by Keenen Diamond | Feb 15, 2022 | Alcoholism, Addiction Treatment, Substance Abuse, Treatment
Alcohol withdrawal can be extraordinarily difficult to weather. Because of this, it’s one of the main reasons that people with a dependency or an alcohol addiction may keep drinking long after it’s begun to control their lives. You may start drinking the same way your...
by Keenen Diamond | Jan 12, 2021 | Addiction Treatment, Dual Diagnosis, Life in Recovery, Recovery
Withdrawal symptoms are prevalent when a person stops taking drugs or alcohol after using it for some time. Most of the time, those symptoms improve within a few days to up to two weeks. Yet, some people experience more intense and longer-lasting symptoms, which is...
by Keenen Diamond | Sep 9, 2019 | Addiction Treatment, Q&A
Post-acute withdrawal syndrome (PAWS) can happen to people going through withdrawal from substances. After detox, the second phase of withdrawal kicks in. Depending on how long the person used drugs, the second phase can last for weeks, even months. PAWS is a...
by Keenen Diamond | Oct 27, 2017 | Blog, Life in Recovery
After the perils of detox, a person early in sobriety may still have feelings of depression, anxiety, insomnia, loss of interest in things they previously enjoyed, and/or an inability to concentrate. These problems, coupled with strong drug cravings, may be...
