Addiction to drugs and alcohol can ruin a persons’ life. While the actual act of addiction can be treated with detox programs and residential treatment, there is little focus on the substance abuse causes that create the feeling of extreme reward when abusing a...
Throughout much of the world, January 1 is associated with new beginnings – which is why 45% of all Americans make New Year’s resolutions each year. Unfortunately, only 8% successfully carry them out. In fact, 36% don’t even make it through the month of January. So...
The holidays are a stressful time of year. During the holidays, there are many traditions, and triggers, for people that suffer from substance use disorder. Substance use disorder is more common that most people think. There are memories associated with this time of...
Many people that enter residential treatment are suffering from chronic relapsing diseases. The risk of relapse can bring on feelings of defeat and failure. These are obviously counter-productive when long term recovery is the main focus and goal for each client that...
New Roads Behavioral Health provides a mens addiction treatment facility in Utah to help those struggling with substance use disorder. The program called “Path” provides support for recovering drug addicts, alcoholics or those suffering from addictions to...
Substance abuse statistics have have become more telling in the last two decades. The National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates that 6.4% of Americans, a frightening 17 million adults, are dependent on alcohol, and that figure doesn’t include those dependent on...
