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Quote of the Week
The path to reverence is through your heart, and only an awareness of your feelings can open your heart.
Gary Zukav If 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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Changing the words
Changing the words used to describe someone struggling with alcoholism or drug addiction may significantly alter the attitudes of health care professionals, even those who specialize in addiction treatment. Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have found that health professionals' answers to survey questions about a hypothetical patient varied depending on whether he was described as a "substance abuser" or "having a substance use disorder."
"We found that referring to someone with the 'abuser' terminology evokes more punitive attitudes than does describing that person's situation in exactly the same words except for using 'disorder' terminology," said John F. Kelly, PhD, associate director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Addiction Medicine, who led the study.
"Reducing the use of such stigmatizing terms could help diminish the shame, guilt and embarrassment that acts as barriers, keeping people from seeking help," Kelly said.
The current study was designed to determine whether calling someone "a substance abuser" rather than "having a substance use disorder" led to different judgments about the person's ability to regulate behavior, the need for treatment versus punishment and whether that person would be a social threat.
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From the Desk of our Clinical
Director
The Treatment Center of The Palm Beaches received a three year operating license through The Department of Children and Family Services. We received the gold seal of services and treatment for our patients. I am proud to announce that our patients are receiving the best treatment in the country!
Marcie McMaster, LCSW CAP
Clinical Program Director
The Treatment Center of The Palm Beaches, LLC |
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A Word from Dr. Baker
Progress
Those suffering from addiction today have many more options available to them to help them recover than in times past. The 12 step model for recovering from alcoholism was first brought to light in the 1930s. Soon after, this same model was adapted to include many other forms of addiction such as over-eating, gambling, smoking, etc...The 12 step model of recovery is still regarded as the most successful form of treatment from addiction and is used at treatment facilities across the country. Recently, various medications have been developed that aid in diminishing cravings or lessening the pleasurable effects of using drugs and/or alcohol. Researchers are making stunning new developments in the genetic and biologic basis of addiction using various brain-mapping techniques, including MRI and PET scans. By increasing our understanding of exactly how addiction affects the brain, we will soon be able to develop medications and behavioral techniques that are more effective in combating active addiction than ever before.
Dr. Paige Baker
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TGIF
Greetings
Repeatedly we experience reminders, wake-up calls, all around us of how to treasure our treasure and to celebrate our life here and now. Without a doubt, the horrific earthquake of Haiti over two weeks ago is one of those dreadful reminders of life being fragile and fleeting.
At 4:52PM, on what seemed a normal, ordinary day for the Haitians, life was just moving on. Then at 4:53 a 7.9 earth quake shook their world, toppled their dwellings, injured thousand, and arrested the lives of over 110,000 people (and we are still counting casualties).
The normal tendency for most of us is to live ahead of 'here and now,' rather than to be fully present in them. So we make numerous plans, save money to help realize them, and even set aside fully living in the present for such future events. However, today is the only time and place we have! We tend to be present in body but absent in spirit in the moment so we need to awaken to being alive, and to being here and now.
A wonderful Sanskrit Proverb by Kalidasa of the 4th century says it so clearly, "Look to this day for it is life, the very life of life. In its brief course lie all the realities and truths of existence, the bliss of growth, the splendor of action, the power of glory - For yesterday is but a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision, but today, well lived, makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day."
So this TGIF weekend, as we continue to reach out in prayer, assistance, and compassion to our brothers and sisters in Haiti, as well as to thousands of medics, rescue workers, and volunteers, let us "look to this day for it is life, the very life of life." Let us live well in the here and now and be fully present to loved ones by treasuring the treasure as the only gift, time and place on this earth.
Ron
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Derek
This coming weekend is one of my favorite events of all time - the 24 hour endurance race at the Daytona International Speedway! My father is a professional race car driver, and when I was a kid, I used to attend this event every year until about the age of 14. There were a few years after that that I made it to the race, but using drugs became my main concern and the things and people I love fell by the wayside. I have been here in south Florida for a number of years, but this is the first year everything has fallen into place, and I will able to make it to the race. One of my best friends is even flying in to go to the race. It feels really good to get back to who I am and what I love. When you are high, it's like everything else just falls away and the only thing that matters is the next time you can get high. That is no way to live, and because I gave myself one last chance at hope, I never have to live like that again. Anyone who wants to experience this same freedom can, it is only one phone call away...
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COOP'S CORNER
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As Good As Your Word
From the Daily OM
Ever since human beings could speak to one another, they have been making promises and keeping them or not keeping them. Those who keep their promises are regarded as people of integrity, while those who don't keep their promises are regarded as people who at best can't be taken seriously and at worst can't be trusted. Sometimes we forget how powerful our words are, and we use them haphazardly or unconsciously, creating expectations that are never fulfilled, leaving disappointment and distrust in our wake.
On an even deeper level, there are promises we may have made to ourselves that we don't remember because they have slipped into our unconscious. An early heartache may have been followed by a promise never to trust love again. Without realizing it, we may be fulfilling that promise and wondering why our love life looks so grim. At an even deeper level, many people who recall past lives become aware that they made a promise lifetimes ago that they are still keeping. For example, a vow of poverty taken in a lifetime as a monk may be holding someone back from fulfilling his earning potential now. Upon realizing that we have made a promise we no longer wish to be beholden to, we can perform a ritual of requesting release from that bond. In doing so, we clear ourselves of outmoded connections and patterns, returning ourselves to a clean slate. Then we can resolve to remember that our word is sacred and to be very conscious of any promises we make to ourselves or to others.
We may ask to be released from any promises made to ourselves or others in our present, past, or future lives, consciously or unconsciously, that are holding us back from fulfilling our greatest good. We may ask that love, light, and healing be sent to any souls who have suffered from our inability to be true to our word, including ourselves. We can ask for the wisdom to do our best and from this point forward to be true to our word, promising only what we truly intend to deliver. The resulting clear conscience and liberated energy will illustrate this truth: We are only as good as our word. |
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CEO'S DESK
Friday we will expand to 84 beds! We are also adding new therapist offices and another specialty group room...the "Tranquility Room". Next weekend is big here...Saturday February 6th is our FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY here 3PM - 6PM and Sunday February 7th a Sober Bowl Party for our patients!
Bill Russell
CEO
The Treatment Center
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Birthday Party
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Dear Friends,
The Treatment Center is celebrating its birthday! This past year has far exceeded our wildest dreams and we look forward to what the future holds. We hope to see you all there to celebrate this special anniversary. Come take part in the fun, food, and fellowship.
The party will be on Saturday, February 6th, 2010 from 3:00 to 6:00 at The Treatment Center.
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ALUMNI NEWS
During our years of active addiction, we have all done things that we regret. The things we regret the most are usually instances where we have offended or hurt others. We always seem to hurt the ones that love us the most. There is a saying in the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous that says, "If someone else did half of the things that we have done to loved ones, we would have killed them years ago." Through the years of dishonesty, stealing, and lying; we have destroyed many relationships. While in our active addiction, we pushed many loved ones away from us with our actions.
Through extended clean time and working a 12 step program we find that many of the relationships that we destroyed while using begin to mend. Our loved ones realize that we did those hurtful things to them because we were sick at the time. The people that wanted nothing to do with us are now back in our lives and are willing to forgive us. They recognize the person we were before the drinking and the drugs and are happy to see that person return after many years. The mended relationships with our loved ones may take some time, but it can be a beautiful gift of 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. | |
