Substance Abuse Treatment

Substance abuse or addiction is the chronic or habitual use of any chemical substance (alcohol, drugs, tobacco, prescription medication) used with the intention of altering states of body or mind for other than medically warranted purposes. Addiction is more than an uncontrollable desire for substances; it is an underlying behavior pattern with deeply emotional roots. Successful treatment for substance abuse requires digging down and revealing the long-ingrained pattern at the root level. What's often revealed is behavior born of anger, helplessness, and shame, compounded by intense desires for immediate escape from these unsettling feelings. Because addiction is a chronic disorder, the ultimate goal of successful, long-term abstinence often requires dedication to sustained and repeated treatment.

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Substance Abuse Treatment News Articles

• Closing the Gender Gap in Addiction Treatment

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  Among the many strides women have made in the past generation, at least one “advancement†Read Full Article »

• Beating Addiction: Help for Teen Girls

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  At an age when most kids are breaking away from their parents, exploring their career interests, and establishing lifelong bonds with friends and partners, teens who are addicted to drugs or alcohol face an entirely different challenge just to get back to normal adolescent life. Read Full Article »

• Does Your Family's History of Alcoholism Put You at Risk?

  If you're among the millions who have a parent, grandparent, or other close relative with alcoholism, does that mean problems with alcohol are inevitable for you too? Read Full Article »

• Cognitive-Behavioral Approach to Treating Cocaine Addiction

  A Cognitive-Behavioral approach to treating cocaine addiction attempts to help patients recognize, avoid, and cope. That is, to recognize the situations in which they are most likely to use cocaine, to avoid those situations when appropriate, and to cope more effectively with a range of problems and problematic behaviors associated with substance abuse. Read Full Article »

• The Dark Side of Prescription Drugs

  By Patti Geier, LCSW
  
  Prescription drug addiction usually begins by genuinely needing the drug that's been prescribed for medical reasons...but somewhere along the line it progressively turns to the regular use/abuse of the medication in an attempt to satisfy emotional and psychological needs. Read Full Article »

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