Mental Health and Substance Abuse generally are closely related. Why you ask? When we don't feel well emotionally or physically- what do we do? We either go to the doctor, rest, or take some kind of OT medication, right? And if nothing helps, if we have no insurance then what...we take treatment into our own hands with self-medication. I'd venture a guess that most of us have over indulged in food, books, movies, or alcohol at some point in our lives. I guess, if it didn't get the best of us we were lucky. Some aren't so lucky. Some individuals who suffer from severe and persistent mental illness turn to substances for respite from auditory hallucinations or simply emotional pain just to name a few reasons.

Thoughts?