Mike Miller
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Mike Miller is an educator specializing in alcohol awareness classes for both adults and minors. A recovering alcoholic, Mike left his work in corporate America to focus on a more fufilling life of helping others with alcohol addiction issues. He now teaches alcohol classes and is the education director at Blue Mountain Education, Inc.
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How Strong Do Prescription Meds Need To Be?
It seems like prescription medications are getting stronger and more addictive all the time. One of the few things I have not been addicted to I nevertheless understand the mind of an addict and the body and mind can be tempted easily into addiction. But are there people out there who cannot exist on a current cocktail of the most high-powered pain killers on the planet? Drug companies are working to develop a pure, more powerful version of the nation’s second most-abused medicine, which worries me that it could spur a new wave of abuse.
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Do More Potent Pain Killers Signal Need for Drug Education Classes?
Addiction is a terrible thing. I can guarantee you not one person ever begins to take a substance or drug with the hope that they become addicted. Care to argue? Would you agree that addiction to prescription medication is reaching epidemic proportions? Would you agree that addiction to prescription painkillers is rampant?r
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Take a Drug Class before Considering Driving Under the Influence of Drugs or Alcohol
Why do so few people receive driving under the influence violations (DUIs) for marijuana? Statistics show how many people are smoking and using marijuana these days. In 14 states, including the District of Columbia, weed is legal for "medical" purposes. The entire idea of marijuana's medicinal value is subject for another article. Today we want to discuss the epidemic of using marijuana and operating a motor vehicle. As a counselor for both in-class and online drug classes I can tell you there are a lot of people out there who smoke pot and drive.
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The Dangers of Energy Drinks and Alcohol
As a counselor for both classroom and online alcohol awareness classes, I have learned from my students their new affinity for mixing alcoholic beverages with caffinated energy drinks such as Red Bull. since I stopped drinking alcohol before energy drinks came into existence, I wanted to understand how this combination has become so popular. If You Swallow This, You'll Swallow Anything
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Blood Alcohol Content and Your Body
As a counselor both in class and online alcohol awareness classes I always discuss how many alcoholic beverages and what blood alcohol concentration (BAC) each of my students had when they were arrested. It is important for people to realize how alcohol affects their mind and their body and to understand what is happening as they drink and continue to drink. Maintaining a conscious reminder of the how alcohol affects your body could mean the difference between life and death!
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A Few Alcohol Awareness Tips
As a counselor for both in class and online alcohol awareness classes my students and I often discuss the possible ways a person can drink socially without becoming intoxicated. Of course the answer is simple, have one drink and make sure you are well hydrated, well rested and well fed. But the question remains, are there other ways a person can delay or diminish the effects of alcohol?
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Alcohol Awareness Classes Can Help You Face the Facts
One of the most famous phrases surrounding alcoholism is that “denial is the first sign.” Of course that is absolute hooey because there are millions of people who abstain completely from alcohol who would deny being an alcoholic. But the facts are the facts. First fact, life-long teetotalers never are accused of being an alcoholic. For many years I have been sober and yet when accused of being an alcoholic, there is no denying that fact. Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic!
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Alcohol Awareness Classes Can Help Free You From Addiction
What is great about being American? What do we have that people all over the world, including here in the good old USA cherish? In one word, the answer is freedom!
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Alcohol Awareness Classes Could Help With Peer Pressure
Have you ever felt the effects of peer pressure? If you answered no to this question you obviously have lived on an island your entire life without ever having had human interaction! As a counselor for both in class and online drug awareness classes, I often discuss the nature and power of peer pressure with my students. This article will examine peer pressure from the point of view of my minor in possession (PIP) students only. There will be a subsequent article where my students over the age of 21 reminisce on peer pressure.
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Top 10 Ways to Stop Drinking Alcohol
Often when people come to one of my alcohol awareness classes, they know that they need to stop drinking alcohol. But they don’t know exactly how they should stop. Here are some tips that you might find useful: 1. Don’t hang around people who are drinkers or who might tempt you to drink. 2. Don't go to places where you might be tempted to drink. Don't go to the tave s where you used to drink and don't hang out with people who might pressure you to drink.
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Alcohol Awareness Classes Come in All Shapes and Sizes
Often when potential students contact me looking for an alcohol awareness class, they aren’t sure the length of course they should enroll in. Our alcohol awareness classes, for example, come in 8 hour, 16 hour and 24 hour lengths. These are also called our Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 classes. How to choose the right class
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Being Aware that Alcohol Affects Your Mood
Often when I teach alcohol education classes I like to ask my students, "Have you sensed whether alcohol is affects your mood?" I hope to address how alcohol and drinking can have a great impact on your mood. I'll also show you some real world examples of the way alcoholic beverages play a pivotal role in your mood.
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