PROFESSIONALS, ARTISTS & ADDICTION

PROFESSIONALS, ARTISTS & ADDICTION

Drug and Alcohol Addiction in Aviation

Substance abuse negatively affects every American industry through critical harms like: Lost productivity. Workplace accidents. Injuries. Missed work. Excessive sick days. Low morale. Interpersonal conflicts. Increased illness.

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The Myth of Functional Addiction

Drug and alcohol addiction are serious crises of the body and mind that can affect anyone. Even managers and business owners, persons who appear to be doing well in their chosen careers, can fall prey to addiction.

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Drug Addiction in Professional Sports

Drug addiction can appear in all walks of life, even among the very successful. Given the psychological stress and the physical demands of professional sports, even America’s top athletes can sometimes become addicted to opioid pain relievers, alcohol,...

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Addiction Puts a Successful Career at Risk

It isn't just impoverished individuals who become addicted to drugs and alcohol. Anyone, from any walk of life, can become addicted, including people who have successful careers. However, no one can use drugs and alcohol AND manage a successful career...

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Drug Addiction Has Unequal Impact on Differing Careers

Is it possible to predict someone’s risk for developing a drug addiction or an alcohol addiction based on the type of career they have? Do some professions exhibit more drug or alcohol misuse among employees than others? And if so, what unique factors...

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Addiction Among Legal Professionals

Addiction to drugs and alcohol can manifest in any workforce. This article looks at the prevalence of substance abuse among legal professionals.

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Opioid Addiction in the Workforce

As the opioid crisis has swept across America, this addiction nightmare has now made its way into the workforce. What will it take for American workers and employers to create a safe, drug-free work environment?

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Rehab for Execs, Artists and Athletes

People who lose everything to addiction are not always scruffy, poorly-dressed individuals living on the margins of society. Wealthy, high profile individuals may also fall to this problem.

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Drugs and Creativity

There is some false information that has been spread through word of mouth and unfortunately by some famous artists. This is that drugs induce or assist in creative thought when trying to create on your art.

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Doctors Abuse Substances Too

While substance abuse and addiction may have once been a problem primarily for the lower-class, it is certainly no longer that way. Here we’d like to shine a light on the fact that, even the best educated, the most affluent, and the kindest of individuals...

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How Can Doctors Identify Drug Abuse Better?

Drug and alcohol addiction is a grim topic, one that is not very well understood by most. For the most part, such habits exist as monsters in the closet, dark obsessions that folks would rather not know much about. Ignorance is bliss, as they say.

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Executive Rehab Helping Clients Maintain Their Careers During Addiction Treatment

Recovery from addiction is a necessary part of overcoming drugs and alcohol and with the right treatment program like an executive rehab, this can be achieved.

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Why Addiction Treatment Should Be Different for Executives

Anyone who has ever worked in any sort of business environment would readily agree that executives have intense, challenging, and demanding jobs and lifestyles. They are expected to overcome all manner of obstacles on a day-to-day basis and successfully...

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The Stress of Leadership: What to Do When it Causes Addiction in Executives

Drug addiction and abuse is a growing problem today and a concern with business executives as the stress of their job can lead to substance abuse issues.

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VIP Rehabs: Is It Possible to Maintain Company Goals While Attending Treatment

Addiction can affect anyone including VIPs and executives and it is necessary for them to seek treatment. A VIP rehab is one effective method that can help them overcome addiction and still be able to work during their recovery.

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White-Collar Addiction

Professionals can turn to drugs or alcohol in an effort to cope with the pressures they face. If they then achieve sobriety they will then need new skills to deal with these issues.

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What’s the Real Reason So Many Artists and Actors Use Drugs?

In the field of the arts, it’s far too common for our beloved actors, musicians , artists and writers to suffer the destruction of addiction to drugs or alcohol. Why are they so often prone to drug and alcohol abuse?

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Drug Use in the Culture of Surfers and Skaters

Surfers and skaters like many other athletes have their troubles with drug abuse and addiction. Does the culture in which live and compete make them more prone than others?

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Stable Recovery a Must for Airline Pilots

Like anyone else airline pilots are not immune to alcohol or drug addiction. Efforts to ensure their sobriety is a vital and potentially life-saving endeavor.