Think about what comes to mind when you hear the word “drugs.” If you’re like most people, you just had a mental image of needles, jail cells, and disease. In reality, the majority of negative consequences of drug use are unnatural, man-made consequences, as opposed to natural ones such as tolerance and withdrawal. Using drugs…
When it’s time to get clean and sober, you have choices.
It’s no secret that despite our extensive technological advances over the last century, our knowledge of addiction remains woefully unexplored. This disparity is only made starker by the fact that, unfortunately, the most effective means of severe or chronic pain treatment still remains a steady supply of highly addictive drugs. Recently, I met a man,…
…what’s the difference? …as it turns out, not much. Diabetes is a disease (or acquired condition, if you like) that is most commonly caused by overindulgence in sugar over many years. The body becomes desensitized to sugar, and the pancreas no longer produces enough insulin to regulate blood sugar effectively. People with diabetes will die…