ATHENS (PRWEB)
December 30, 2019

Help.org, a trusted online resource for individuals who struggle with addiction and their loved ones, has announced the Best Rehab Facilities in Athens, Georgia for 2020. The informational guide recognizes the top 18 rehab facilities based on cost, treatment options, location, accompanying services and more.

According to recent studies, drug overdose is the leading cause of death among people under age 50. In Athens, deaths related to opioid abuse increased significantly from 2011 to 2015. Substance abuse among adolescents is also escalating in Athens with 55 percent of high school students reported using alcohol, 38 percent reported using marijuana, 8 percent reported using prescription drugs without a valid prescription, and 2 percent reported using heroin. With the growing need for accessible and high-quality rehab programs, Help.org has developed a unique ranking process to help connect individuals with treatment providers that meet their needs.

The Help.org research team analyzed thousands of facilities across the country and then identified the most cost-effective and highest rated programs in larger cities like Athens. Each facility was evaluated based on rehabilitation services, treatment approaches, cost, special programs for unique demographics and ancillary services. The website also provides information about drug use and side effects as well as educational articles. For a detailed listing of the Best Rehab Facilities in Athens, Georgia please visit https://www.help.org/best-drug-and-alcohol-rehab-centers-in-athens-ga/.

2020 Best Rehab Facilities in Athens, Georgia (in alphabetical order)

Addiction Care Treatment Program

196 Alps Road #2

Athens, GA 30606

706-510-0282

Advantage Behavioral Health Systems

240 Mitchell Bridge Road

Athens, Georgia 30601

855-333-9544

Alliance Recovery Center

119 Sycamore Drive

Athens, GA 30606

706-850-2121

Athens Addiction Recovery Center

8801 Macon Highway #2

Athens, GA 30606

706-559-0059

CAFAC Inc

6298 Oakwood Circle

Norcross, GA 30093

404-915-2644

Comprehensive Counseling Services, LLC

329 Resource Parkway

Winder, GA 30680

678-425-0975

Family Counseling Services, Inc.

1435 Oglethorpe Avenue

Athens, GA 30606

706- 549-7755

Hope House Recovery

2205 Highland Avenue

Augusta, GA, 30904

706-737-9879

Lifetime Counseling, LLC

138 Park Avenue Suite 214

Winder, GA 30680

678-425-9007

Mary Hall Freedom House

8995 Roswell Road

Sandy Springs, GA 30350

770-642-5500

No Longer Bound

2725 Pine Grove Road

Cumming, GA 30041

770-886-7873

Penfield Addiction Ministries, Inc.

1061 Mercer Circle

Union Point, GA 30669

706-453-7929

Project ADAM

112 Lanthier Street

Winder, GA 30680

770-867-8003

Ridgeview Institute

3995 South Cobb Drive

Smyrna, Georgia 30080

844-350-8800

Right Side Up Recovery Center

2815 Clearview Place, Suite 100

Atlanta, GA 30340

678-805-4113

Serenity Grove

315 Newton Bridge Road

Athens, GA 30607

706-389-5157

The Athens Clinic

1710 Commerce Road

Athens, GA 30607

706-552-0688

Twin Lakes Recovery Center

398 Highway 11 SW

Monroe, GA 30655

800-588-5967

ABOUT HELP.ORG

Help.org is an online resource for individuals who struggle with addiction and their loved ones. The website provides the latest research through scientifically proven methods, community recovery resources as well as information about local financial assistance. Help.org’s team of researchers, activists and writers work together with addiction counselors and other professionals to offer useful and accurate resources to help individuals seeking recovery. To learn more, visit https://www.help.org/.

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MEADVILLE, Pa. (PRWEB)
December 26, 2019

“Breaking Free”: a heart-touching journal focusing on one young woman’s troubled early life involving the use and abuse of drugs and alcohol. “Breaking Free” is the creation of published author Sara Colvin, a woman in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. She has experienced the underworld of addiction, as well as the beautiful life which recovery will bring.

Colvin writes, “After nine and a half years of recovery, Sara had built a successful life for herself and her daughter. A life they both found rewarding, exciting, and prosperous. Until the day she relapsed into an uncontrollable addiction.

“An eighteen-month drug run came crashing to an end in the back of a police car, with Sara in shackles and handcuffs. She was sent to the county jail where she had a million-dollar bail and was facing over a dozen serious felony charges. Not knowing if she would be spending the coming years of her life as an inmate in state prison, Sara was inspired to create this personal memoir.

“‘One evening early on, I heard a voice speaking to me, “Prepare your heart to receive my gift.” I cannot explain how I recognized the voice of God. I simply knew that I was to embark upon a journey illuminated by revelation and marked by agony and ecstasy. Alone and secluded in the darkness of confinement, I committed to embark upon the path ahead.’

“Sara’s real-life account affirms that addiction is deadly, progressive, and incurable. Her experience also proves that there is a solution called recovery. Sara details both in an intensely moving memoir.”

Published by Christian Faith Publishing, Sara Colvin’s new book shares a remarkable message to the readers that addiction is deadly, progressive, and incurable, but the only solution for it is recovery—it is available and possible for everyone, for even the lifeless among the hopeless.

With this book, Colvin lays out all her experiences in the life of who she was until she recovered from addiction so the readers will know how drugs and alcohol ruin the life of a person if not prevented.

View a synopsis of “Breaking Free” on YouTube.

Consumers can purchase“Breaking Free” at traditional brick & mortar bookstores, or online at Amazon.com, Apple iTunes store, or Barnes and Noble.

For additional information or inquiries about “Breaking Free,” contact the Christian Faith Publishing media department at 866-554-0919.

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Our current expansion from men-only to treatment options for women is going very well.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (PRWEB)
December 20, 2019

Sunshine Coast Health Centre (https://www.sunshinecoasthealthcentre.ca/), a best-in-class Centre in British Columbia for drug rehab, alcohol treatment, trauma and PTSD therapy and other issues, is proud to announce a property purchase as part of its 2020 expansion from treatment for men only to treatment for women as well. The Centre has purchased property next to its existing women’s residences for space to do group activities, recreation such as digital entertainment, and the enjoyment of the outdoors. The purchased building is currently being renovated and plans are for it to be ready for usage in early 2020.

“Our current expansion from men-only to treatment options for women is going very well,” explained Casey Jordan, Chief Marketing Officer. “Obviously, our non-12 step methodology for treating alcohol, drugs, and/or trauma is relevant regardless of one’s gender. By purchasing this additional property, we’re adding to what we can offer in our best-in-class addictions and mental health programs for women.”

Persons interested in the treatment program for women suffering from drugs, alcohol, and/or trauma or PTSD should visit the website at https://www.sunshinecoasthealthcentre.ca/ and then click on the “contact” button. Information can be requested at that point. Alternatively, persons interested in the treatment philosophy and methodology are urged to visit the information pages on Non 12 Step Methodology (https://www.sunshinecoasthealthcentre.ca/non-12-step/) and trauma therapy (https://www.sunshinecoasthealthcentre.ca/trauma-program/). These pages provide an overview to the perspective of the Centre and are a starting point for understanding the Centre’s treatment philosophy. Above all, however, each woman is urged to reach out to the Centre for a consultation as no two individuals, nor their situations are exactly alike.

EXPANDING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF CANADIAN WOMEN SUFFERING FROM DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND/OR TRAUMA

Here is background on this release. Before now, Sunshine Coast Health Centre has established a reputation as a best-in-class treatment program for drugs, alcohol, and trauma / PTSD for men only. In 2019, however, the Centre began expanding its program offerings to include programming for women. The current announcement of a new property purchase shows the Centre’s commitment to offering best-in-class drug rehab and alcohol treatment program options for women in Canada. For these reasons, Sunshine Coast Health Centre is proud to announce further expansions of its rehab programs for women.

ABOUT SUNSHINE COAST HEALTH CENTRE

Sunshine Coast Health Centre is a 47-bed drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility for men, with 8 private residences for women, that officially opened on the 15th of March 2004. The Centre has a philosophy of care that goes beyond just addiction to include personal transformation based on three key therapeutic principles: interpersonal relatedness, self definition (autonomy & competence), and intrinsic motivation. The Centre offers both drug rehabilitation and alcohol treatment near Vancouver, BC, but serving patients across Canada, particularly British Columbia and Alberta and cities such as Calgary, Edmonton and Red Deer. Sunshine Coast Health Centre uses a form of drug rehabilitation based on the research of Viktor Frankl and methodology of Paul T.P. Wong, namely ‘Meaning ­Centered Therapy’.

Website. http://www.sunshinecoasthealthcentre.ca

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Wayne Sensor, CEO at Kolmac

The offerings at our new Annapolis location will allow men and women to get the comprehensive care they need to recover from addiction without having to leave their everyday lives to receive inpatient care.

BURTONSVILLE, Md. (PRWEB)
December 11, 2019

Kolmac Outpatient Recovery Centers is proud to announce that its Annapolis addiction treatment center will be the latest addition to its growing network of intensive outpatient (IOP) treatment locations. As of December 9th, Kolmac will provide comprehensive addiction treatment services at this new location.

Since 1973, Kolmac has been providing a flexible and effective IOP program. This treatment was developed by industry expert and Kolmac Chief Innovation Officer George Kolodner MD. For the last four decades, our program has helped more than 30,000 men and women achieve sobriety.

A look at Kolmac’s new Annapolis location

Much like Kolmac’s new Frederick center, this clinic location will begin by offering an evening IOP program, which is the most popular offering at Kolmac. Over time, the Annapolis location will also offer a daytime IOP program for patients who are seeking treatment outside of evening hours.

In addition, the Annapolis addiction treatment site will launch a continuing care program. The location will also offer family support resources and develop continuing care groups to meet the needs of specific populations over time.

Licensed and experienced addiction treatment professionals will staff the new Annapolis location. The center will also give patients access to an onsite psychiatrist or psychiatric nurse practitioner who can treat coexisting mental health issues during addiction treatment.

According to Kolmac CEO Wayne Sensor, “Our goal has always been to provide highly effective addiction treatment that works with our patients’ busy schedules. The offerings at our new Annapolis location will allow men and women to get the comprehensive care they need to recover from addiction without having to leave their everyday lives to receive inpatient care.”

Helping even more patients with Kolmac’s new Annapolis addiction treatment center

Kolmac selected Annapolis as the newest center location because the team realized it could help the men and women in the area who are seeking treatment for addiction. “Opioid addiction is a growing concern in Annapolis and around the United States, but addiction to alcohol and other substances is also prevalent. Kolmac is expanding its reach to help even more people take their lives back from these substances,” Sensor explains.

About Kolmac

Kolmac Outpatient Recovery Centers is a network of intensive outpatient (IOP) addiction treatment centers in Washington D.C., Maryland and Pennsylvania. Utilizing a treatment method that was developed by George Kolodner, M.D., more than 45 years ago, the Kolmac model provides easier access to treatment, greater program flexibility and dramatically lower costs, while offering the same effectiveness as traditional inpatient programs. In addition to providing all three phases of treatment, including outpatient detoxification, rehabilitation and continuing care, Kolmac also offers treatment for co-occurring psychiatric disorders, as well as education and resources for family members and referring professionals. For more information about Kolmac Outpatient Recovery Centers, please visit http://www.kolmac.com.

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I have found that heavy drinkers experienced progress after just two infusions and long-term improvement with five infusions and the usage of the spray at home. This has resulted in better interpersonal relationships and increased productivity. The benefits have been remarkable, says Dr. Mahjoubi.

LOS ANGELES (PRWEB)
December 06, 2019

At the Ketamine Healing Clinic of Los Angeles, Dr. Mahjoubi has found great success with patients struggling to break the cycle of alcohol dependence with an effective ketamine treatment program. Over 90% of his patients have either stopped or significantly reduced their drinking after completing five IV infusions and micro-dosing with an at-home ketamine nasal spray. By following his specific protocol, Dr. Mahjoubi has helped many patients with alcohol dependence have their remission last well over a year.

“I have found that heavy drinkers experienced progress after just two infusions and long-term improvement with five infusions and the usage of the spray at home. This has resulted in better interpersonal relationships with their spouses and increased productivity at work. The benefits have truly been remarkable,” says Dr. David Mahjoubi.

New studies and research are showing how intravenous ketamine therapy can significantly benefit those trying to overcome alcoholism. The mechanism by which this works is the ketamine blocking the N Methyl D Aspartate Receptor (NMDAR), which is important for reorganizing memories, which in turn influences reward centers in the brain. Ketamine can significantly help those fighting to overcome alcohol addiction stay sober and make positive changes in their lives to become healthier individuals.

More About Dr. David Mahjoubi:

David Mahjoubi, MD, is a board-certified Anesthesiologist and diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology. He earned his medical degree from The Chicago Medical School and completed his residencies at UCLA Medical Center and USC-L.A. Country Hospital. He then joined the Anesthesia Group at Northridge Hospital Medical Center and became the most active user of IV ketamine for both conscious sedation and general anesthesia cases. Dr. Mahjoubi carries over a decade of experience with intravenous ketamine, dating back to 2007. Ketamine Healing Clinic of Los Angeles was founded in 2014 and provides highly effective treatment plans for patients suffering from alcoholism, depression, anxiety, PTSD and chronic pain, including CRPS.

The Ketamine Healing Clinic of Los Angeles is located at 1762 Westwood Blvd, Suite 320 in Los Angeles, CA. Contact the clinic to schedule a consultation, and begin your journey to a life free from alcohol addiction with a safe, effective ketamine treatment program from Dr. David Mahjoubi.

Please call the Ketamine Healing Clinic of Los Angeles at (424) 278-4241, or visit the website at http://www.ketaminehealing.com

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Shannon mourns the loss of her 17 year old daughter.

“The film is changing attitudes about addiction. It changed mine; I used to say ‘It’s not my problem.'”

FREDERICK, Md. (PRWEB)
December 04, 2019

ConjoStudios, LLC announced today that the powerful documentary film, Heroin’s Grip – Stories from the front lines of the opioid crisis, recently released on Prime Video, is changing attitudes about addiction. One viewer wrote: “This movie will change your life. You will never look at addiction the same. Everyone should see this!”

“It changed my attitude,” says Maryland filmmaker and director of Heroin’s Grip, Conrad Weaver, “I used to say ‘It’s not my problem.’ But after working on the film, that has changed, and my goal is now to help people understand that the opioid crisis is ‘our problem’ and we all have a responsibility to help solve it.”

Weaver hopes that releasing it on Prime Video will help reach a wider audience who may not completely understand the impact addiction has on individuals, families, and communities. “The film shows the complete story. People who have watched it say they now have a much better understanding of the problem and their responsibility to their friends and neighbors caught in addiction’s grip.”

The highly anticipated national release of the award-winning film caps a year of screenings in select theaters and at special events, including a recent screening on Capitol Hill for members of Congress hosted by Maryland Congressmen, Jamie Raskin and David Trone. “Heroin’s Grip presents the unvarnished truth, humanizing this epidemic through the real stories of our family, friends, and neighbors.” – Rep. David Trone.

A number of nationally-recognized leaders in the addiction and recovery community have endorsed the film, including John Shinholser, President of the McShinn Foundation who says the film is, “The best current film about opiate addiction and the family/community impact.”

Ryan Hampton, national advocate & author of “American Fix: Inside the Opioid Addiction Crisis—and How to End It” says, “Heroin’s Grip does a great job of helping the viewer better understand addiction and its consequences, and it shows that recovery is possible when a community comes together to reduce stigma and provide resources for those caught in addiction’s grip.”

Heroin’s Grip is available to rent or buy on Prime Video in the United States and in the United Kingdom and will soon be available world-wide on other platforms. Weaver plans on donating a portion of the profits the film generates to organizations helping people get into recovery programs.

To view the film and the trailer, visit: https://www.amazon.com/v/conjostudios

For more information about Heroin’s Grip or to order the film on DVD or Blu Ray, please visit http://www.heroinsgrip.com


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For press inquiries or interviews, please contact Producer/Director, Conrad Weaver at conrad (at) conjostudios (dot) com or cell phone: 301-606-7794.

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“We hope to expand our Naloxone distribution and play an increasingly large role in limiting overdose deaths in Orange County.” – Dr. Faried Banimahd MD, CEO

COSTA MESA, Calif. (PRWEB)
December 04, 2019

The Harm Reduction Institute (HRI) as a part of the American Addiction Institute of Mind and Medicine, an Orange County drug and alcohol rehab center and non-profit Intensive outpatient after care (IOP), has officially launched its Naloxone Outreach Program! Members of their team conducted street outreach, trained, and distributed Naloxone amongst members of the own community in Orange County, CA.

They hope to expand their Naloxone distribution and play an increasingly large role in limiting overdose deaths in Orange County. They intend to do this by promoting harm reduction concepts including but not limited to: Hepatitis C testing and referral to treatment, addiction service referrals, medication-assisted treatment (MAT), and chronic disease care education and referrals.

In addition to equipping the local community members to be life savers, outreach allows their team to understand the needs and conditions of our community’s most marginalized members and thus better serve them.

American Addiction Institute of Mind and Medicine has recently formed its own harm reduction program to cast a wider and more effective net to improve the health of people suffering from addiction. HRI strives to meet the most marginalized and ostracized members of our community where they are at in life and provide judgement-free, empathetic, supportive, and needed medical outreach to mitigate the greater health and social consequences of addiction. They contend that providing harm reduction services amid the largest opiate epidemic in our nation’s history will: improve public health, build a supportive and loving community, and achieve superior health care outcomes with respect to addiction. HRI’s focus is keeping our patients as healthy as possible so they can enter addiction treatment when they are ready.

If you would like to be trained on or possess Naloxone, please contact Mahan Naeim, HRI’s Clinical Operations Director at mahan@caimm.org with any questions.

or visit: https://American-Addiction.com

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