Addiction Counseling Programs Yuma AZ
Like many diseases, the stigmas attached are usually bred out of lack of knowledge. We don't want to accept that they really are sick or diseased because we feel that may absolve them of their responsibility to find a solution. these are separate issues!
Yuma Treatment Center
(928) 344-4310
1290 West 8th Place
Yuma, AZ
Crossroads Mission of Yuma
(928) 783-9362
944 South Arizona Avenue
Yuma, AZ
Anne Walton NCC
(602) 685-6000
Phoenix, AZ
Neal, Kristine
(623) 455-9189
11024 N. 28th Drive Suite 290
Pheonix, AZ
Treese, Douglas
(480) 821-7857
1256 W Chandler Blvd Suite 13
Chandler, AZ
Lois Faust Fazio
(928) 344-9894
661 East 32nd Street
Yuma, AZ
Behavioral Health Services
(928) 341-9199
106 East 1st Street
Yuma, AZ
Fort Yuma Alcohol and Drug Abuse
(760) 572-0232
1888 San Pasqual School Road
Winterhaven, CA
Professional Psychology Associates P.C
(602) 852-0911
4222 East Camelback Road
Phoenix, AZ
Kathryn Forsyth, NCC
(480) 838-4300
Mesa, AZ
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Mentally and Bodily Different! Keith Johnson Friday, September 14, 2007 I have read the many articles on reasons behind drug addiction and many of them are dead on. In my experience, there is no one right answer or set of answers. Can their be a mental disorder? Certainly. Can their be enviromental factors? No doubt! Can it start innocently? Yes. Can tragedy be the key? Absolutely. I have seen all of these factors in addicts.So, why do a small percentage of the population go on to become drug addicts? Quite frankly, we are different! There is something that is with them from birth. When they begin to use, they cannot stop! Work with enough of these folks and you will see..It is not a matter of intellect, will power, a choice or any other label that non addicts try to put on them. I have seen addicts who are intelligent, high earners, who use their will for very positive accomplishments but when it comes to addiction, they truly are different. Not bad, weak willed or somehow mentally defective, they are different. Like many diseases, the stigmas attached are usually bred out of lack of knowledge. We don't want to accept that they really are sick or diseased because we feel that may absolve them of their responsibility to find a solution. these are separate issues! We can acknowledge they are sick with a disease and provide them with a solution. The addict is responsible to get into the solution just like any patient with a disease! Drop the stigmas, consider ... |
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Methadone Clinics Yuma AZ
Methadone has become the hot topic publicly due to it being finally accepted as a proper form of heroin and opiate addiction treatment. Universities and other medical institutions of learning have incorporated addiction into separate course studies, prior to the early part of this century, the only study on addiction in 4 years of medical school was approximately one hour in length, 3/4 of which was spent on alcohol addiction. Read on for more.