Clearbrook Treatment Centers Pennsylvania

President Obama and recording artist, Macklemore, met to discuss addiction and the toll it is taking on our nation. Macklemore, who is famously known for his song “Thrift Shop”, has battled his own personal addiction and has suffered the loss of friends to prescription overdoses, something he mentions in his message with the President.

Clearbrook Treatment Centers’ CEO, Dr. Nicholas Colangelo, offered his assistance and support to a drug and alcohol facility in Palm Beach County, Florida. One of the county’s oldest treatment providers, CARP’s (Comprehensive Alcoholism Rebabilitation Programs, Inc.) primary goal is to offer treatment options to those that would otherwise not be able to afford care.

Life is great when you’re a little kid. [...] This can be a very painful process for the loved ones that are left sitting on the sidelines just hoping and praying that their teenaged loved one makes it home every night safe and sound. [...] So, how can you tell whether your brother or sister is on a path of destruction?

What happens after an addict is saved from an overdose? [...] They are given the treatment to keep them alive, but nothing more. [...] The Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office has partnered with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital/Somerset and the Safe Communities Coalition of Hunterdon County to introduce a new referral program to help connect addicts and alcoholics with education, prevention and treatment possibilities.

Early recovery can be a very confusing time. [...] Relationships, whether it be with family, friends or significant others, are all seem affected throughout our active addiction. [...] We understand that you want to repair relationships within your life, and we know the very thought of it can be overwhelming.

When someone is in need of addiction treatment, many questions can arise. [...] Actively searching for a drug and alcohol addiction treatment facility can be a daunting task on your own, especially if you have no experience doing so. [...] Therefore, we would like to give a step-by-step manual on addiction treatment, how to find the right facility, what the admissions process looks like, and what to expect.

The explanation of the dangers associated with abusing prescription pills and buying them on the street, should be irrelevant. [...] Nevertheless, some addicts are under the assumption that it is safer to buy pills versus heroin, arguing that pills do not have the potential to be laced with anything else. [...] They estimate the amount to be in the hundreds of thousands.

It is not news to anyone that we are currently in a state of crisis. [...] What we are eluding to is the opioid epidemic. [...] A group of researchers have been working on what they consider to be a vaccination for heroin use and abuse.