by Keenen Diamond | Sep 11, 2018 | Blog, Drug Abuse
Addiction is an extremely complex disease that affects the mind, body, and spirit. Due to its complexity, many people have difficulty understanding exactly how it affects a person. Misinformed people will often claim that it is not a disease, or that it is the result...
by Keenen Diamond | Sep 10, 2018 | Addiction Treatment, Life in Recovery
It can be surprising what we can accomplish when we simply change the way we think about things. For example, we may enter into a challenging situation full of fear of failure and find that we perform poorly. However, if we enter into the same situation full of...
by Keenen Diamond | Sep 10, 2018 | Drug Abuse, Q&A
Drugs like Spice and K2 are synthetic versions of marijuana known as “synthetic cannabinoids.” There have been a variety of recent reports of synthetic cannabinoids causing overdoses and major adverse health problems. Usually, the substance is composed of dried,...
by Keenen Diamond | Sep 7, 2018 | Addiction News, Drug Abuse
Many people who use heroin began their addiction with prescription opioids. Often, an individual begins taking a prescription painkiller as prescribed, begins abusing their prescription, and eventually turns to illicit opioids because they are cheaper or they are no...
by Keenen Diamond | Sep 7, 2018 | Addiction News, Q&A
As marijuana laws are becoming more relaxed, there are proponents who believe that marijuana is a cure-all,while others believe marijuana is just as damaging as any other illicit substance. The truth, however, is somewhere in the middle. Marijuana does have major...
