If you've never seen "Intervention" on A&E, you might not be aware of the cost family members are willing to go to get their loved ones rid of addiction.
Lizzy was very physically active growing up. She ran track, played soccer, and was a cheerleader. As she looks back, there were no signs that she would succumb to opioid addiction.
With the help of the non-profit organization, USARA, and the state-run campaign, Use Only as Directed, Utahns are becoming more aware of the recovery process, as well as avoiding addiction altogether.
Substance abuse can take on many faces. Faces of fear, worry, horror, and unfortunately, bliss. Felicia Marie knows the effects of that substance abuse first hand. By the age of seven, Felicia had started smoking cigarettes, witnessed the divorce of her mom and dad, and saw how substance abuse could corrupt a family. She grew […]
Opioid addiction never hid its face from Andrea Sorensen and her family. It also never stopped her from feeling unconditional love. Even throughout the years, when the addiction began to deteriorate her family from the inside, she says always felt loved. “When I was younger growing up, [addiction] started with my dad. My dad was […]
“I’m done with you.” Those were almost the last words Mike Scott ever said to his son after another fight broke out because of his son’s alcohol addiction. Hours later, Mike’s son would crash into a vehicle carrying a family of four after running a red light. That son was Casey Scott, popular broadcast personality […]
After a softball game, Tyler Hansen was introduced to the pain reliever, Lortab, and six months later, he found himself addicted to heroin and on his way to serving a three-year prison sentence.
In the span of two weeks, two people in Tooele, UT had committed suicide -- that's when Jon and Tracy Gossett realized they needed to do something to make a change.
Surrounded by screaming fans at Madison Square Garden, Justin Osmond watched his dad and uncles onstage perform some of the hits that made the Osmonds mega-stars of the 1970s.