Group Therapy Program

Aftermath Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center

What is Substance Use Disorder? Substance use disorder (SUD) is the recurrent use of drugs or alcohol despite the negative impact that the substances have on the life of the individual substance user. Essentially, a substance use disorder is when an individual who abuses drugs or alcohol, continues to abuse the substance even though their lives […]

What is the Heroin Detox Process?

heroin addiction symptoms

Heroin, also known as diamorphine, is a powerful opiate. The drug comes from the opium poppy, papaver somniferum (which means sleep-inducing milk).  It is usually sold as a white or brown powder that can be ingested, snorted, smoked, or injected into the bloodstream with a hypodermic needle.  Heroin is a powerful respiratory depressant that is […]