Clinical
Addiction Disorders

What are Addiction Disorders?

Addiction is the dependence, both physiologically and emotionally, upon alcohol, drugs, or tobacco. Addiction is a disease, it is not a character flaw. Like diabetes, asthma, or hypertension, addiction is a chronic, but treatable illness. As with these other common and serious illnesses, it takes motivation and behavioral changes to successfully manage the disease.

What is relapse?

Most recovering addicts have been here before. Studies have shown that it often takes more than one visit to an addictions treatment program to successfully maintain long-term abstinence. Relapse is common and does not signal failure. Indeed, each relapse can teach an addict about his or her vulnerabilities—the situations, people, and emotional states that are likely to trigger relapse. This self-knowledge can help the addict better protect himself or herself from future relapses.

Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs

We offer comprehensive care for adults with drug or alcohol addictions. The first step is a thorough evaluation, then the development of a treatment plan. We have intensive and non-intensive outpatient programs; inpatient and outpatient detox programs. All our programs promote abstinence, and everyone who goes through our outpatient or inpatient therapies will be enrolled in an aftercare plan focusing on relapse prevention. Addiction is a disease requiring long-term care and watchfullness. We encourage people who have relapsed to return again to treatment.

Dual Diagnoses

Our dual diagnoses program is unique. We specialize in treating patients with chronic mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, complicated by a drug or alcohol addiction.