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Instant Gratification, a Slippery Slope
Many of us find ourselves impulse buying something because we want it, ordering expensive food delivery because it’s easy, or using drugs and alcohol to avoid our problems. There are ways to look at our choices and be able to stop ourselves before destroying our lives because we want it now.
Relapses Increase Amidst COVID
Since the beginning of the coronavirus, there has been a rise in drug and alcohol abuse. The CDC reported almost 71,000 overdoses in 2019 alone, with 50,042 of those cases opioid related. In the first four months of 2020, there was an 11.