Winter Blues and Help for Drug & Alcohol Addiction The cold, shorter hours of daylight, being cooped-up indoors. These and other aspects of winter can put many of us into a real "funk." In fact, the winter blues can turn into a serious mental state known as "Seasonal Affective Disorder" or SAD. If we're not [...]
Drug and Alcohol Addiction Deceive Us! Early in the recovery process, a common challenge is giving up the booze or drugs that your "addict brain" convinced you were necessary to "be all that you could be." Often an addict will make comments like, "When I drink I'm the life of the party! But when I'm [...]
When you love someone who struggles with drug or alcohol addiction, your relationship can often feel like a cycle between honeymoons and hurricanes! We're heading into the hurricane season here in the U.S. Imagine one day you're enjoying the beautiful weather of early fall—blue skies, a gentle breeze, moderate temperatures. Then suddenly, you get news [...]
When it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, Utah is not typically a state most people across the U.S. think of as having a serious problem. But there's four statistics about Utah's drug abuse problem that may shock you. Check out this article from Alpine Recovery Lodge: https://www.alpinerecoverylodge.com/utah-drug-abuse-statistics/ If you or someone you love is [...]
Did you know that people who seek high-sensation experiences are more vulnerable to substance abuse? Why? It all has to do with a powerful neurochemical known as "adrenaline." Adrenaline Rush We're all familiar with adrenaline. It's released whenever we feel strong emotions like excitement, danger or fear. An "adrenaline rush" occurs when our body senses [...]
How does opioid addiction get started? Pain pill addiction and accidental ODs in the U.S. are common, and in fact have reached epidemic levels. The crazy thing is how these addictions get started. The Mayo Clinic did a study on how many patients prescribed an opioid painkiller went on to get hooked on long-term prescriptions. [...]
We often think of substance abuse and drug addiction as something that really got going in the 1960s and continued to the present day. But drug addiction has been around for a long, long time. Check out this cool study by recovery.org where they track the use of substance abuse and addiction related words across [...]
One of the great challenges in drug and alcohol addiction recovery is the shame we feel when we consider all that we have lost to addiction, and how we have hurt those we love. Facing up to and feeling legitimate remorse for past mistakes can be very healthy, especially when this feeling motivates us to [...]
Every day at Action Recovery Group we see small miracles—individuals who have struggled for years with drug or alcohol addiction—starting to get their lives back, one-step-at-a-time. Many come into our drug and alcohol rehab program with a trail of wreckage in their past drinking and using lives—damage to health, family, friends and relationships; loss of [...]
One of the Most Sacred Days of the Year Yesterday we celebrated Memorial Day, which means a much anticipated 3-day weekend that occurs every year right around the end of school and the start of summer. It means camping, BBQs, yard work and family get-togethers. But for many, it means a whole lot more than [...]
