by Keenen Diamond | Jun 11, 2021 | Blog, Health and Wellness
For the entire month of June, awareness about men’s health and the unique issues they experience is recognized nationally. The goal is to encourage males and their families to focus on their health and practice healthy living. This awareness is important because...
by Keenen Diamond | Sep 22, 2019 | Blog, Drug Abuse
Dependence and heroin use has grown a lot over the last decade. Heroin used to be less prevalent, but now dependence is increasing across all age groups, regardless of income or socioeconomic status. Heroin use has doubled among those who used to have lower rates of...
by Keenen Diamond | Aug 26, 2019 | Blog, Opioid Addiction
Stigma is a word that seems to trail around behind the word ‘addiction’ everywhere it goes. It is hard not to put the two together, because it has to do with shame. It is not something people want for themselves or their loved ones, but stigma seems to be everywhere...
by Keenen Diamond | Sep 22, 2017 | Addiction Treatment, Blog
The open discussion of addiction to drugs and alcohol, along with other mental health issues, was once almost forbidden. These types of problems were kept hushed up, with great emphasis placed on how shameful it was to have these kinds of problems in your...
by Keenen Diamond | Aug 2, 2017 | Blog, Mental Health
What defines a man? Ask society as a whole and you might get a frontier-era image of a man hauling wood, building a home, and providing for his family. Men, according to society, are strong, clear-headed, balanced, always know what to do, always do what they...
