1. What Is Addiction Treatment?
Giving up your drug of choice is like losing your best friend. Seeking addiction treatment requires a tremendous amount of courage. Although many alcoholics and addicts are aware that their lives are unraveling, the first step toward making a change can be terrifying. Partners in Recovery extends a hand, providing hope and help through a variety of treatment services based on individual needs of each person and their struggle with the disease of addiction.

2. Why Can’t Addicts Quit On Their Own?
Regardless of your drug of choice, drug or alcohol abuse results in significant changes in brain function, creating a cycle similar to a ‘dog chasing it’s tail’. In an effort to achieve a consistent state of euphoria, the user MUST increase the amount of the substance abused. Therefore, while all addicted individuals believe that they can stop using on their own, the tolerance they have developed simply does not always allow it.

3. How Long Does Addiction Treatment Usually Last?
Generally speaking, the longer a person commits to ongoing treatment, the greater their period of clean and sober time. Attendance at the outset is more frequent and tends to decrease as weeks go by. We are very aware that addiction is a chronic, progressive disease and left untreated can be fatal. Similar to other diseases, several episodes of treatment may be necessary in order to provide the best chance of recovery.

4. How Effective Is Substance Addiction Treatment?
To a certain extent, ‘you get what you give’. If a person’s overall life has improved as a result of their involvement in some aspect of addiction treatment, a success can be implied. Partners in Recovery provides the education and the tools necessary for each person to reach their potential toward leading a substance-free life.

5. What Helps People Stay In Treatment?
The desire to lead a clean and sober lifestyle has many faces. The staff at Partners in Recovery utilizes a variety of techniques to engage each individual to their best ability and to identify those ‘faces’ they wish to improve. Partners in Recovery prides itself on the quality of their staff. They are dedicated, caring, well-educated people who care passionately about each person and their struggle with the disease of addiction.

6. What Part Do Medications Play In Treatment?
A patient who feels physically better is more capable of participating in the recovery process and achieving its full benefits. This means that debilitating withdrawal symptoms must be minimized at the outset of treatment. Partners in Recovery has trained clinicians overseeing this process, using medications proven to relieve the torment of withdrawal and improve the prospects for recovery -- regardless of whether addiction involves alcohol, opiates, cocaine, methamphetamine or any other drug or combination of drugs.