Drug abuse clinic

What is taught at a drug abuse clinic?

When clients admit into Pacific Hills' drug abuse clinic, they begin their personal recovery process mainly through education. Information is vital to people who need the services of a drug abuse clinic in order for the addict to learn more about chemical dependency and recovery from it. Substance abuse is a serious public health problem that affects almost every community and family in some way. Education can help.

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Over the years, Pacific Hills' drug abuse clinic has treated clients who have abused a wide variety of drugs including amphetamines, steroids, "club" drugs, cocaine, heroin, inhalants, marijuana and prescription drugs. And, drug abuse plays a role in many major social problems (drunk driving, violence) and can lead to homelessness, crime, unemployment, etc.

Pacific Hills' drug abuse clinic teaches clients that substance-related disorders are caused by multiple factors including genetic vulnerability, environmental stressors, social pressures, individual personality characteristics, and psychiatric problems. However, our drug abuse clinic realizes the difficulty in determining which of these factors are primary and which are secondary. The clients at our drug abuse clinic also learn that addiction can be physical, psychological or both.

Physical addiction is when a person's body actually becomes dependent on a particular substance. Our drug abuse clinic realizes that a person builds tolerance to that substance, and needs a larger dose than ever before to get the same effects.

Psychological addiction happens when the cravings for a drug are psychological or emotional. People who are psychologically addicted feel overcome by the desire to have a drug and may lie or steal to obtain it. At our drug abuse clinic, clients admit that his or her entire life had centered around the need for their drug of choice. They no longer had a choice in taking a substance. At this point, it is time to seek treatment at a drug abuse clinic like Pacific Hills.

Pacific Hills' drug abuse clinic's clients attend intensive group and individual counseling to help them learn how to overcome these addictions. A case manager is assigned to each client and they assist the client in writing a strategy for long term abstinence. Relapse prevention is taught and the clients at our drug abuse clinic learn to recognize their own relapse warning signs and how to combat them if and when they occur. Clients at our drug abuse clinic attend Alcoholics Anonymous 12-Step meetings and learn how to secure an AA sponsor and become a part of this community after discharge. Exercise and nutrition are also stressed. The staff at our drug abuse clinic addresses the needs of the entire person through education.

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