The Alcoholism Treatment Center

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The health care professionals at your local alcoholism treatment center can assess your specific drinking circumstances and develop a treatment plan that is the most relevant and effective for your particular drinking problem.

The Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has developed a website that features the "Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator."

To start the procedure, individuals simply have to click on the location where they live and they will be transferred to a page that will ask them to enter their city, state, and their searching radius information. 

After this has been accomplished and based on the specific geographic location information that has been entered, the "facilities search tool" will generate a list of substance abuse facilities within the city, state, and the searching radius that was selected. Specific types of information such as the following will be listed for each facility:

• Type of Care (in-patient or outpatient.
  
  
• Special Programs/Groups (for instance, individuals with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, postpartum/pregnant women, DWI/DUI offenders, etc.).
  
  
• Services Provided (for example, substance abuse treatment).
  
  
• Special Language Services (for example, ASL or other assistance for the hearing impaired).

• Primary Focus of Treatment (for example, mental health or substance abuse services).
  
  
• Forms of Payment Accepted (for instance, Medicaid, Medicare, or self payment).
  
  
• Payment Assistance (Please check with the facility for details).

The Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator can be found here:  http://dasis3.samhsa.gov/

The Alcoholism Treatment Center:  Conclusion

If you have a "drinking problem," it is imperative for you to find out if you are essentially abusing alcohol via binge drinking or periodic heavy drinking, for example, or if you are alcohol dependent. 

The health care professionals at your local alcoholism treatment center will be able to assess the severity of your drinking problem and generate a "drinking plan" that is less destructive and more healthy.

If you have difficulty locating an alcoholism treatment center near you, go online and do a search with the SAMHSA "Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator" described above.

Be aware, however, that this "plan" may dictate total abstinence, it may define ways in which you can substantially reduce the quantity and the frequency of your drinking, or it may help you identify the psychological and situational "hot buttons" that trigger your problem drinking, thereby resulting in increased control over your drinking behavior. 

Whatever "plan" is developed by the professionals at the alcoholism treatment center, keep in mind, however, that without "buying into" and following through with your plan, little, if anything of substance will result regarding your unique drinking circumstance.

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