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Quote of the Week
I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. ~Henry Ward BeecherIf you like the Quote of the Week you can see a new one everyday at The Treatment Center Blog Treatment Center Daily Blog |
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PAIN MANAGEMENT
WE TREAT THE DEPENDENCE AND THEN THE PAIN
Introducing our New Pain Management Track. We understand what you're going through and are here to help you. A dependency on prescription medication has become common in this country. It is estimated that today more than 4.7 million Americans are dependent on prescription medications. Whether it is a result of a physical injury caused by an accident, surgery, anxiety, or chronic pain caused by cancer or another disease, people from every walk of life are struggling with this problem. This is a problem that does not have any external signs. It is not something that is easily identified just by a looking at a person, and can affect anyone, anywhere; but we can help.
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Health officials in Scotland reported that contaminated heroin may have caused at least twelve cases of anthrax including six deaths in Glasgow. This has led to Health Protection Scotland issuing a warning to all heroin users to stop using the drug, whether they inject it or use the drug another way.
HPS believes that the risk to other people, including the immediate family members of those infected, was low. Police and physicians believe contaminated heroin or heroin mixed with a contaminated cutting agent may be the cause of the anthrax cases. Anthrax is an acute bacterial infection most commonly found in hoofed animals like cattle, sheep and goats. It usually infects humans when they breathe or ingest anthrax spores. Anthrax cannot be passed from person to person.
"Evidence now suggests that potentially contaminated heroin may be in circulation in other parts of Scotland, not just the Glasgow area," said Dr. Colin Ramsay, consultant epidemiologist at HPS.
Gordon Meldrum, director general of the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency, and drugs spokesman for the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland, said a national investigation has started into the latest anthrax deaths.
"The deaths associated with anthrax are disturbing and are being treated very seriously by all the relevant authorities," he said.
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From the Desk of our Clinical
Director
The Treatment Center is looking forward to a happy and healthy new year. Our monthly family workshop will take place on Friday and Saturday,1/29 & 1/30/2010. We are also looking forward to our 1 year anniversary next month.
Marcie McMaster, LCSW CAP
Clinical Program Director
The Treatment Center of The Palm Beaches, LLC |
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A Word from Dr. Baker
The vast majority of adults who are chemically dependent began using and/or drinking at a young age. The first drug and/or drink was likely thought of as benign social experimentation. With continued use, however, the substance gradually becomes the dominant force in one's life. This deleterious path down the road to full-fledged addiction often begins while the brain was still developing, as it is not fully developed until early adulthood. As with any progressive disease, the earlier the condition is identified and subsequently treated, the less severe it may become. It is not required to suffer many consequences over the course of years in order for treatment to be successful. A person suffering from the disease of addiction can seek treatment at any age. Dr. Paige Baker |
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TGIF
Peace!
Ever so slowly as we make our way on the journey we discover life is filled with wonder, mystery and paradox. When we are mindful and embrace them as central to healthy spiritual living, then we begin to experience a dissatisfaction with life from the highs and lows; they so easily tempt us to see God as absent from us rather than in our midst.
To live with paradox means we live with a yearning to fill our lives yet make efforts at emptying ourselves. We learn to rest with restless; we progressively move through confusion to a desired clarity, lose ourselves to find ourselves, and surrender to enjoy victory. In 12 Step spirituality the expression, powerless, so aptly describes the ultimate paradox, namely when we admit we are powerless then we become powerful. Jesus invited his disciples to embrace the paradox as 'to live is die to self and yet in dying we live.'
To spiritually live means to accept that the 'ground of our being' IS God, and that we are his intimates made in his image. This awakening and transformation process, called divinization, is a short 17" journey from head to heart yet a life-long one. Once we become aware God is the Ground of our being, from then on we live with a deep hunger and immense longing that cannot be satisfied by anything or anyone but Him. Therefore, our living out of life requires a shift of horizon and a change of paradigm from our being human to our being divine-like.
As intimates of God and born of God, we discover life is all about love and service through interpersonal relationships with Him and others. We enter a dialogue of love in which Mystery Presence invites us beyond all our events, memories, experiences, and failures to an ineffable encounter with Him in nature, words, and people.
So this TGIF weekend, probe Mystery Presence but do not try to exhaust or understand God. Hear our call to love and serve but remember life is a privilege and birthright not duty and burden. Finally, see the extraordinary in the ordinary of life so that we are not counting how many breaths we take all the way but what takes our breath away.
Ron
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Derek
There's nothing better than starting a new year with hope, direction and optimism. This year I plan on moving forward in all aspects of my life, and I am confident that I will be able to do so. In years past the new year meant something completely different - my goal for the years that I was getting high were to not get arrested, not get fired from whatever dead-end job I had, and to find a dependable drug dealer. Having these goals seemed to suspend time and space for me. I was always in the same place or in a worse place at the end of every year. Now I am confident that at the end of this year I will be way ahead of where I am right now. That is called hope. And mine has been fully restored. You can have all the things I do and more with one phone call to The Treatment Center. Give yourself a chance to succeed. Make the phone call...
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COOP'S CORNER
Eating Disorders & Substance Abuse
New research shows that up to 35% of substance abusers have eating disorders, and up to 50% of those with eating disorders also have a problem with drug or alcohol abuse. These numbers are much higher than the general public for each of these statistics. A few studies have been done in the past, but this newest one, "Food for Thought - Substance Abuse and Eating Disorders" from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University, shows a stronger link than was previously believed.
Bulimia and Anorexia
There are 2 main types of eating disorders that the study has linked to substance abuse. Bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa both primarily affect young women, and both are the result of the patient's attempt to lose weight. Bulimia is expressed through binge eating, followed by purging through vomiting or using laxatives. Anorexia is characterized by a fear of eating which results in restricted food intake and starvation. It has been found that many patients with these eating disorders have a distorted view of their body image.
Link between the Disorders
There are a few possible reasons for the connection between eating disorders and substance abuse. Many people with an eating disorder will use things like caffeine, diuretics, tobacco, cocaine, and heroin to help in weight control through appetite suppression and increased metabolism. Others have found that those that have an eating disorder self-medicate with drugs or alcohol when they have negative emotions, or are feeling low about their body image. Still other researchers are trying to find out a third disorder that causes the other two, or underlying risk factors and characteristics that are the same for both. Both types of disorders are found in individuals that are suffering from stress, that have a family history of the disorders, that may be impulsive, and that have low self esteem or depression.
Treatment for Co-Occurring Disorders
It used to be that treatment for a patient with a dual diagnosis primarily focused on the substance abuse aspect. Physicians were under the impression that if someone had both an eating disorder and was doing drugs, they needed to first take care of the drug problem before tackling the eating disorder. But today, things are different. Doctors now realize that co-occurring conditions greatly affect each other, and in order to treat the one, you have to acknowledge and work on the other. The good news is that both substance abuse and eating disorders can be treated. Through therapy and counseling, treatment facilities are able to help patients recover from both of these serious disorders.
The Treatment Center can help with co-occuring disorders, give us a call 24/7 at 1-877-392-3342 |
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CEO'S DESK
It is hard to believe we are almost one year old! Sometimes I feel much older and sometimes I wonder where the heck the year went. Watch our Alumni column for details on our Birthday Party coming up on February 6th.
We are broadening our specialists in our Pain Management Program. We currently have massage, EMDR, and medical included, and are adding acupuncture, laser, and physical therapy. All as part of our efforts to provide our patients successful ways to manage their pain without opiates. Bill Russell
CEO
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ALUMNI NEWS
Staying connected with the people you meet in treatment can be a very useful tool in our toolbox. The bonds we form in a drug and alcohol treatment program are unlike any other relationships we will ever have. The people we go through treatment with see us at our lowest and highest moments. The men and women we meet get to see the people we came into treatment as, and get to see the transformation into the people we are as we leave. We are emotionally "raw" during our stay in treatment, so the relationships form quickly. We get to see people in their truest form.
The people we have met during our time in treatment can be used as a form of motivation, hope, moral support, and advice. Now that we have moved on from treatment, we need to continue to keep connected to fellow addicts and alcoholics like ourselves. Whether it is a phone call, going to a meeting with a fellow alumni, or meeting with them periodically; the benefits of keeping in touch are extremely advantageous. Recovery is not something that we can do alone. It is up to us to reach out for help and support. The people we met and formed relationships with during treatment are a vital resource in continued recovery.
Tony Martino
Alumni Coordinator
215.896.7859
Tmartino@thetreatmentcenter.com |
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MISSION STATEMENT
Our mission is to restore hope. At The Treatment Center we recognize
the value of every person, and are guided by our commitment to deliver
the highest quality of treatment to addicted and dual-diagnosed individuals.
We accomplish this by providing exemplary physical, emotional and
spiritual care for each of our patients and their families. Our goal is
to provide the highest standard of personalized patient care possible
to those suffering from drug addiction, alcoholism, and co-occuring
mental health disorders. The Treatment Center is a place of healing;
we restore the diminished spirit using a holistic multi-disciplinary
approach to treatment in a loving and supportive environment. | |
