The Fresh Start Recovery Centre says it usually sees an increase of about 20 per cent in new clients in the days following the Stampede. yyc
A Calgary organization that provides treatment for those individuals is now getting ready to handle an influx of people seeking help.says it usually sees an increase of about 20 per cent in new clients in the days following the Stampede.“Stampede is an incredibly difficult time for someone who struggles with substance misuse,” Fresh Start executive director Bruce Holstead said. “That party atmosphere: a little bit of vodka and orange juice, and some pancakes.
Beaulieu says he regrets his years of excessive partying during the Stampede, with the drinking often starting in the morning.‘Cowboy bling’: Calgary man turns silver trays into big belt buckles for Stampede “Shot-gunning beer and a lot of tequila,” Beaulieu said. “It was used as an excuse: ‘It’s Stampede’.”It led to some painful experiences for his family.
“When I would pick him up at the train station, he could hardly see where he was going,” Logan’s mom Janelle Beaulieu said. “I would cry and I would just wish things were different.”The Beaulieus were among a large crowd at Fresh Start’s Stampede barbecue event on Friday.The organization expects to see the increase in people seeking treatment the two weeks following the Stampede.
“It might be the residual of some of the wrong decisions made, the impacts created as a result of the overindulgence at Stampede,” Holstead said. “The coming to terms with ‘What have I done?'”Logan Beaulieu is in recovery as a resident at Fresh Start’s treatment facility in northeast Calgary, He’s been sober since December 2021.Her son was also enjoying being at the Fresh Start barbecue with his parents and other family members.“It’s my first Stampede being with them sober,” Logan said.
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