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CBT Techniques

If you are on the pathway to drug recovery, then you may have heard of cognitive-behavioral therapy or CBT. This psychotherapeutic approach is based on changing negative thought patterns and thereby changing negative emotions and behaviors. The thinking behind cognitive-behavioral therapy is that if you interrupt negative thinking, you break the cycle leading to negative… Continue Reading CBT Techniques

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Xanax Addiction and Family Health

Xanax addiction and family health. The two don’t seem to go together, but I was left with an impression of just how devastating addiction can be on a family after I had a significant experience sitting with one particular family during a session. For the sake of confidentiality, we will call the couple Mike and… Continue Reading Xanax Addiction and Family Health

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Top Ways to Help Long-Term Recovery & Sobriety

One thing that we have come to understand about addiction is that it is a lifelong disease. No one is cured of addiction; they simply are always in a state of recovery from it. Someone who has been sober for ten, twenty, or thirty years can still relapse, which is not failure but a chance… Continue Reading Top Ways to Help Long-Term Recovery & Sobriety

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Utah Ski Resort Towns, Seasonal Affective Disorder and Substance Abuse

What do Utah ski resort towns, seasonal affective disorder, and substance abuse have to do with each other? Who doesn’t like walking outside and participating in all the summer activities available? Utah is known as being an outdoorsy person’s dream playground. Plenty of areas to go rock climbing, fishing, four wheeling, dirt bike riding, hiking,… Continue Reading Utah Ski Resort Towns, Seasonal Affective Disorder and Substance Abuse

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The Holistic Approach To Addiction Recovery

The holistic approach to addiction recovery means treating the whole person. It means not just working on the physical symptoms, but also the mental, spiritual, and social, with the understanding that they are all interconnected in the healing process. When this is applied to addiction recovery it allows the patient to heal and improve all… Continue Reading The Holistic Approach To Addiction Recovery

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Methamphetamine Abuse in Salt Lake City

What has led to methamphetamine abuse in Salt Lake City? Salt Lake City police started seeing a large, distinctive increase in clandestine methamphetamine labs and drug treatment admissions for meth in the 90’s. To fight this, the Rocky Mountain High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) was designated in 1996 and the Salt Lake City Community Oriented… Continue Reading Methamphetamine Abuse in Salt Lake City

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How to Find Quality Drug Treatment in Utah

The National Institute on Drug Abuse says addiction is a chronic disease. It knows no boundaries of socioeconomic class, gender, race, intelligence, or age. Addiction affects people all across the globe, from movie stars and political leaders to grandparents. It is a relapsing brain disease that has certain characteristics such as a compulsion to continue… Continue Reading How to Find Quality Drug Treatment in Utah

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