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 to...
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 may...
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...
by John Giordano | Jul 14, 2020 | Addiction Recovery, Holistic Treatment
Stephen Loyd, like most of his college contemporaries, was struggling to keep up with his rigorous course work. He found it to be stressful beyond words. It was just by chance that someone passed him an opioid painkiller.The experience forever changed his life. He...
