid epidemic that has broken out in the United States in the last several decades has recently taken a turn for the worse; opioid poisoning is now affecting increasing [...]
An Open Letter to the Parents of Adult Alcoholics and Addicts
It is an unbelievably difficult transition. Your teenaged child who has an extensive personal history of substance abuse has just turned 18, and everything has changed. They are now adults [...]
Helping Families: Breaking Free from Codependency
“It’s amazing how many people still don’t understand codependency, even when it is consuming them and those they love. The need to fix others is always easier than accepting [...]
7 Signs That Your Family Member Is Struggling with Addiction
“Does this mean that families have no role to play in the miraculous process of recovery? On the contrary…Studies have shown time and again that addicts who feel connected to [...]
Gaslighting: Examples, Effects and How to Confront the Abuse
Gaslighting: Examples, Effects and How to Confront the Abuse Gaslighting is a form of brainwashing and manipulation that happens on a regular basis. What is Gaslighting? The goal of [...]
