A big part of recovery treatment is physical fitness and staying healthy. Along with the healthy meals planned for you during treatment there is scheduled time for physical activity. Every day includes a structured time for fitness and exercise, with a therapist involved to help you design an appropriate program for your needs. Exercise is… Continue Reading Benefits of Physical Fitness In and After Treatment
With the rising numbers of meth users, Utah police started looking more and more for dealers and suppliers to help end one of the biggest drug problems here. People who could no longer easily find meth simply switched their substance of choice to something more readily available with a similar high, cocaine and crack cocaine.… Continue Reading Cocaine Treatment in Utah
One of the most common things I have heard in my four years in recovery programs is, “I really would like to meditate, but I don’t know what I’m doing, and I’m not very good at it anyway.” I, too, felt this way about meditation. It wasn’t until last year, I started working the Refuge… Continue Reading Mindfulness Meditation in Nine Easy Steps
Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is a personality disorder (PD) that is considered the dramatic, emotional type and maladaptive symptoms are difficult for the average person to initially identify due to the excessive charm and persona they present. These PDs are often referred to as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde due to the perfected image projected… Continue Reading I, I, I, me, me, me: The Red Flags of a Narcissist
The beginning of a new year leaves most people with “New Year Resolutions,” to improve themselves and their quality of life, to take full advantage of the year ahead. Along with losing weight and quitting smoking, another big resolution is to cut back or quit drinking altogether. While this resolution may be easier for others,… Continue Reading The Beginning of Finding Alcohol Treatment in Salt Lake City
We are in full swing of the hustle and bustle of the holidays. Every year at this time I contemplate the past year and think about the upcoming year. The idea of a New Year’s resolution always crosses my mind and it causes a wave of emotions: excitement, hopefulness, defeat, being overwhelmed, pressure to succeed… Continue Reading New Year’s Resolutions? Let’s Make a Change!
We hope that you had a wonderful holiday weekend and got to share the gifts that recovery has given you with others. That’s exactly what our Gift2Give promotion has been about! We are excited to announce that we received quite a few videos, from you, letting the world know how recovery is helping you change… Continue Reading The Recovery Community Sharing Their Gifts
Over 2,500 years ago, a man named Siddhartha Gautama revolutionized the spiritual world with the philosophy he called, “the Middle Way”. This new spiritual approach discarded much of the dated and stale spiritual practices of his time, while preserving revising much of the good pieces. Siddhartha, in his moment of awakening, discovered that all that… Continue Reading Refuge Recovery: “The Middle Way” of Recovery