by John Giordano | Jul 15, 2020 | Addiction Science, Holistic Treatment
The primary Neurotransmitter Of Reward And Pleasure I’d like to expand on a brief post I did earlier titled: Adrenaline Rush vs. Dopamine Rush. You can find it by clicking here . After years of working with my close friend and college Dr. Ken Blum,...
by John Giordano | Jul 14, 2020 | Addiction Recovery, Holistic Treatment
From all outward appearances Dr. Peter Grinspoon looks to be the epitome of success. The Harvard trained physician has an accomplished wife, practices as a primary care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital’s Chelsea clinic and teaches medicine at his alma...
by John Giordano | Jul 14, 2020 | Addiction Recovery, Holistic Treatment
One of the first lessons I learned – and every addict is taught – in treatment is HALT, which are self-awareness cues critical to successful recoveries. HALT is like a flashing red light or an ‘early warning system’ alerting an addict in recovery that they are about...
by John Giordano | Jul 14, 2020 | Addiction Recovery, Holistic Treatment
Google the word, ‘stress’ and you’ll find the definition to be: “a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances.” Ask someone fresh out of treatment and they’ll give you a completely different answer. Some...
by John Giordano | Jul 14, 2020 | Addiction Recovery, Holistic Treatment
It wasn’t that long ago that I felt encouraged about the activity surrounding our drug policy. That is not to say I agreed with every aspect of policy, in fact there are many facets that I strongly disagree with, but at least the opioid epidemic found its way to the...
