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How Substance Abuse Affects Your Health

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Substance abuse, whether drugs or alcohol, can have more negative effects on your life than you might have imagined. While it can cause strains on your family and your job, it can also cause strains internally. Alcoholism and drug abuse can even lead to death, but for some people it could be a slow and painful one.

If you or someone in your family is suffering from addiction it is important to get help. Aside from messing up your family and maybe even causing you to lose your job, here are some other things that could mess up your life, and health, when it comes to substance abuse. [Read more…]

Originally posted on November 26, 2016 @ 9:01 am

4 Ways Addiction Affects You Financially

Everyone is aware of the high cost of addiction. It can ruin families, relationships and careers; but do you realize how much addiction can break you financially? Addicts and their families pay a hefty financial penalty for continuing an addiction; this loss can be in the form of wages, job opportunities, and expenses relating to your addictive substance. There is also a large financial cost to society to care for addicts in the form of law-enforcement, rehab programs, health care costs and housing costs of prison. Included here are a few ways addiction will affect your personal finances.

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Financial Expenditures

The most obvious cost of addiction is in purchasing your substance of choice. Alcoholics who drink a cheap six-pack of beer each day are facing yearly costs of close to $2,000. If your addiction lies with hard alcohol or spirits, the costs could easily triple. For those with serious medication abuses or illegal drugs, you could be looking at costs nearing $20,000 per year. [Read more…]

Originally posted on November 19, 2015 @ 2:57 pm