Free Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment? We Can Fix That!
Increasingly, it is “partnering” with rehab facilities to monetize addiction recovery, especially by facilitating dual diagnoses that require expensive pills. A patient is no longer just an alcoholic, he is an alcoholic with bipolar disease or major … Read more on The Epoch Times (blog)

Treatment will continue for former alcohol and drug agency's clients
After a holiday week scramble by Erie County and New York State mental health departments, hundreds of former clients of Alcohol and Drug Dependency Services will be able to continue treatment without interruption into 2014, most of them in the same … Read more on Buffalo News

Alcohol abuse programs in BC, Amsterdam use moderation
Innovative alcohol abuse treatment programs in Amsterdam and Vancouver are abandoning the idea of abstinence, instead letting chronic alcoholics have a few drinks to help them control and regulate their habit. A project spearheaded by the city of … Read more on CBC.ca

New Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center Maryland Addiction Recovery Center …
Maryland Addiction Recovery Center, a new drug and alcohol treatment program based in Towson, Maryland, announced their opening this week based on the extensive need for more drug abuse treatment in the area as well as due to the new parity benefits … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Anoka Co. Drug and Alcohol Treatment Program Gets High Honors
An Anoka County drug and alcohol treatment program was recently honored for its work to help local women get their lives back on track. The county's Enhanced Treatment Program earned both the Achievement Award from the Association of Minnesota … Read more on KSTP.com

HEALTH: New Port Centre marks 25th anniversary of providing residential …
PORT COLBORNE – The New Port Centre at the Port Colborne Site of the NHS offers residential and community addiction recovery treatment options to help people overcome substance use. This year marks a quarter century of providing residential addiction … Read more on Bullet News Niagara

Life Works Community Earns Highest Rating For Residential Behavioural …
The treatment center specializes in cases of drug and alcohol abuse, eating disorders, depression, anxiety, compulsive behavior as well as multiple, co-occurring disorders. The clinic even offers free treatment to combat veterans, as well as having … Read more on Baystreet.ca

How My Addiction Helps Me Win and May Eventually Kill Me
Merriam-Webster defines addiction as "a strong and harmful need to regularly have something or do something." I believe the human mind can become addicted to anything that yields pleasure. My addiction to work stems from the rush my accomplishments … Read more on Huffington Post

New Helpline for Teens in Broward County Aims to Help Addiction Recovery
Talking it over with family and friends is often a good idea, but it takes the support and supervision of a real addiction expert to help a young adult triumph over substance abuse. The new Broward County Adolescent Rehab Helpline aims to give … Read more on PR Web (press release)

New drug in Japan aims to help alcoholics quit addiction
Several doctors in Japan are hopeful that a new drug licensed from a French pharmaceutical company may be part of the solution that alcoholics need to kick the habit. Regtect went on sale earlier this year in Japan, becoming the first alcohol … Read more on The Japan Daily Press

New Helpline for Young Adults Can Help with Substance Abuse
Talking to family and friends can be helpful, but it takes the care and guidance of a legitimate addiction professional to truly help someone overcome drug and alcohol addiction. Thanks to the new Aventura Adolescent Rehab Helpline, there is now a … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Camden Planning Board recommends Select Board consider change to allow …
MacLean would then operate a 12-bed inpatient alcohol rehab center where patients would spend a month in treatment. Supporters say the proposal is simply to allow a rehabilitation center to be what is known as a special exception in the coastal … Read more on Bangor Daily News

New owners and operators take over rehab hospitals in Braintree and Newton
Reliant, the two hospitals' new operator, also runs nine other inpatient rehabilitation hospitals in Texas and Ohio. Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital has 166 licensed beds and New England Rehabiliation Hospital has 198 beds. The hospitals together … Read more on Boston Business Journal (blog)

Looking Ahead: Methodist Richardson Medical Center readies for expansion …
Behavioral Health and Addiction Recovery services will remain on the Campbell campus, and inpatient rehab and long-term acute care services will also be available through another provider who leases space from the hospital. A full-service emergency … Read more on Dallas Morning News

Camden Planning Board recommends Select Board consider change for alcohol …
MacLean would then operate a 12-bed inpatient alcohol rehab center where patients would spend a month in treatment. Supporters say the proposal is simply to allow a rehabilitation center to be what is known as a special exception in the coastal … Read more on Bangor Daily News

Helpline in Crestview Assists Those with Drug and Alcohol Recovery
Helpline in Crestview Assists Those with Drug and Alcohol Recovery. The Crestview Adolescent Rehab Helpline helps teenagers locate a drug and alcohol addiction rehab center where they can recover. Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on … Read more on PR Web (press release)

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A key factor in any alcohol recovery program is this: first, alcoholics have to admit that they have a drinking problem and then they have to find a treatment program they can buy into and one that works for them. In short, one size does not fit all … Read more on About – News & Issues

Addiction Helpline in Duxbury Aims to Help Teenage Addicts Recover
Teenagers who need help finding a real drug and alcohol addiction recovery center are urged to call the Duxbury Adolescent Rehab Helpline. Duxbury, MA (PRWEB) January 01, 2014. Young adults who struggle with substance abuse in Duxbury, MA now … Read more on PR Web (press release)