Addiction Recovery
Addiction recovery is the goal for all addiction treatment programs. Addiction is a brain disease that is defined by a compulsion to seek and use drugs, even though the user is aware of the negative consequences that will arise from using drugs or alcohol.
In 2006, 23.6 million persons aged 12 or older needed treatment for an illicit drug or alcohol use problem. Addiction is a very real and dangerous disease, but addiction recovery is possible. Addiction recovery allows clients to combat negative behaviors and counteract the damage to their brains from drug use.
At Lakeview Health Systems, we offer programs that can help you achieve addiction recovery. Located in beautiful Jacksonville, Florida, our addiction recovery programs offer dual diagnosis, alcohol rehabilitation and drug rehab. Call us at 1-800-657-4357.
When seeking addiction recovery, there are a few primary requirements from each client. The client has to make a commitment to discontinue drug abuse, a process most commonly known as detox. Clients also must learn to change their behavior in order to live a drug-free life.
The goals for addiction recovery are essentially the same no matter what drug is the source of the addiction. The first goal for addiction recovery is to reduce and eradicate drug abuse. Then each client will deal with social, personal and medical repercussions from the drug abuse. The final goal for addiction recovery is to improve the client's ability to function without the use of the drug.
Within the health community, there is a genuine commitment to helping clients achieve addiction recovery. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and its Center for Substance Abuse Treatment sponsor an Addiction Recovery Month once a year. Every September, addiction recovery treatment centers share their successes and ideas, all to publicize their conviction that addiction recovery, in all forms, is possible.
When trying to reach addiction recovery, the possibility of relapse is common, but not unusual given the disease. Relapse rates for drug addiction, which are 40-60 percent, are similar to the relapse rates of other diseases, such as diabetes (30-50 percent) or asthma (50-70 percent). Therefore some people need repeated treatment before addiction recovery is achieved.
Our objective at Lakeview Health Systems is long-term recovery for our clients, and we specialize in relapse prevention. We believe addiction recovery is possible for every client. Contact us at 1-800-657-4357.
The statistics support treatment the tool to achieve addiction recovery. A 2005 survey by the SAMHSA reveals that 44 percent of the respondents completed treatment and 14 percent transferred to another treatment program. These statistics offer a 58 percent positive outcome for clients entering a treatment program.
Addiction recovery is not just a personal victory for those who have won against their addiction. The Office of National Drug Control Policy estimates that the cost of illicit drug abuse is $181 billion dollars every year. Addiction recovery helps reduce those costs, simply by eliminating the number of people abusing drugs and alcohol. That, in turn reduces crime, court costs and medical costs for from a decrease in the spread of infectious diseases.
At Lakeview Health Systems, we offer a nationally-recognized addiction recovery program that helps you live a drug-free existence. Recover in our lakeside addiction recovery center and transition to our addiction recovery apartments for quality aftercare. Call us 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 1-800-657-4357 or visit our website at http://www.lakeviewhealth.com.
