23-12-2017 01:33 via deseretnews.com

Addicts receive naloxone kits as precaution during 'stress' of holidays

SALT LAKE CITY — As hard as it is to stay sober year-round for recovered addicts, Brett Fabert says, the holiday season makes that already uphill battle an even steeper climb.
Fabert speaks from experience, having relapsed at Thanksgiving time after six months completely sober and 2 1/2 years without injecting drugs. He says that "within days" of having a drink on Thanksgiving Day, "I woke up on a toilet, just hunched over, drugs on the ground."
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