How to Help an Alcoholic
There's a fine line between enabling and helping someone with an alcohol use disorder. Frequently, this line blurs when you live with the person whom the addiction snared. Would you know how to help an alcoholic? Most importantly, do you fully…
Alcohol Recovery
Coloradans often see the more destructive nature of addiction: people struggling to overcome it and family members suffering as a result. Stories and truths on overcoming alcoholism are gravely important for both individuals suffering from the…
Alcohol Treatment Options
Treatment for alcohol use disorders (AUD) extends beyond the familiar Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and residential in-person rehab. As more is understood about AUD as a disease, treatment specialists are better able to assess individual needs…
How Many Drinks Per Week is Considered An Alcoholic
Determining how many drinks per week is considered an alcoholic is hard to know. The primary reason is that the development of alcoholism – more formally known as alcohol use disorder – depends on many different components. Common components…
Anxiety and Depression: When They Co-Occur With Substance Use Disorder
Anxiety and depression are both mental health disorders that sometimes co-occur with addiction. Anxiety may make you feel restless, nervous, and like you can't stop worrying. Depression may make you feel sluggish and sad like life is never going…
Benefits of an Alumni Program
The benefits of an alumni program at AspenRidge are about more than prestige or accomplishment. Sure it is nice to be able to say that you belong to the "Alumni club," and it is an accomplishment you should be proud of. Too many don't make it.…
What are the Most Common Fentanyl Side Effects in Women?
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid drug that is 100 times more potent than morphine. It is often administered to patients before or after surgery to people in extreme amounts of pain, and those with a high tolerance to other opioids. Fentanyl is…
Women And Mental Health Issues
Due to the nature of mental health and drug abuse issues, many people are not forthcoming in stating their problem. The staff at AspenRidge Recovery in Lakewood, CO, offers an idyllic setting in which to achieve your spiritual and physical health.…
Adderall vs Vyvanse
Do you know the difference between Adderall vs. Vyvanse? Both of these amphetamines are stimulants that increase the level of transmitters that travel to your brain. Doctors typically prescribe either if you have been diagnosed with attention…
Evidence-Based Treatment
What is evidence-based treatment? Evidence-based treatment is a treatment based on years of scientific research and observation. Tangible and measurable data back it. Therefore, it has a certain level of credibility based on previous results.…