by Keenen Diamond | Feb 5, 2023 | Mental Health, Q&A, Recovery
Critical thinking is not necessarily what you think it is. It is not even a radical concept or idea that is new but the truth is recovery tends to involve a lot of emotion and less thinking. If you are in an addiction recovery program, you are dealing with lots of...
by Keenen Diamond | Feb 4, 2023 | medical detox, Addiction Treatment, Q&A
The first step toward sobriety is often detoxifying the body of any traces of drugs or alcohol. This is done in order to break one’s physical dependence and pave the way for rehab treatment. Some drugs, like alcohol and opioids, create such strong physical dependence...
by Keenen Diamond | Feb 3, 2023 | Addiction Treatment, Addiction Patterns, Q&A
The decision to go to treatment can easily be the best decision a person ever makes. Many men and women who have successfully recovered from addiction and alcoholism can remember a time when they were on the fence about whether or not they needed treatment. Many of us...
by Keenen Diamond | Feb 2, 2023 | Alcoholism, Addiction Treatment, Q&A
Alcoholism is a chronic, progressive, and fatal disease. Although there is no absolute “cure” for alcoholism, we are able to recover from the hopeless state of body and mind that has resulted from the disease. Rather than a cure, we have recovery programs...
by Keenen Diamond | Feb 1, 2023 | Health and Wellness, Q&A, Recovery
When we were in active addiction or suffering other mental health issues, we rarely cared about exercise or getting out into nature. When we enter into sobriety and are in the process of healing, however, hiking can be a great way to improve our physical and mental...
