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About Purple Mountain Recovery
Purple Mountain Recovery Inc., located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the LGBTQIA2+ community in overcoming mental health challenges and substance use disorders. Founded in July 2022, the center was established to provide a safe and supportive environment for individuals seeking recovery, inspired by the founder's personal journey and the vision of accessible care for all.
The center offers a comprehensive range of services, including recovery coaching and peer support, group support, drop-in services, and Level 1-4 CARR Certified sober living options. Their programs are designed and led by individuals with lived experience in long-term recovery, ensuring empathetic and effective support. Additionally, Purple Mountain Recovery provides a Peer Academy with available scholarships, aiming to educate, mentor, and advocate for recovery through individual, family, and community support strategies.
What sets Purple Mountain Recovery apart is its unwavering commitment to the LGBTQIA2+ community, striving to erase stigmas surrounding addiction, harm reduction, mental health, and recovery. By fostering connections and promoting healing within this community, the center ensures that everyone has equal access to the resources and support necessary for their recovery journey.
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Addiction and mental illnesses in the LGBTQ+ community must be treated with an affirming, safe, and relevant approach, which many centers provide.
Those who identify as LGBTQ+ receive treatment for addiction and mental health with others in the community, making treatment highly relevant and effective.
You can admit to this center with a primary substance use disorder or a primary mental health condition. You'll receive support each step of the way and individualized care catered to your unique situation and diagnosis.
A support service designed to help individuals identify and maintain their personal recovery goals, provide guidance and support, and connect them with recovery resources and community-based services.
Those who identify as LGBTQ+ receive treatment for addiction and mental health with others in the community, making treatment highly relevant and effective.
These structured living environments help people transition out of rehab. Residents have more freedom than they do during rehab, but still follow certain rules.
A non-medicinal, wellness-focused approach that aims to align the mind, body, and spirit for deep and lasting healing.
Non-12-Step philosophies veer from the spiritual focus of the 12-Steps and instead treat the disease of addiction with holistic or secular modalities.
Providers using a strengths-based philosophy focus on the positive traits of their patients, creating a positive feedback loop that grows confidence.
Incorporating spirituality, community, and responsibility, 12-Step philosophies prioritize the guidance of a Higher Power and a continuation of 12-Step practices.
Wellness philosophies focus on the physical, mental, and spiritual wellness of each patient, helping them restore purpose with natural remedies.
Teaching life skills like cooking, cleaning, clear communication, and even basic math provides a strong foundation for continued recovery.
Based on the idea that motivation to change comes from within, providers use a conversational framework to discover personalized methods for change.
Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.
Symptoms of depression may include fatigue, a sense of numbness, and loss of interest in activities. This condition can range from mild to severe.
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Benzodiazepines are prescribed to treat anxiety and sleep issues. They are highly habit forming, and their abuse can cause mood changes and poor judgement.
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Cocaine is a stimulant with euphoric effects. Agitation, muscle ticks, psychosis, and heart issues are common symptoms of cocaine abuse.
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
Ecstasy is a stimulant that causes intense euphoria and heightened awareness. Abuse of this drug can trigger depression, insomnia, and memory problems.
Heroin is a highly addictive and illegal opioid. It can cause insomnia, collapsed veins, heart issues, and additional mental health issues.
Methamphetamine, or meth, increases energy, agitation, and paranoia. Long-term use can result in severe physical and mental health issues.
Opioids produce pain-relief and euphoria, which can lead to addiction. This class of drugs includes prescribed medication and the illegal drug heroin.
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