Drug Abuse and Your Body: Exposed – Infographic

Drug Abuse and Your Body: Exposed – Infographic

October 11, 2011

Drugs impact every organ in the body. In this easy to read graphic, we demonstrate the impact of the most commonly abused drugs on the body’s organs and its systems.

Many people who use drugs, even if they are prescribed, are unaware of how a drug impacts the normal functioning of the body. Whether it is tranquilizers, steroids, or marijuana you can see the organs affected and read about the drug induced changes that occur within each of the body’s systems.

Symbols for different drugs make it easy for you to see which organs are affected by which drugs. Knowledge is powerful, find out more about specific drugs using this chart.

The Twelve Steps of Recovery Infographic

The Twelve Steps of Recovery Infographic

October 11, 2011

The 12 Steps of Recovery are considered the corner stone of Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12 Step programs modeled on the AA program. These steps were developed early in the growth of AA by AA members. The steps were develop to help people suffering from alcoholism move from a state of using, denying, and blame to taking control of their individual lives. Using the steps has been a process that has proven successful for many over the years.

The steps map out a series of actions that members take to help themselves move past their secrets, take responsibility for their past choices, create a spiritual foundation, create a model for evaluating daily behavior, a way to fix the wrongs done during active addiction and the understanding that each of us needs to help another person.

This infographic provides you with a quick and easy to read overview of the purpose behind each step and the goal of working the steps.

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