Lion’s Gate Recovery – Blog

Bringing an addition into your family is a wonderful and beautiful time. You’ve slowly fallen in love with this being growing inside of you for over nine months, and when it’s finally time to introduce them into the world, you’re ecstatic. The first few days to weeks after having your baby will be some of the most wonderful and amazing days of your life. Despite the sleepless nights and poopy diapers, you’re so happy. When you first become a mother, it’s hard to think that you could ever be upset and even though you know postpartum depression exists, you think that there’s no way you could ever experience it. It’s the farthest thing from your mind. Because of this, if you do find yourself experiencing postpartum depression, you may be caught off guard, unsure of what to do.

It seems like every generation a different public health issue appears that must be handled by the country. Today, that health issue is addiction, the opioid epidemic in particular, and it is, medically, a more devastating disease than any other epidemic we have seen in the past century. In this opioid epidemic, just like with the AIDS epidemic that came in the 1980’s, it is primarily young adults who are at the biggest risk. Here is some information about the particular ways that millennials are more at risk in the opioid epidemic...

Anxiety orders have been, for a while, the most common mental illness in the United States. Nearly one out of every five American adults suffer from some sort of anxiety disorder, such as clinical depression. However, this isn’t only an American problem. Depression and anxiety are problems that people face all over the globe. Despite this prevalent problem, it is astounding that there are still so many social stigmas that surround the conversation about depression. The good news, though, is that the World Health Organization is setting out to change that...

Navigating the early stages of sobriety can be difficult, especially when there are so many social expectations surrounding alcohol use. Social situations involving alcohol, such as weddings and work conferences, can be difficult to avoid as well. Recently, The Fix published eight helpful tips for maintaining newfound sobriety from alcohol, even in social situations where drinking may be present. Here is a brief look at some of those key tips.

While enjoying the beauties of nature in Southern Utah we were talking about expectations and my feelings about expectations changed. The initial idea was that expectations must be dropped, because they cause all of our frustrations, which can lead to anger and anxiety and relapse. If I can...