ADDICTION
Counseling, Treatments & Services
Addiction counseling and treatments help a person to overcome their behavioral abuses to understand himself or herself better. It is an interior process helping a person gain insight into the reasons for a less than satisfactory life.
Contact us today, we'll place you with therapist specializing in individual therapy and treatments. We can help guide any individual to overcome or heal your mental health issues.
What is Addiction?
How Does Addiction Therapy Work?
Are There Addiction Treatments ?
When Do I Need Addiction Help?
What is Addiction?
An addiction forms when a person uses a substance or engages in a behavior excessively. Mainly for the rewarding effects it provides, or the compelling incentive to repeat the activity, despite detrimental consequences. As a result, an addiction is formed as the person is unable to quit or stop the behavior.
Addiction may involve using substances such as alcohol, inhalants, opioids, cocaine, and nicotine. Likewise, addiction can also include behavioral activities such as pornography, sex, technology, social media, gambling, and gaming systems. Any of excessive use, patterns, or social activities may sound like an addiction, but is it?
In the case of addiction, a person will typically negatively respond if they don't get their "reward." For example, a person addicted to caffeine may experience physical and psychological withdrawal symptoms such as extreme headaches and irritability.
If you feel you may have an addiction or problems with stopping or quiting a behavior. We can help you assess the problem today! There is hope for recovery.
OVERCOME Your Addiction
If you are searching for a way to live life without an addiction? Addiction is a life-long recovery process. Likewise, you can learn to manage, overcome, and live a healthier life. We can help guide you through the process.
How Does Addiction Recovery Work?
Professional therapy and treatments may help substance and behavioral forms of addiction.

The best addiction recovery is to begin by creating a detailed plan with your therapist. Likewise, this plan will also include multiple aspects of a person's life. For example, any past trauma, abuse, or other mental health issues contribute to the addiction's root. As a result, your therapist will recommend treatments based on your needs. Each recovery plan design helps guide a person to quit and stop engaging in the addictive behavior.
Popular therapies shall include:
- Drugs for psychiatric illnesses such as depression or schizophrenia
- Psychotherapy, including interpersonal, chat, and group therapy.
- Health care to help treat severe effects of addiction, such as withdrawal during detoxification
- Addiction Case Manager, to help organize and track ongoing care
- Hospital alcohol therapy
- Groups of self-help and assistance
- Trauma Counseling
- EMDR/ Accelerated Resolution Therapy
You may also need to visit your primary care physician for an examination. The type of medication that the doctor recommends depends on the degree and stage of the addiction. The doctor can prescribe medication and counseling for the early stages of addiction. Later stages may benefit from treatment of inpatient addiction in a controlled environment.
Are There Stages of Addiction?
Addiction typically has four stages. How your brain and body react at the early stages of addiction are different from reactions later.
The four general stages of addiction are as follows:
- Experimentation: use or participate out of curiosity
- Social or regular: use or participation increases to everyday social behavior or social situations;
- Issue or risk: uses or engages in extreme or risky conditions, regardless of the consequences.
- Dependence: uses or participates in actions regularly, or many times a day, despite potential adverse effects.
There is hope for a happier you
25-50% of people with a substance use problem develop a severe, chronic disorder.
How Are Addictions Formed?
Experts agree that frequent and early exposure to addictive drugs and behavioral habits plays a significant role. According to the American Addiction Medicine Society, genetics also raises the risk of addiction by around 50 percent. Likewise, just because addiction is in the family doesn't necessarily mean that a person will develop one. Also, a person's environment and culture often play a role in how a person reacts to a substance or habits. The absence or disruption of a person's social support system may lead to drug or behavioral dependency. Traumatic events that impair coping skills can also lead to addictive behaviors.
Why do addictions form instantly for some and not for others?
Some people may try a drug or activity and never return to it again, while others may become instantly addicted. This "hook" state is partly due to the frontal lobes of the brain. The frontal lobe helps an individual to postpone reward or gratification. For example, with addiction, the frontal lobe malfunctions, and pleasures are immediate.
Additional brain areas can also play a role in a person's addiction. Any section of the brain associated with pleasant stimuli can increase a person's response when exposed to addictive substances and behaviors.
Other potential causes of dependency include chemical imbalances in the brain and psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. These conditions can contribute to strategies for dealing with addictions.

Why Should I Seek Help for My Addiction?
Overcoming addiction is a lifelong personal journey. Developing a good support group can go a long way and making your recovery process more achievable.
Today there are organizations can help, depending on the type of addiction. These include:
- Al-Anon
- Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
- Cocaine Anonymous (CA)
- Crystal Meth Anonymous (CMA)
- Gamblers Anonymous (GA)
- Marijuana Anonymous (MA)
- Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
- Sex Addicts Anonymous (SAA)
- Faces and Voices of Recovery
- National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Smart Recovery
- Women for Sobriety
- Community Anti-Drug Coalition of America
Also, many of our clients have found local support through many online sites and organizations. For example, AddoRecovery.com and PathForMen.com. These online communities can help connect you with support groups, such as:
- Local community groups
- Online forums
- addiction information and experts
- Addiction coaching
- Free courses and workshops
- Therapist referrals
As stated earlier, a healthy social support system is essential during the recovery process. Start today by letting your friends, family, and those closest to you know about your addiction. They will help to support you during your recovery treatment plan can help you keep you on track and to avoid triggers.
Do you or someone you know has a substance or sexual addiction, call 800-622-4357 for a confidential and treatment assessment.
What Are The Symptoms of Addiction?
Addiction.com listed the top 10 forms of addictions. In addition to nicotine, narcotics, and alcohol, other common addictions include:
- Coffee or Caffeine
- Gaming
- Anger, as a tool for coping
- Food
- Technology: Devices & Consoles
- Sexuality or Suggestive Material
- Regular Pornography Viewing
- Occupational Exposure
- Social Media
- Music
- And Other Various Forms of Media
In a recent version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the American Psychiatric Association does not recognize technology, sex, and other occupational habits as addictions.
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