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• Addiction

  • If Staying Sober Feels Harder Right Now, You're Not Alone

    Before the COVID-19 crisis swept the nation, many news outlets were covering the effects of addiction on our society. While it is not getting as much ...

• Alcoholism

  • How Does Alcoholism Affect PTSD?

    Even without post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), experiencing trauma can drive people to drink. Unfortunately, alcohol is not a healthy coping ...

• AmazonSmile

  • Shopping with AmazonSmile Helps Raise Funds for Turning Point

    For decades, Turning Point has been the rock under peoples’ feet as they overcome drug and alcohol addiction . Our New Jersey addiction treatment ...

• Detoxification

  • Ways to Boost Liver Function During Detox

    Your liver is a key organ in your body’s digestive system. It filters harmful chemicals from your blood, creates bile to break down the fat in your ...

• Donate

  • Giving Tuesday 2018

    Give to a Great Cause This Giving Tuesday! Giving Tuesday is a global day of charitable giving that starts off the holiday season. Many people use ...

• Drug Addiction

  • What Are the Benefits of Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment?

    Seek the Freedom & Empowerment of Effective Outpatient Substance Use Treatment Getting clean and sober from drug addiction is daunting enough, but it ...

• Financing Options

  • Can My Health Insurance Cover Drug & Alcohol Detox Treatments & Rehab?

    In many situations, the only way a person can fight off a drug or alcohol addiction that has significantly lessened their quality of life is by ...

• Heroin

  • International Overdose Awareness Day Brings Attention to Overdose Dangers & Drug Addiction

    All across the world, there is an unfortunate stigma that surrounds drug addiction and overdoses. People tend to be afraid of someone who has suffered ...

• Insurance

  • Can My Health Insurance Cover Drug & Alcohol Detox Treatments & Rehab?

    In many situations, the only way a person can fight off a drug or alcohol addiction that has significantly lessened their quality of life is by ...

• Mental Health

  • Could 'Deaths of Despair' Outweigh COVID-19 Fatalities?

    While the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has claimed 80,653 lives at the time of writing, addiction and mental illness triggered by the pandemic ...

• News

  • How One Public Health Crisis Fuels Another

    Increased emotional turmoil, thinning resources, and decreased care and support make the COVID-19 pandemic especially deadly for those struggling with ...

• Opioids

  • The Concealed Crisis: Suicide by Opioid Overdose

    As the opioid epidemic rages on and thousands of lives have been claimed by fatal opioid overdoses, one aspect of this national crisis is often ...

• Overdose

  • The Concealed Crisis: Suicide by Opioid Overdose

    As the opioid epidemic rages on and thousands of lives have been claimed by fatal opioid overdoses, one aspect of this national crisis is often ...

• Press Release

  • Turning Point Expands Services

    Turning point expands services--adds halfway house program for women Paterson, NJ--Turning Point, Inc., an addiction treatment program announced a ...

• Recovery

  • Recovery During a Pandemic

    One of the unexpected hardships of the COVID-19 pandemic is the way it has interrupted 12-step meetings for those recovering from drug and alcohol ...

• Tips

  • Turning Point Director Abigail Powell Speaks on NPR About Summertime Drug Use

    Study Shows First-Time Drug Use and Relapses Most Common During Summer Months Turning Point Director Abigail Powell was a guest on the NPR Morning ...

• Turning Point

  • How Does Alcoholism Affect PTSD?

    Even without post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), experiencing trauma can drive people to drink. Unfortunately, alcohol is not a healthy coping ...

• Withdrawals

  • How Long Does a Detox Last?

    Like most things, a the effects and longevity of a detox vary depending on individual reactions, and also differ depending on the type of drug, or ...