How to Support Your Partner in Addiction Recovery Help BlogBy The Ranch PAJune 25, 2015Supporting a partner as they travel the tough road through addiction and recovery is a challenge requiring patience, trust, love, and dedication. Your loved one is in a fragile emotional place after rehab. Cravings persist. Anxious and resentful feelings can build quickly. Unresolved anger simmers just below the surface. You know you have to learn… Details
Methadone Rehabilitation BlogBy The Ranch PAJune 21, 2015Methadone, a synthetic opioid drug classified alongside heroin, morphine, and codeine, is commonly used to relieve pain. It is also used to treat the uncomfortable symptoms in those withdrawing from heroin and other narcotics. Unfortunately, methadone is an addictive drug in and of itself. When administered by a medical professional and taken as directed, methadone… Details
Are “Safe” Drugs the Answer? BlogBy The Ranch PAJune 19, 2015What would you rather lose, a few dollars or your life? That is the idea behind DanceSafe, an awareness and education organization that offered drug testing at Coachella and other music festivals, dance events and raves. Specifically targeting the drug 3.4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), otherwise known as “Molly,” a synthetic amphetamine derivative, the people behind DanceSafe take… Details
Pain Management Techniques BlogBy The Ranch PAJune 18, 2015Pain is a way of life for many people. Living with chronic pain as a result of injury or disease can be very difficult. Think back to the last time you had a headache, a sore back from doing too much yard work, or a toe stubbed on the coffee table. Remember how distracting the… Details
Drug Testing at Festivals Could Save Lives BlogBy The Ranch PAJune 18, 2015Summer means warmer temperatures, and warmer temperatures mean the start of music festival season. For emergency departments and law enforcement, music festivals mean one thing: increased rates of death and injury from drug overdose. Music festivals and drug use often seem to go hand in hand. From heroin to bath salts, the drugs sold at… Details
How to Disclose My Child’s Addiction With Confidence and Compassion Help BlogBy The Ranch PAJune 11, 2015When you have a child or loved one who enters rehab, you eventually have to tell those closest to you about his or her addiction. This can create personal stress for you, which is understandable. In fact, many people in this situation report feeling emotions such as: Embarrassment Resentment that they have to be the… Details
Opiate Rehabilitation BlogBy The Ranch PAJune 10, 2015Opiates are dangerous, habit-forming drugs that are used clinically to relieve pain and recreationally to get high. Derived from the poppy plant, they are sometimes called narcotics or opioids, and they include drugs such as heroin, morphine, and codeine; synthetic opiates include commonly abused drugs such as OxyContin and Vicodin. Other opiates include hydrocodone, oxycodone,… Details
What is the Difference Between Inpatient and Outpatient/Residential Treatment? BlogBy The Ranch PAJune 10, 2015Recognizing you have an alcohol or drug addiction is a monumental first step on a journey to recovery. Cutting through the denial and admitting to the destructive behavior is difficult and even painful for both the addict and surrounding family and friends. Remember that you are not alone. Consider the following statistics from the National… Details
Prescription Drug Abuse BlogBy The Ranch PAJune 8, 2015Prescription Drug Rehab When it comes to dealing with our everyday stresses, many of us will turn to various outlets as a means to relieve us of the pressures from our personal and work lives. Most turn to their hobbies, families and other methods of relaxation to ease this stress, but for some, prescription drugs… Details
Codeine Addiction and Rehabilitation BlogBy The Ranch PAJune 6, 2015Codeine is the most widely used, naturally occurring narcotic in medical treatment in the world. It is an addictive alkaloid found in opium in concentrations ranging from 0.7 to 2.5 percent. Most codeine used in the United States is produced from morphine, and is the starting material for not only codeine, but also dihydrocodeine and… Details
