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During the late 1970’s I marched with NORML – that stood for the National Organization to Reform Marijuana Laws – our goal was to legalize “pot” marijuana – meaning people would be able to grow marijuana in their backyard and smoke it on private property – now forty plus years later, we did not legalize marijuana, we commercialized a new drug which is a very potent concentrated product produced from Marijuana called THC. Up until the past less than 10 years, the human body has never ingested the amount of THC a person can ingest today – it wasn’t possible to smoke enough pot in a day that would equate to a small percent of the amount of THC marijuana user ingests in a few minutes. People are showing up daily in emergency rooms across the country from ingesting too much THC and having difficulty stopping use on their own.

A lot of people think withdrawal ends once detox is over. They expect the hardest part to be behind them after the first several days. Sometimes that is true. Sometimes it is not.

I had a heart attack at 33 years old. It was caused by cocaine and alcohol. I survived it, and I kept drinking.

Many people hear the phrase harm reduction definition and assume it means giving up on recovery. In practice, it means something very different. Harm reduction is a practical way to lower danger, illness, and death while helping people move toward better health at a pace they can manage.

Some days, feeling tired makes sense. Deadlines pile up, responsibilities stretch longer than expected, and sleep doesn’t quite fix it. But when that drained feeling sticks around for weeks, it starts raising a different question—are you dealing with burnout, or something deeper?

Some men have the ability to hide things so well, you would never know that they are struggling.

Valium has been prescribed for decades. Doctors use it to treat anxiety, muscle spasms, seizures, and sometimes to help stabilize the body during alcohol withdrawal. For many people, it’s a familiar prescription drug, and when taken for a short time under medical supervision, it can be helpful.

Recovery is serious work.
It asks a man to face pain, tell the truth, create new patterns, and learn how to live without the thing he once leaned on to cope. There's so much courage in that, and there is no question that healing from addiction requires real commitment.

During a group at Soberman’s Estate last week, A few of the clients were talking about how much everything was going to change when they left. They had been drinking for so long that they could not picture how life was going to be and it felt a little bit scary.  

When a man starts looking for help with alcohol or drug problems, one of the first questions professionals ask is simple: how serious is the problem right now? The answer helps guide the type of care someone may need.