by Keenen Diamond | Sep 14, 2018 | Q&A, Treatment
Detoxification is the process of allowing the body to remove any and all traces of drugs and alcohol. Many people are familiar with feelings of withdrawal, especially if they are coming off of harder drugs like heroin that cause extreme physical dependence. However,...
by Keenen Diamond | Sep 13, 2018 | Addiction News, Drug Abuse
Dissociative drugs are a class of drugs that cause feelings of detachment from reality and distort a person’s perceptions of the world. Common dissociative drugs include PCP (phencyclidine), ketamine, and DXM (dextromethorphan).While many of these drugs cause...
by Keenen Diamond | Sep 13, 2018 | Addiction Treatment, Q&A
The disease of addiction arises from a complex interplay between genetics and environmental factors. A person’s environment may be a factor in influencing whether or not they experiment with drugs at a young age, and environmental factors can influence one’s ease or...
by Keenen Diamond | Sep 12, 2018 | Drug Abuse, Life in Recovery
Before enter into treatment, we rarely have any conception about what recovery means aside from no longer drinking alcohol or taking drugs. Achieving and maintaining abstinence is of utmost importance. However, there is so much more to recovery than not drinking or...
by Keenen Diamond | Sep 12, 2018 | Managing Anger, Q&A
Many people believe that expressing our anger is a healthy way to let it out. Yelling, slamming doors, cursing, or venting to a friend were once thought to be natural and healthy ways to deal with our anger. Likewise, it was thought to be unhealthy to keep our anger...
