Saint Matthews House Drug/Alcohol Rehab Plan To Fail?
The report notes that there are 60 townhouses and condos across the street from the Port LaBelle Inn and the proposed change in use for a drug and alcohol rehab facility is not an established use for property in this area and the closing of public …
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5 things you need to know happening in Florida on Friday, January 24
The center's 28-day residential treatment program will treat addictions and all forms of substance abuse including prescription medications. A number of athletes are joining Strawberry for the opening of the center including NFL Hall of Fame inductee …
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Dennis Rodman checks into rehab to seek treatment for alcoholism
Former basketball star Dennis Rodman has checked into an alcohol rehabilitation center to seek treatment for his long-standing battle with alcoholism, according to his agent who released a written statement Sunday that mentioned the pressure Rodman has …
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Deprogramming China's Youth
The Chinese government has erected 400 rehabilitation boot camps like this one to treat Internet addiction disorder. While the most recent edition (PDF) of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) hasn't yet recognized it as a …
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The Cure For Snoring Is…Singing?
While there are a number of sophisticated medical treatments available, such as nasal and oral devices as well as surgery, Ojay's solution is more akin to a natural home remedy. The British choir director claims that a series … Alcohol and other …
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Arizona groups try new ways to prevent underage drinking
In 2013, there were more than 960 people enrolled in substance abuse programs at the Guidance Center, including 17 in the Child and Family Services Matrix Substance Abuse Group. Staff at the Guidance Center hope the underage drinking prevention …
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American Kenneth Bae 'admits' crime, calls on US to help free him from North …
… comments implying that Bae was at fault. Rodman later apologized for his remarks and checked into alcohol rehab last week. … He has two children in Arizona and another in Hawaii, ages 17, 22 and 23, Chung said. Before his arrest, Bae lived in …
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Ocean Breeze Recovery Launches New Website
Ocean Breeze Recovery is a drug and alcohol rehab center located in Pompano Beach, Florida. The treatment center offers residential therapy, outpatient treatment, and long term rehab options. OBR therapists use different methods for treatment, and …
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NJ drug court admissions increase
To accommodate the increased demand, the state has been reaching out to inpatient treatment providers about expanding their operations and is looking at new providers, Venditto said. With a limited capacity among providers, some defendants now may …
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Question by Laydee Y: Is there a governing agency that monitors drug/alcohol rehab. policies and practices?
I voluntarily entered a rehab in Long Beach for help with alcoholism. At the time, I was so physically sick with head-cold/flu, and when they put this lady in the room, I complained and asked to change rooms (I COULD NOT SLEEP) because she snored SOOO LOUD. I was literally thrown out in a hospital gown, I was so sick, they had been giving me all kinds of knockout drugs, I had no shoes, no money (they couldn’t find their key for the locker where my personal belongings were), was dangerously close to a relapse, but they threw me out on the street anyway. They actually locked me out when I was – or so I was led to believe – there for help with my alcoholism. This was in 2001. In 2006 they started billiing me for this so called stay! I want to report this to some State Authority that will take this type of therapy and put a stop to it. I was shocked they would even consider billing me for their “services” . Any ideas anyone?

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Answer by SARAH G
The logical thing to do would be to see an attorney. These bills will go on your credit record if ignored, even though they are unfair. Find an attorney fast and sue them.

Answer by bmac
While I do not believe for a moment that you were thrown out in your hospital gown (come on)……….you can contact a lawyer and see if you have a case.

Drug Addiction, Smoking Cessation Can Be Treated Concurrently
Results from a randomized, 10-week trial showed that smoking cessation therapy significantly increased smoking quit rates — both during treatment and at follow-up — without negatively affecting participation in stimulant addiction treatment. "These …
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Drug and Alcohol Rehab Treatment Clinic Accepts New Patients Who Are …
Newport Beach, CA — (SBWIRE) — 01/08/2014 — Northbound Treatment Services, the drug and alcohol rehab treatment clinic that offers opiate addiction treatment, meth addiction treatment, Xanax addiction treatment, prescription drug rehab, heroin …
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Alcohol abuse programs in BC, Amsterdam use moderation
Innovative alcohol abuse treatment programs in Amsterdam and Vancouver are abandoning the idea of abstinence, instead letting chronic alcoholics have a few drinks to help them control and regulate their habit. A project spearheaded by the city of …
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