Substance abuse or addiction in any form can destroy your personal life, and severely affect the relationships that you have with your family, friends, or co-workers. Substance abuse is defined as the overindulgence in and dependence on any stimulant, depressant, chemical substance, herb, plant, or fungus leading to effects that are detrimental to the individual's physical health or mental health, or the welfare of others. Addiction can mean being dependant on any one of these substances, or it can be a dependence on sex, gambling, or compulsive spending.

If you feel that you, or anyone you know might be struggling with any form of addiction or substance abuse, and you/they are anywhere in the Washington DC area, then help is available. Counseling by a trained professional has been a proven and effective resource to help heal the wounds of any form of substance abuse or addiction.