The primary Neurotransmitter Of Reward And PleasureI’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, It’s...
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...
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 to...
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 may...
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...