New drug–treatment center offers counseling, social support
Yucca Valley Center for Change is a new provider of substance abuse counseling and recovery. The center, which operates as part of Mental Health Systems, provides outpatient services through group sessions, individual counseling and support for people …
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State: Drug treatment options exist despite local backlog
Jose D'Leon, 21, is recovering from alcohol addiction. He started coming to the Turning Point Center six months ago, where he found a support group, attended meetings and started getting sober. He recently found a job. 'Things are getting better,' he said.
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Viewpoint: How the Drug Treatment System Failed Cory Monteith
Heroin, an opioid, produces tolerance, so that users not only need more drug to experience a “high,” but also higher amounts to overdose. Abstaining for a few weeks, as many rehab programs require, lowers this tolerance so if an addict were to use …
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Trenton drug rehab patients forced to look to Florida for help
TRENTON — The streets of Trenton are home to drug smuggling and consumption, but the limit in drug rehab centers in the city has many fleeing to Florida for their cleansing. Although addiction advocate groups are common in the area, these facilities …
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Question by steel9maiden: What exactly is a therapeutic community?
Could you go into some detail please; the stuff that I found on Google gave one-sentence answers and were not very enlightening.

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Answer by soyabeanlover
support group ? ? Not sure myself :p

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Discovery Recovery Festival in Norwich promotes help for people with drug and …
One of those stalls was for the Norwich group Hope, Art and Recovering Together (HART). Founder Melanie Wallis, 39, is a recovering alcoholic herself and set up HART to help others in her situation and to involve herself in a support group. Miss Wallis …
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Drug and Alcohol Addictions: Recovery support group for adults and teens meets at 10 a.m. Sunday at Evangel Temple Champions Center, 1318 Dodson Ave.; 782-9121. Fresh Start: Small group mentor support meets at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Harvest Time, …
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New addiction recovery group available in Calvert
County residents who may be in recovery or seeking sobriety from a drug addiction can now find support through a new recovery group. The Dawn of Recovery is a peer-to-peer support group for individuals ages 18 and up recovering from addiction or …
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Salinas considers lifting liquor-license cap; prevention and recovery groups …
“We feel it does go hand in hand,” says Lory Carriedo, prevention coordinator at Sunrise House, a drug and alcohol treatment center. Several high school students who attended the meeting at the behest of Sunrise House and other treatment groups say …
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The following is a list of support groups that meet monthly:
Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 615 W. Sixth St. Drug recovery group and info about area NA meetings. (800) 338-8750. Koinonia Recovery Group, 7:30 p.m. First Baptist Church. Faith-based drug and alcohol recovery group.
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Painkiller Addiction Treatment and Prescription Drug Rehab Announced
West Palm Beach, Florida (PRWEB) June 03, 2013. Recovery Associates Drug Treatment Center, through its multiple treatment tracks, now offers support for adolescents and adults seeking to find relief from painkiller addiction. According to research …
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Most important path to recovery from addiction? For one expert, it's simple …
Willenbring is a former director of the Division of Treatment and Recovery Research at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism at the National Institutes of Health and a former director of the Addictive Disorders Section at the Veterans …
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New addiction recovery group available in Calvert
The Dawn of Recovery is a peer-to-peer support group for individuals ages 18 and up recovering from addiction or seeking sobriety from drugs and alcohol, group founder Dawn Kaczorowski said. Kaczorowski, a certified recovery coach, leads group meetings …
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Ativan Addiction Treatment and Ativan Drug Rehab Announced
Recovery Associates is a drug and alcohol treatment center that provides a variety of programs and services for men, women and teens struggling with chemical dependency issues. At the core of their philosophy is the belief that addiction is a treatable …
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Ambien Addiction Treatment and Ambien Drug Rehab Announced
Recovery Associates is a drug and alcohol treatment center that provides a variety of programs and services for men, women and teens struggling with chemical dependency issues. At the core of their philosophy is the belief that addiction is a treatable …
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New addiction recovery group available in Calvert
The Dawn of Recovery is a peer-to-peer support group for individuals ages 18 and up recovering from addiction or seeking sobriety from drugs and alcohol, group founder Dawn Kaczorowski said. Kaczorowski, a certified recovery coach, leads group …
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Treatment for heroin addiction is available, for a price
Forty to 60 percent of drug and alcohol treatment patients are also suffering mental illness, according to Dr. William Lorman of the Livengrin Foundation. It's called dual diagnosis, he said. And the problem is that drug and alcohol treatment …
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