Keegan Warrington

This is the fourth article of the five-part series Benzodiazepines: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You. Read part three, Professional Help for Benzo Withdrawal is Essential for Success. Klonopin is a long-acting benzodiazepine, which means that Klonopin withdrawal will typically start between two and seven days after the last dose and may last for eight weeks …

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Todd Zalkins is lucky to be alive. In 2007, after a 17-year addiction to OxyContin and other prescription opioid painkillers, Zalkins checked himself in to a treatment center for help beating one of the worst cases of painkiller addiction his doctor had ever seen. Zalkins’ severe opioid addiction and subsequent recovery is the subject of …

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This is the third and final part of the series The Incredible Recovery of Todd “Z-Man” Zalkins. Read part two here. Saving lives is exactly what Todd Zalkins does these days. It’s what he has dedicated his life to. When asked about the most rewarding part of his life after addiction, Zalkins once again answers without …

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Family relationships are some of the most important relationships we will have in our lives, and our family interactions can go a long way toward supporting a loved one during and after their treatment for addiction.  The idea of family therapy can be a little intimidating to some of us, but it needn’t be — …

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