El Paso Treatment Center Announces Adult, Adolescent Programs to Tackle …
El Paso, TX (PRWEB) November 25, 2013. An El Paso treatment center is announcing that new adult and adolescent programs aimed at tackling substance abuse issues, mainly drugs and alcohol, are now available for people living in El Paso, Socorro, Horizon …
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Self Help Tips on Your Detox Process
If you were to reside in a treatment program at an addiction rehab facility, they would help you keep a record of your drug use, eating habits, and daily activities. As you go through the detox process it is important for you to track the progress of …
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Las Vegas Rapid Detox Clinic Reaches Milestone after Performing 500th Rapid …
Las Vegas Rapid Detox Clinic has successfully treated over 500 patients since 2007 with the break-through 8-hour detox under anesthesia treatment without any complication. Patients with opiate drug addiction to heroin, oxycontin, hydrocodone, oxycodone …
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Guilty Pleasures presents the complete A to Z of celebrity 2013: A recap of …
F is for Fastest selling album – One Direction had a lot to celebrate this year with a sell-out world tour and a box office–smash documentary, but it was in November they received the cherry on the cake. Midnight Memories, their … Chris Brown checked …
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Free The Nipple & Become Part Of A Movement! Get The Topless Deets HERE!!!
It's being reported that Lindsay Lohan is in the process of writing a tell-all book, about everything from her glamorous mug shots, to acting, to family, and her drug abuse too. She's gotten some six-figure offers, and even filmed a meeting in NYC on …
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Weymouth gets set to launch support network for addicts
Now, firefighters are hoping a new safety net spearheaded by the fire department can reduce the number of overdoses by connecting addicts and their families to rehab programs, support groups and access to the overdose-reversing drug naloxone, also …
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Special Report: Area doctors seeing increase in heroin addicted babies
Overdoses, deaths and property crimes by heroin users to support their drug habit are the most visible signs of the heroin abuse sweeping northeast Wisconsin, but the smallest signs of the toll the drug is taking on the community remain largely unseen.
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Former addicts encouraged to come out of shadows
Formed last year through Twin County Recovery Services, a nonprofit addiction treatment agency, The Way Out brings volunteers together to stage large community events that celebrate recovery. In September, the group brought Williams' documentary, “The …
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Residents recruited for California rehab clinics
Thomas didn't go for the therapy. She said she's been drug-free for a couple of years. She went, she said, for a temporary escape and perks like cigarettes and cash doled out by the clinics. A recent investigative series by The Center for Investigative …
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Question by Dan W: Can i become a councilor with a GED?
Well i am wondering if you can become a councilor for drug abuse if you only have a GED, because i was addicted to methamphetamine, marijuana, inhalants, and alcohol for about five years of my life and luckily i got myself help and have been clean for about 2 years now and i would really like to help people overcome the demons i also faced trying to become clean, any help would be wonderful. Thanks for any feed back.

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Answer by jannsody
Congratulations on having almost two years of sobriety! With regard to becoming a substance abuse counselor, I believe that most with a Certified Addiction Counselor (CAC) have a master’s degree which takes about six years of college, if attending on a full-time basis. There are different levels of training for addictions counseling, but most jobs prefer those with a master’s degree.

Please also be aware that in order to get one’s certification as a CAC (or similar credentials), the person needs A LOT of clinical experience which includes having an actual patient caseload of those with addiction.

With regard to schooling, please AVOID those private overly priced For-profit schools such as kaplan, ashworth, capella, university of phoenix, devry, ITT tech, strayer, everest, brown mackie, american public university, keiser, argosy, penn foster, ashford, grand canyon, westwood, stratford career, pima medical institute, colorado tech and others as they are merely out to “make a profit” (** and their course credits usually do NOT transfer to other schools).

These consumer sites have a lot of negative posts by former students about those for-profit schools, and please heed the students’ warnings:

– http://www.ripoffreport.com

– http://www.pissedconsumer.com

– http://www.complaintsboard.com and can search.

Please instead consider the more affordable community college and/or public/state university as long as the program is accredited within the industry.

For U.S. colleges: http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ

This site is supposed to have more info re: (regarding) getting certified in addictions counseling: http://www.naadac.org/certification and can scroll down a bit.

General career info: http://www.bls.gov/oco and can search “counselors”, “social workers” or such.

Regarding inhalants or “huffing” (fumes or chemical vapors), my friend actually has a Brain Injury from inhalant use at the age of 12, now in her 30s.

Other risks of huffing include sight loss/blindness, heart/liver/kidney damage, seizures, limb spasms, hearing loss and even death, all of which can happen after the very FIRST time of use.

For anyone, this site has more info about the dangers of huffing – National Inhalant Prevention Coalition: http://www.inhalants.org

Wishing you continued recovery and wellness and that you continue making good, HEALTHY choices in life 🙂

Dr. Carolyn Ross in Denver, CO, Now Offers Suboxone Treatment to Help …
… Ross, MD MPH | Addiction Therapist | Denver CO. Dr. Carolyn Coker Ross, MD MPH, is an Integrative Medicine physician with an office in Denver, CO, who treats drug, alcohol, and food addictions. … It's important to work with an addiction therapist …
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The Meadows Alumni Association to Host Alumni Workshop in Scottsdale on …
The Meadows world-class team of Senior Fellows, Psychiatrists, Therapists and Counselors treat the symptoms of addiction and the underlying issues that cause lifelong patterns of self-destructive behavior. The Meadows, with 24 hour nursing and on-site …
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We're all playing by 'Henry's Rule'
They paid by keeping their child's problem behavior from their spouse, or by letting their child terrorize the family, by paying to get their child out of trouble, and worst of all, giving them money knowing it would be spent on alcohol or drugs. They …
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Drug Rehab Helpline in Reynoldsburg Can Help Addicts Seeking Treatment
Drug Rehab Reynoldsburg now offers a new informational helpline where addicts can learn about their options for becoming sober. Reynoldsburg, OH (PRWEB) November 30, 2013. The people of Reynoldsburg, OH were very limited as to where they could …
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