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A Great Testimonial for Sundown M Ranch - "The experience was a feeling of relaxation"

From the beginning, the experience was a feeling of relaxation. We were treated with respect. The Administration area was clean and extremely professional looking.  Jackie, the intake person made us laugh and relaxed us even more. The lady that brought me over to the adult facility was pleasant and made me feel even more relaxed. When I saw my room I was surprised to have a room that gave me the privacy that I was looking for. It looked like a high scale motel.

Recognizing When Your Teen Needs Help for Substance Abuse

As you probably remember from your own teen years, being a teenager can be extremely tough. Sometimes, emotional and peer pressures cause teens to take drugs—before this happens, parents should be prepared to act.

In this short video, two public health nurses discuss the common signs of teenage substance abuse. If your teen has experienced a sudden change in friends, appearance, or academic performance, you should sit down with him or her for a sincere discussion. During this talk, it’s important to listen carefully to everything your teen has to say and be prepared to offer compassionate support.

If you suspect that your teen is abusing drugs, contact Sundown M Ranch. Our addiction treatment specialists will help your teen deal with the underlying issues of his addiction and help him kick his habit for good. Call us today at (509) 654-9033 for more information. 

A Look at Some of the Factors Leading to Drug Addiction in Teens

Unfortunately, you can never be too young to be addicted to drugs. Millions of parents have struggled as they watch their teen children descend into the world of substance abuse. However, parents can help their teens avoid drug addiction by identifying and addressing the underlying issues. Here are just a few of the factors that commonly lead to teen drug addiction:

• Bullying: Every day, millions of teens are verbally and physically abused by other teens. Constant insults and physical violence can be detrimental to a teen’s self-esteem and lead to depression. Once a teen starts feeling depressed, he may turn to drugs as a means of escape.
• Peer Pressure: Bullying is perhaps most dangerous when it comes from a teen’s closest friends. If your teen feels as though he needs to take drugs or else be excluded from certain groups and events, he won’t always make the right choice. Trying a drug once in order to please a group of friends can easily lead to long-term addiction.
• Troubled Home Life: Even if you and your partner are constantly supportive of your children, domestic stressors like financial troubles, health problems, job loss, and divorce can profoundly impact every family member. Perhaps the best thing you can do is sit down with your child and discuss anything that may be bothering him, not just once, but whenever it is necessary.
• Predisposition to Addiction: In recent years, scientists have discovered several genes that suggest a genetic predisposition to addiction. If you or anyone else in your family has struggled with addiction, your teen could have inherited the same genetic makeup. However, just because your teen has a predisposition to addiction doesn’t mean he will inevitably suffer an addiction.

If your teenager is currently struggling with addiction, contact Sundown M Ranch today. Our youth treatment program helps teenagers face their addictions and overcome them through therapy, education, and family support. If you’d like to learn more about our youth treatment program, call us today at (509) 654-9033. 

Prescription Drug Addictions and The Impact on Society

Have you found our recent blog posts, with their discussions of major drug addictions facing America today and common relapse triggers, to be helpful? If you would like to explore either of these topics further, the following resources may be of interest to you:

• Prescription drugs now cause more drug overdose deaths than any other drug in America. Read more about this serious problem in this article from USA Today.
• The National Institutes of Health is another good source of information about America’s current prescription drug addiction problem.
• Learn about five common drug and alcohol addiction relapse triggers and how they can be avoided at psychcentral.com.
• Read more about avoiding relapse while recovering from your drug or alcohol addiction in this Psychology Today article.
• You can find out more about the economic and social impact of drugs on American society at the U.S. Department of Justice’s website.

For more information about a residential and outpatient treatment center not far from Seattle that is renowned for its innovative addiction treatment strategies, call Sundown M Ranch at (509) 654-9033.

Drug Addiction Effects: "Cocaine Burnt a Hole Through My Nose"

All substance abuse problems have the potential to damage a drug user’s physical or mental health, but few of these health problems are as visibly disconcerting as those that result from excessive cocaine use. To find out how cocaine use can burn holes or perforations into an individual’s nose, check out this brief video.

In this video, you will learn how snorting cocaine damages the nasal lining inside a user’s nostril, what the effects of this damage are, and how a hole or perforation in the nose can be treated. The nose reconstruction specialist in this video warns viewers that the process of closing a perforation is complicated and not always successful.