by John Giordano | Jul 14, 2020 | Addiction Recovery, Holistic Treatment
Johnny Depp’s brilliant portrayal of the orange haired Mad Hatter, Tarrant Hightopp, in Alice in Wonderland earned him a Golden Globe Award Nomination for Best Actor. Although there has been much discussion as to the origin’s of the phrase ‘Mad Hatter,’ Depp said of...
by John Giordano | Jul 14, 2020 | Addiction Recovery, Holistic Treatment
With all due respect to my colleagues who might feel differently, an opioid is an opioid; period. I believe the vast majority of my colleagues’ hearts are in the right place and are genuinely concerned about the wellbeing of addicts.But that sentiment doesn’t change...
by John Giordano | Jul 13, 2020 | Addiction Recovery, Holistic Treatment
I received so much positive feed back and questions from my last article “Our Addictive Society” that I was encouraged by readers to write a follow up. In this second installment my focus is on what I call the “Neo-Opium Wars” that is taking place right now, here on...
by John Giordano | Jul 13, 2020 | Addiction Recovery, Holistic Treatment
Thirty-years ago I was as blind to addiction as nearly everyone else walking down the street. It never occurred to me that I might be addicted to anything. Like everyone else I got up in the morning and went to work. I was productive at my job and provided my family...
by John Giordano | Jul 11, 2020 | Addiction Recovery
Motivation comes in many forms. For me, it was the pain of watching my son deal with addiction. He over-doesd twice before he was old enough to drive and then tried to hang himself. Watching a son try to end his life is enough to break any father. But instead, I used...
by John Giordano | Jul 11, 2020 | Addiction Recovery, Holistic Treatment
The hell like conditions of combat has a wide range of both physical and psychological effects on even the most prepared soldier. Today’s accepted symptoms of Post-Trauma Stress Disorder were first described by a doctor during the Civil War. Shell shock was a term...
