Alcoholism Drug Abuse Treatment
Center
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Your local alcoholism drug abuse treatment
center can help evaluate and treat your drinking problem.
The Substance Abuse Treatment Facility
Locator
If you are
interested in locating alcoholism drug abuse treatment centers, the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA), under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
has a website that contains a Substance Abuse Treatment
Facility Locator.
All you have to do is click on the location where
you live and you will be taken to a page that asks you to enter the
city, state, and searching radius information, and this facilities
search tool will produce a number of substance abuse facilities
within the searching radius and the city and state you entered.
The following information will be provided for each
facility:
- Primary Focus of Treatment (for
instance mental health or substance abuse services).
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Services Provided (for example,
substance abuse treatment).
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Type of Care (in-patient or
outpatient.
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Special Programs/Groups (for
instance, pregnant/postpartum women, persons with co-occurring
mental and substance abuse disorders, DUI/DWI offenders,
etc.).
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Forms of Payment Accepted (for
example, self payment, Medicaid, or Medicare).
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Payment Assistance
(Please check with facility for details).
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Special Language Services (for
instance, ASL or other assistance for the hearing
impaired).
| A recent national United States
survey of female college students found that 15% of them had been
raped at some time since the age of 14. In 53% of these
cases, the victim was drinking and in 64% of these cases, the
offender was drinking. |
Alcoholism Drug Abuse Treatment
Center: Conclusion
If you are alcohol dependent, you need to seek professional help
as soon as possible. Your health care provider at your
local alcoholism drug abuse treatment center will
be able to help you determine the extent of your drinking problem,
as well as help you come up with a healthier way of addressing and
treating your alcohol dependency.
Keep in mind, however, that this "treatment plan"
may involve total abstinence or perhaps "strongly suggested"
regular meetings at the Alcoholics Anonymous in your community.

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| During the third stage of
alcohol addiction, the drinker frequently makes half-hearted
attempts at seeking medical aid. Due to the fact that drinkers in
this stage rarely, if ever, admit the extent of their drinking,
however, they seldom receive any lasting medical treatment. Even
when they disclose a small part of the "truth" regarding their
drinking behavior with their doctor, they usually fail to follow
through with the medical instructions, thus accomplishing little,
if anything of value regarding their
disease. |
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