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Success Story - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Center

The Narconon Arrowhead drug and alcohol rehab program has shown me what life is really about. I could never clearly figure it out in the past, but now I see clearly. I know who I am as a person and what kind of life I want to live. I know how to make it happen with the tech I’ve learned here at this drug rehab. It was a great experience and I will keep it with me every day of my new life. This is what life is all about: enjoyment, freedom and happiness! I’ve earned it. A.T.

Alaska Drug Rehab Information

Alaska Drug Rehab and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Information

Substance Abuse Costs Lives Every Year in Alaska

Substance abuse is the nation’s number one health-related problem and the effects can be seen in Alaska. Drug and alcohol addiction is the root cause to many other societal problems and it costs our country up to $500 billion each year, in addition to the thousands of lives lost, broken homes and drug-related crime.

Most addiction treatment centers have a limited success rate, where the majority of the clients relapse. This is not the case with Narconon Arrowhead. In fact, approximately 70% of the graduates of our drug and alcohol rehab remain drug free.

To find out if there are any drug rehab treatment or counseling facilities serving people in Alaska that are suitable for your needs, please call 1-800-468-6933.

Drug Rehab Information By State


AlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColorado
ConnecticutDelawareD.C.FloridaGeorgia
HawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowa
KansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMaryland
MassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouri
MontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew Jersey
New MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhio
OklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth Carolina
South DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermont
VirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyoming

 

Drug Facts and Addiction

Drug Facts
There are common denominators between drugs though each may have its own effects and side effects. All drugs are essentially poisons with the amount taken determining the effect. A small amount of any drug will act as a stimulant (increases activity). A larger amount of any drug will act as a sedative (suppressing activity). A still larger amount poisons and can kill. This is true of any drug and only the amount needed differs. Drugs act to block of sensations, unfortunately this includes desirable sensations as well as unwanted sensations. Though sometimes of short term value in handling pain, they also wipe out ability, alertness, and greatly confuse thinking processes. At an addictive level drugs serve as major sources of numbing mental and physical sensation, while at the same time increasing unwanted attitudes, emotions, sensations, and pains, when attempts are made to cease use.

 

Drug Rehab Information By City

AnchorageJuneauFairbanksCollegeSitka
KetchikanKnik-FairviewKenaiLakesKodiak
KalifornskyBethelWasillaEielson AFBTanaina
Meadow LakesSterlingBarrowPalmerNikiski
UnalaskaValdezHomerSoldotnaNome
PetersburgKotzebueGatewaySewardBig Lake
ButteDillinghamCordovaWrangellFishhook
RidgewayAnchor PointKodiak StationHainesDiamond Ridge
Bear CreekEsterWillowFritz CreekNorth Pole
DeltanaCraigTokMetlakatlaHouston

Drug Side Effects and Addiction

Drug Side Effects
Drug side effects is really not an applicable term when one is talking about the effects caused by illegal street drugs. Effects can generally be broken in mental and physical categories. Drugs use up nutritional and vitamin stores very quickly leaving the body open to all sorts of illness and maladies and many physical effects are the result of these deficiencies. Drug induced neurosis and psychosis is the easiest way to explain the hundreds of various mental and emotional side effects from drug use and addiction. With prescription drugs, many of the side effects are quite debilitating and life threatening even when taken as prescribed, let alone at abusive levels.

 

Drug Side Effects and Addiction

Drug Side Effects
In many cases addiction could be considered a side effect of drug use at abusive levels. No one intends to become an addict. Addiction begins with a problem, discomfort or some form of emotional or physical pain for a person. This person is, like most people in our society, basically good. But he encounters a problem that is causing him physical or emotional pain and discomfort and for which he does not have an immediate answer. Perhaps, as a child or teenager, he has difficulty “fitting in.” Or maybe there are physical injuries such as a broken bone, a bad back or some other chronic physical condition, or the person has suffered intolerable losses in life.

 

Inpatient Drug Rehab and Addiction

Inpatient Drug Rehab
Addiction treatment services are not all equal. Finding the correct inpatient drug rehab is essential. Some are withdrawal services only. Some inpatient drug rehab services embrace a drug free approach to rehabilitation while others feel that somehow more or different drugs are the answer. 12 step rehabs are the norm but with dismally low success rates inpatient drug rehab treatment is moving more and more in a non-traditional direction. Narconon Arrowhead is a drug free, long-term inpatient drug rehab that has been embracing non-traditional methodology for over 40 years with success rates that are among the highest of all inpatient drug rehabs – non-traditional or not.

 

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