by Keenen Diamond | Dec 21, 2018 | Addiction Treatment, Alcoholism, Life in Recovery, Relapse and Recovery, Sobriety
All 50 states recently adopted a .08% blood alcohol concentration limit as the new legal limit for DUI’s and DWI’s. This means that for a 140 lb person, more than two drinks before driving would get them into trouble with the law. While the drinking and driving limit...
by Keenen Diamond | Dec 17, 2018 | Addiction News, Addiction Treatment, Alcoholism, Drug Abuse, Life in Recovery, Opioid Addiction, Q&A, Recovery, Relapse and Recovery, Substance Abuse
Individuals that have not entered addiction recovery before may have questions about what the process is like. There are always many ideas about what addiction recovery entails. Though every addiction recovery process is different, there are many similarities. Taking...
by Keenen Diamond | Dec 14, 2018 | Addiction News, Addiction Treatment, Alcoholism, Drug Abuse, Life in Recovery, Opioid Addiction, Q&A, Relapse and Recovery, Sobriety, Substance Abuse
Most addiction recovery plans and treatment options focus on one thing: preventing a victim of addiction from ever touching the substance they were addicted to again. Actually, if the plan works well enough, the ultimate goal is to dissuade the victim from having any...
by Keenen Diamond | Dec 13, 2018 | Addiction News, Addiction Treatment, Alcoholism, Drug Abuse, Life in Recovery, Opioid Addiction, Q&A, Recovery, Sobriety, Substance Abuse
The hardest part of any addiction recovery effort is often not the treatment itself. Rather, it is the mindset of the individual receiving the treatment. Because addiction is essentially a hijacking of the mind, individuals will often face their biggest battles in...
by Keenen Diamond | Dec 12, 2018 | Addiction News, Addiction Treatment, Alcoholism, Drug Abuse, Life in Recovery, Opioid Addiction, Q&A, Substance Abuse
The short answer, of course, is no. Unfortunately, however, if you let it, your body will tell you otherwise. When consuming substances, the brain begins to depend on these substances for stimulation and the euphoric feeling we know as a “high.” Over time, the natural...
