While news outlets continue to focus on growing concerns about the fentanyl epidemic (and rightfully so), it’s essential to also point out positive outcomes in addiction science. This is exactly the intention behind National Recovery Month, a public awareness program that happens every September. This critical movement provides positive reinforcement of the lives saved with...

In March 2023, Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) reported that “the total number of opioid-related overdose deaths in Georgia increased by 101 percent from 853 in 2019 to 1,718 in 2021.” In some counties, such as Bibb, Crawford, Monroe, and Peach, deaths were twice that percentage in the same time period. The primary dangerous drug now...

Willingway works with families who are in a codependent relationship related to drug or alcohol addiction. If you or a loved one are in need of help for an addiction, please call 888-979-2140. For a very long time, I could not decipher between codependency and love. I thought that if we love someone, we put...