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The generosity of the staff and peacefulness of the surroundings has given me a serenity and safety I had never experienced before." - Don
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Click here to read "Addressing the Complexities of Chronic Pain," by Dr. James Gagne, an internist at The Canyon. The article was published in Marin Medicine Magazine. (This link is provided solely for educational purposes.)
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Allies In Recovery
Treatment center staff is there to help you, with the main goal of seeing you succeed in the recovery process.
For those in the throes of a drug or alcohol addiction, the drug treatment center is often seen as "the enemy." It's a place that wants to take away that source of comfort you've found.
It's understandable that those battling a substance abuse problem don't always see residential treatment as the rich resource it is meant to be. Clients obviously aren't at their best when first entering treatment. Confronting their addiction as well as the detox process can be emotionally draining and mood swings are common. That can skew their perception of the role the treatment center can play in their recovery.
Benefits of Drug Treatment Centers
Drug treatment centers and the professionals who work in them have a vast array of experience dealing with the very issues an addicted person faces every step along the way of their recovery. While it is a very personal experience that varies from person to person, the staff has literally "seen it all." Understanding this and engaging them as allies in recovery will make the process easier. Best of all, they're on hand to help and can point out services they offer that an addicted person may not even be aware of.
Make the most of your time in treatment by allowing the staff to engage you in the process early on. Above all, be open to help from these professionals whose main goal is to see you succeed.
Drug Treatment Help
If you or someone you love needs help with an addiction to drugs or alcohol, call The Canyon's toll free helpline. Someone is there to take your call 24 hours a day and answer any questions you have about treatment, insurance, etc.
If The Canyon isn't right for you, we'll find the place that is.
Articles on Drug Treatment
- Evidence Based Approach
- HIV and AIDS Patients in Need of Help
- Outpatient Versus Inpatient Treatment
- Pregnancy and Drug Addiction Treatment
- Drug Treatment Centers
- When a Family Member Needs a Program
- Why Recovery Can Be More Effective With Intervention
- Information about Drug Treatments
- Gays and Lesbians Needing Help
- Relapse Prevention During Treatment
- Drug Treatment in California
- Drug Recovery and Interventions
- Treatment Options for College Students
- Did You Get a DUI and Need a Program?
- Drug Programs and Recovery for Celebrities
- Effective California Drug Treatment Centers
- Comprehensive Drug and Alcohol Treatment
- Drug Treatment for Women
- Los Angeles Drug Treatment Centers
- Recovery and Methadone
- Residential Drug Treatment Programs: The Pros and Cons
- Treatment for the Elderly: Having the Conversation
- Drug Treatment Costs
- How To Get Into Drug and Alcohol Treatment
- Choose the Right Treatment Center for You
- Drug Treatment and Suboxone
- Entering a Program: What to Expect
- Anti-addiction Pill?
- The Ibogaine Controversy
- Medication's Role in Drug and Alcohol Treatment
- From Dysfunction to Insight
- The Pros Know Best
- Allies in Recovery
- Plastic Surgery Addiction?
- Inside the New DSM-5
- Healthcare Parity Update
- Help for Jesse James, but for What?
- Addiction Still a Unique Disease
- Did Drugs Play a Role In the Oil Spill?
- Multi-generational Addiction
- Eminem Comes Clean On Getting Clean
- Rehab vs. Jail for Lindsay Lohan
- Graying Addicts
- The Problem of Co-addiction
- George Michael Arrested Again
- Abuse vs. Dependence
- Another Drug Kingpin Taken Down
- Addict Self vs. Healthy Self
- Integrated Drug Treatment
- Clinical Proof Meditation Works
- The Crime-Nutrition Link
- The Future of Drug Abuse
- Recovery Month 2010: Now More Than Ever
- Eating Disorders’ Underlying Issues
- Hilton’s Speedy Jail Time
- Recovery Month Events
- There IS Federal Money for Outreach and Treatment
- Hipsters Turn to Hookahs & Pipes
- Michael Douglas’s Cancer Battle
- Avoiding Relapse Triggers
- The Lohan Saga Continues
- Psychoeducation & Eating Disorders
- Drug War Downfall
- Yoga and Addiction Treatment
- What’s Eating You?
- HRT’s Role In Preventing Addiction
- Charlie Sheen’s Wild Week
- Men & Eating Disorders
- DBT & Addiction
- Portia de Rossi Opens Up to Oprah
- Celebrity Rehab 4
- Ohhhhhm Your Way to Recovery?
- New Year, New Lindsay?
- Drugs & Desperation
- Treating Addiction as a Disease
- Hollywood’s Reluctance to Intervene
- International Addiction
- Addiction & The Brain
- Presidents & Addiction
- Eating Disorders In Teens
- Faking Addiction?
- The New “Proactive Treatment” for Addiction
- Roadblocks to Recovery
- Addressing a Parent’s Addiction With Kids
- Sobriety vs. Faulty Thinking
- Post-rehab Survival
- Lindsay Lohan’s DUI Arrest Continues to Plague Her
- Substance Abuse Treatment Tune-ups
- Substance Abuse Treatment Tune-ups
- Jeff Conaway Succumbs to Addiction
- Drug War Woes
- Relapse Lies
- Welfare Drug Testing Debate
- Amy Winehouse Found Dead

