May 10 is National Fentanyl Awareness Day. Here’s what you need to know about the somber but important day.
Alarming numbers continue to worsen as more Americans than ever grapple with addiction across Kentucky and the nation. Fentanyl is only making matters worse. According to reports, synthetic opioids, including fentanyl, are to blame for at least two-thirds of all overdose deaths. Nationally, deaths resulting from an overdose crossed the 100,000 threshold last year. The […]
BLOG | This Mother’s Day my kids are back and so am I
By Theresa LaFeve Being a mom was something I was first able to experience at 20-years-old. A year later, I would give birth to my second child. Like many, my addiction only grew after both my daughters’ births. In 2015, I would travel to every trap house looking for meth with my daughters in the […]
ARC celebrates ribbon cutting on new $2.2M White Oak Hill residential treatment center, expanding recovery access in Martin County
INEZ, Ky. (May 4, 2022) — Tim Robinson, founder, and CEO of Addiction Recovery Care (ARC), is bringing his team’s mission of saving one life at a time to his hometown of Inez, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony today on a new men’s residential treatment center in Martin County — White Oak Hill. Addiction Recovery Care, […]
ARC’s Tim Robinson Participates in National Policy Conversation With U.S. Drug Czar Rahul Gupta at RX Summit
ATLANTA, Ga. (April 21, 2022) – During the national Rx and Illicit Drug Summit last week in Atlanta, Addiction Recovery Care (ARC) — a leading provider of treatment and recovery services in Kentucky — played a vital role in advancing proven strategies to address America’s persistent addiction epidemic. Last week, ARC president/CEO Tim Robinson participated […]
New data uncovers sharp spike in teen overdoses
A new study has uncovered disturbing data showing a 94 percent increase in fatal overdoses among teenagers. The study, published by the JAMA Network, found in 2019, there were 492 fatal overdoses among adolescents. In 2020 the number nearly doubled to 954, reflecting a 94 percent increase. The study found drug use among teens decreased […]
Addiction Recovery Care President and CEO Tim Robinson Receives 2022 Congressman Hal Rogers Beacon of Hope Award at National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit
ATLANTA, Ga. – In recognition of his ongoing efforts to serve individuals and families impacted by the addiction crisis, Tim Robinson, founder, president and CEO of Addiction Recovery Care (ARC), received the 2022 Congressman Hal Rogers Beacon of Hope Award today at the Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit (Rx Summit) in Atlanta. The award […]
BLOG | Untreated trauma and relapse go hand in hand
Rich Goddard, LPCC Why do I constantly find myself relapsing after a few months of sobriety? Why can’t I seem to let go of things from the past? Why do I feel anxious and feel the need to control? If you have experienced trauma in the past it may seem once you are starting to […]
52 weeks. 970 clients enter treatment. ARC’s Samantha Carroll is changing lives every day
On March 23, 2022, Addiction Recovery Care Lexington Liaison Samantha Carroll celebrated four years of sobriety. How did she celebrate? By working to help others access the same freedom she now feels everyday. “When I initially interviewed Samantha for the Community liaisons position she told me that God had shown her that she would have […]
BLOG | Q&A: Access to treatment has never been easier, here’s what you need to know
Vanessa Keeton spent 13 years of her life battling the disease of addiction. She, like many others, discovered treatment was hard to come by in 2010, therefore she continued to live the life that God had never intended for her. After becoming the first client Addiction Recovery Care (ARC) would serve in 2010, Vanessa Keeton […]
Addiction Recovery Care encourages treatment as alcohol related deaths rise
Alcohol-related deaths spiked during the pandemic, according to a new study. The New York Times reports that alcohol-related deaths, including from liver disease and accidents, rose to 99,017 in 2020, up from 78,927 in 2019 – a staggering increase of 25 percent in just one year. This is a notable rise from the average annual increase of 3.6 percent […]
