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DARS & Outreach Services is dedicated to providing confidential assessments and recommending quality referrals for placement, intervention and hope for those in need of recovery.
Our Mission is to provide services to the public to inform and educate what treatment services are available and viable for them. It is our goal to match them with the most appropriate center for their needs regardless of their geographical, medical or financial restrictions.
Our team is well versed in the treatment industry and keeps up to date on current methods of treatment as well as treatment options that are available nationwide. We participate in conferences, events, and other community related opportunities so that we may better serve our audience. Every call is handled with compassion, confidentiality, and care. Recovery is for everyone!
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Marketing with Us
In addition to providing referrals to our recommended treatment centers Outreach Services can market your services to a larger audience. We attend conferences nationwide and share our booth to minimize costs for you. You can attend conferences now at a fraction of the normal costs. Typically a savings of more than 50% so you can keep your marketing dollars in check or in treatment services.
Call or email us at
events@outreachservices.us
to discuss our conference schedule or to add your event to our schedule.
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UR1 Professionals
Your Personal Insurance Assistants
Providing personalized attention, experienced utilization review staff, trusted verification of benefits, billing & collections
and other facility needs.
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Featured Networking Partner
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Recovery Advocates
Located in the pastoral, rolling hills of Thousand Oaks, California and overlooking magnificent Lake Sherwood, Recovery Advocates integrates a multi-pronged approach to addiction/alcoholism treatment, e.g.,medical detoxification, holistic rehab processes, relapse prevention, both 12-step and non 12-step approaches, individual, group and family therapy,relapse prevention counseling, psychological testing, Brain-Mapping, Neuro-Development technology and so much more. We understand that effective treatment for addiction and alcoholism can only truly be accomplished with the understanding that NO two addicts or alcoholics are alike.
At Recovery Advocates' Lakehouse, Clients holding PPO insurance can receive a comprehensive clinical program that includes individual and group therapy, case management, and a full range of support programs without spending any money upfront. And now our neuroscience program is covered by insurance with no money needed up front! 20 minutes away in Malibu you will spend 10 times that for the same care. And we are really helping people every single day!
Attention: Year-end special at the lake house. Full 28 day program! Out-of-pocket expenses limited to $5000 per bed for all those with PPO insurance. Good through January 1, 2013.
http://www.recoveryadvocatesusa.com/
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It's about Gratitude
Moderation is important for those in recovery. It is important that any celebration be about moderation vs. self-indulgence, about spirit vs. ego. The most important aspect therein is learning gratitude. In practicing gratitude, we ground ourselves in the present moment and are not bound in shackles by regrets about the past or worry about the future.
One focuses on gratitude by turning the inner magnifying glass onto anything positive that is going on in their life. It is a choice to focus on negative or positive. Focusing on negative takes us out of the present moment. If it is negative in your present moment, there is a choice to connect what is going on in the present moment to the past or to stay with that moment so it is not magnified, even as you make changes to improve the situation.
Pain is produced by any situation or event to which a human being has a negative response. Suffering is dwelling on the pain and connecting dots to everything in our memory that was also unpleasant, as well as submitting to malevolent voices in our head.
An attitude of gratitude empowers a person towards liberation, peace and continued recovery. The best holiday gift ever: sobriety, infused with gratitude.
written by Darrell A. Dally, thirteenth year of sobriety on 3/3/13
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Alcohol Awareness
during the Holidays
The holidays have always been a time for food, drink, and merriment. This can lead to some undesirable and downright dangerous outcomes.
Traditionally, the Thanksgiving holiday marks the beginning of the busy holiday driving period, which continues through the New Year. Press releases often caution of holiday-related injuries and warn of the dangers of drinking too much. It's easy to roll our eyes at all these holiday danger stories, but there are some very real safety concerns about holiday travel.
Alcohol can quickly affect people's reaction time and judgment well before the feeling of tipsiness really sets in, says Vicki Duey, Executive Director of the Four Corners Health Department, NE. It also has more lasting effect on the body than many people think - just because you feel sober a few hours after drinking, it doesn't mean that you're able to drive. The belief that coffee helps sober you up isn't true, so downing a cup of coffee and hitting the road is not a good move.
Drivers who choose to drink need to have a backup plan to get home. A Driving Under the Influence (DUI) arrest can cost thousands of dollars in attorney's fees, court costs, insurance fees, fines and jail time. It can even affect your driving record. Driving under the influence can cost lives!
For those who choose to celebrate with alcohol, please do so responsibly:
- Do not drink and drive, agree to have one person who will stay sober to drive
- Buckle up and make sure that all in your car do the same
- Pay attention to the weather and road conditions
- Slow down and obey speed limits
- Avoid using cell phones
- Call local authorities if you see an unsafe driver
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Prescription Drug Abuse:
Tips to Safeguard Your Home During the Holidays
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During the holiday season, as families and friends gather together to share their joys, be sure to prevent those you love from taking prescription drugs incorrectly or without a prescription.
According to the recently released Monitoring the Future Survey, which surveyed 46,773 8th, 10th and 12th-graders from over 400 public and private schools, more than 70% of 12th graders using prescription narcotics for nonmedical use obtained them from a friend or relative. What does this mean for the holiday season? The opportunity for friends and families, especially adolescents and teenagers, to go through your medicine cabinet or travel bag increases.
To avoid that situation, there are certain precautionary measures that can be taken.
Tip 1: Take your prescriptions out of your medicine cabinet or travel bag and hide them out of reach of minors or lock them up in a safe.
Tip 2: Count the number of prescriptions you have in your house or on your person and the number of pills in each prescription. Check them each day to make sure you aren't missing any pills.
Tip 3: Dispose of prescriptions that are no longer used or have expired by placing them inside a can or small plastic bag full of garbage so that the pills are not desirable.
Tip 4: Read the label of your prescription drugs - if it says not to take with alcohol, be sure to avoid alcohol at holiday gatherings.
Tip 5: Talk to your family and friends about securing their home and the dangers of prescription drug abuse.
Help prevent misuse and abuse this holiday season by following the simple tips listed here.
http://notinmyhouse.drugfree.org/default.aspx
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We are Grateful for You
For your partnership in this effort to curb addiction
and provide transformative solutions.
For your steadfast commit to those seeking help
from the enslavement of addiction.
For your commitment to excellence in your varied offerings.
For your vigilance in helping others regain control of their lives.
For caring more about people than profit.
You are our gift, and we are most grateful.
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