The Center for Disease and Control estimated that in 2017, 72,000 people died from overdoses in the United States. That works out to about 200 deaths per day or one every eight minutes! That is a 9.5% increase from the record high last year. Surely this is an epidemic, but we are slowly starting to…
The objective of treatment is to get clean and stay sober. Because addiction is a chronic disease, relapse (or the return to use during sobriety) is common and often times a phase of sobriety. During treatment, you will learn and develop tools prevent relapse, but almost more importantly, we learn how to pick ourselves up…
Amino acids are essential to the human body and perform a variety of vital functions. They are the basis of all life processes as they are needed for all metabolic processes. Amino acid replacement therapy is a therapeutic approach to addiction treatment that utilizes these important building blocks to help those in recovery heal. At…
During the end of 2017, the white house declared a state of emergency on opioids. How did we get here? According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, opioids consist of the illegal drug heroin, synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, and pain relievers available legally by prescription, such as oxycodone (OxyContin®), hydrocodone (Vicodin®), codeine, morphine,…