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…
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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…
Details “I have a dream…” Many people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol have seen the destruction their addiction has done to themselves, their lives, and the people who love and care about them. They see the negative side of addiction and yet still cannot find the strength on their own to fight their addiction,…
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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,…
Details 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…
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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…
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Everyone has heard of alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, and heroin. Most people also know of PCP, ecstasy (MDMA), and prescription drugs. However, what is kratom? Something that most people do not think of or consider is the fact that these drugs, at some point were unknown. Simple plants were discovered, chemicals added together, and manipulated to…
Details 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…
Details One of the biggest fears for addicts is the process of detoxing from their substance. After someone becomes an addict this is one of the reasons they continue to use, to avoid withdrawal symptoms. For most drugs, these are simply uncomfortable but for others substances, such as alcohol and benzodiazepines, the withdrawal process can be…
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Utah is generally known for a few things throughout the country: the greatest snow on earth, the arches in southern Utah, having one of the largest populations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS/Mormons) and having one of the highest natural opioid deaths, in 2015, in the country, according to the Centers…
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