Recovery Blog
Naloxone Enables Us To Help Our Loved Ones
Have you seen the ads for Naloxone popping up all over billboards along the Wasatch range? Utah Naloxone is an organization that seeks to prevent deaths from overdoses by making a powerful first aid...
Build Boundaries to Protect Your Recovery
An important part of staying sober after recovery is learning to avoid temptation and triggers that will send you back into bad old habits. In order to create an environment that will nurture your...
Setting Boundaries for You and Your Loved Ones
We often hesitate to set boundaries in our life, worrying that it’s a signal we don’t love and care about the people around us. However, the truth is just the opposite. It’s important to recognize...
How to Choose Between Residential & Outpatient Addiction Treatment Facilities
Deciding to get help for addiction is a big step, but before you can start your journey to a sober, happy life you have some decisions to make. Perhaps the first, and one of the most important, is...
Spending Your Summer Addiction Free
Now that you’re living substance-free, summer nights have a whole new charm. Below is a list of fun summer activities to keep you entertained during your sober summer. Go Hiking - Find a local...
Do You Have a Prodigal Son?
We all are familiar with the story of the Prodigal Son found in Luke Chapter 15. A man had two sons, one asks his father to divide up his portion of his inheritance. The young man took a journey...
Sobriety Is about Connection
According to the book Chasing the Scream, by journalist Johann Hari, the “opposite of addiction isn’t sobriety, but connection.” There is a lot of truth to this, as sobriety is more of a lifestyle,...
Alcohol Abuse Increases Heart Risks
We may get used to hearing about the dangers of alcohol abuse. However, it is important not to get complacent when you hear about the ways that alcohol can impact your health, or else you may become...
Healing and Freedom from Porn Addiction
On April 4, 2016, Renaissance Ranch will open their new Intensive Outpatient Pornography Addiction Treatment program. Relying on 15 years of in-the-trenches tested and proven methods, this program...
Surviving Addiction Without Family
Addiction is an incredibly personal battle that will require everything that an addict has to fight. For this reason, it is usually very beneficial for a strong support system to be there to help...
Driving and Marijuana Smoking
There has been in a trend, recently, of relaxation on what specifically is dangerous about marijuana abuse. While there are many national conversations that need to be had, one such side effect of...
Is Addiction Genetic?
Addiction is currently a mental disease that is growing and causing immense pain and suffering across America, as well as around the entire planet. But how does this disease spread so strongly?...