Pacific Hills offers alcohol abuse treatment for adults 18 and over. If you are seeking alcohol abuse help for yourself or a loved one, please contact Pacific Hills' alcohol abuse treatment and speak to a trained intake counselor. Why not call now?
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) defines alcoholism as a disease that includes craving (to drink), loss of control (not being able to stop once drinking has begun), physical dependence (withdrawal symptoms occur once drinking has stopped), and tolerance (the need to drink greater amounts of alcohol to get "high").
Pacific Hills' alcohol abuse treatment addresses alcoholism as a disease. Cravings that an alcoholic feels for alcohol can be as strong as the need for food or water. Alcoholics will continue to drink despite serious family, health or legal problems. At Pacific Hills' alcohol abuse treatment, clients learn more about their disease, which is chronic (lasts a lifetime).
Pacific Hills' alcohol abuse treatment includes group and individual counseling to not only help the alcoholic begin a life of recovery, but also to educate the client why he needs alcohol abuse help. Research shows that the risk for developing alcoholism runs in families. Not only are genes a factor, but also lifestyle. Pacific Hills' alcohol abuse treatment teaches clients that the good news is: alcoholism can be treated. Multitudes of people who sought alcohol abuse help have been able to stop drinking and rebuild their lives after attending alcohol abuse treatment.
In addition to counseling, medications are sometimes necessary for the newly abstinent alcoholic. Clients who seek alcohol abuse help at Pacific Hills are medically assessed at intake for withdrawal issues and our consulting physician prescribes as required. Some medications have been shown to help people not only through their withdrawal period, but also to avoid relapse to heavy drinking and achieve and maintain abstinence. It should be noted that medical detoxification is sometimes required prior to admission into our alcohol abuse treatment and Pacific Hills can assist with those arrangements.
Alcoholism cuts across gender, race and nationality. In the United States, 17.6 million people, about 1 in every 12 adults, abuse alcohol or are alcohol dependent. Alcohol problems are highest among young adults ages 18-29 and lowest among adults ages 65 and older.
Alcoholics sometimes avoid alcohol abuse treatment and simply try to reduce their consumption of alcohol. Rarely does this method succeed. Abstaining is still the best course, rather than reducing their alcohol intake.
It starts with a phone call. Why not call now?
Our call center is ready to help you navigate through the maze of decisions that leads to quality alcohol abuse treatment.
