Tag: opioid abuse

What Happens During an Opioid Overdose?

What Happens During an Opioid Overdose?

by | Sep 9, 2018 | Articles

What Happens During an Opioid Overdose? Opioids are a type of drug that includes heroin, synthetic opioids and pain relievers prescribed by doctors. [1] Common prescription opioids include oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine, fentanyl, codeine and many others including...
Reasons to Go to a Des Moines Drug Treatment Center

Reasons to Go to a Des Moines Drug Treatment Center

by | Jul 10, 2018 | Articles

Reasons to Go to a Des Moines Drug Treatment Center When a person is addicted to drugs or alcohol, it may be difficult to quit without help. There are many resources available that can make the process more effective. For example, many individuals enter rehab. If you...
Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS)

Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS)

by | Jul 5, 2018 | Articles

Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS) The Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale or COWS is just that. It is a scale that a clinician uses to measure opiate withdrawal symptoms. A trained clinician will use this scale in an inpatient setting or as part of outpatient...
Attending Christian Drug Rehab, Not A Christian

Attending Christian Drug Rehab, Not A Christian

by | Jun 29, 2018 | Articles

Attending Christian Drug Rehab, Not A Christian One of the considerations that many make is determining whether to consider when looking at Christian drug rehab, not a Christian. Will this be the right environment? Of course, someone who is already Christian will...

Our graduates tell their stories…

As I Arrived. I had a lot of emotions going on coming here: anger (getting “help”─again─but this time out-of-state), and fear (first time on a plane, going to the middle...
- Shari
When first arriving at St. Gregory I had mixed feelings about the health and wellness workouts. I came in at 136 lbs and didn’t think it was possible to reach...
- Chris
The good life is not merely a life free from addictions, physical and/or psychological—addictions that usually are the outward manifestations of deeper problems—but a life lived in harmonious balance, free...
- Matt
I came to St. Gregory’s at my all-time worst—physically, emotionally, and mentally. Having gone through a bad rehab experience once before, I had been very reluctant in succumbing to that...
- CJ
No matter where I start my thought process when reflecting upon my time before, during and after St. Gregory’s, I always seem to end up in the same place in...
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