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Isolation is a Key Risk Factor for Addiction in Portland Oregon

2024-06-09T23:48:13+00:00

  Do you feel lonely? If so, you’re not alone in that feeling.  USA Today is calling isolation and loneliness an “epidemic” in the United States that has even caught the eye of the US Surgeon General. Not only is loneliness excruciating, sad, and boring, but it is actually terrible for our health, as well. [...]

Isolation is a Key Risk Factor for Addiction in Portland Oregon2024-06-09T23:48:13+00:00

Lonely in Portland? Connection is an Essential Part of Addiction Treatment 

2021-02-27T03:38:50+00:00

      We often think of depression, anxiety, trauma, genetic factors and financial trouble in association with addiction - and these often play a part in the disease - but rarely do we talk about the elephant in the room: loneliness. According to one study, people who self-report as lonely have double the risk for [...]

Lonely in Portland? Connection is an Essential Part of Addiction Treatment 2021-02-27T03:38:50+00:00
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