Change to Recovery from Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Altoona PA

Alcohol and drugs are not the problems; they are what people use to numb the internal pain, thus helping oneself cope. These issues have both physical and psychological components—anything from anemia, hypoglycemia, or a sluggish thyroid to attention deficient disorder, brain-wave pattern imbalances, or deep emotional pain—Depression, Anxiety, Panic, OCD, Anger, Sadness, Fear.

Altoona Regional Mental Health and
(814) 946-2141
620 Howard Avenue
Altoona, PA
Hotline
(814) 889-2141
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, DUI/DWI offenders
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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White Deer Run of Altoona
(814) 943-1699
1216 Pleasant Valley Boulevard
Altoona, PA
Hotline
(570) 380-2801
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient

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Dolminis
(814) 204-0059
2 Sellers Drive
Altoona, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Methadone Maintenance
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Pregnant/postpartum women
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Cove Forge Behavioral Health System
(800) 873-2131x1319
New Beginnings Road
Williamsburg, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification, Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less)
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders

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Mainstream Counseling
(814) 643-1114
900 Washington Street
Huntingdon, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders

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Pyramid Healthcare
(814) 944-3035x122
825 1/2 7th Avenue
Altoona, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days), Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Men, Criminal justice clients

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Home Nursing Agency Community Services
(814) 943-0414x3040
500 East Chestnut Avenue
Altoona, PA
Hotline
(814) 889-2141
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Cove Forge Behavorial Health System At
(814) 832-2131
Cove Forge Road
Williamsburg, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less)
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders

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Moore Counseling Services
(814) 684-5588
1222 Pennsylvania Avenue
Tyrone, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Center for Mental Health
(610) 988-8070
6th and Spruce Street
West Reading, PA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient

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Change to Recovery from Alcoholism and Drug Addiction

“Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic” the American Psychiatric profession believes. Once a drug addict, always a drug addict. Dorothy M. Neddermeyer, PhD, Holistic Healer says Relapse is just a part of the recovery and alcoholism/drug addiction is a disease “Not true”. “Using a holistic approach – Body, Mind and Spirit—people can be healed of alcoholism and drug addiction without relapse and without cravings by healing the underlying causes which precipitate the need to use alcohol or drugs to cope. A holistic approach incorporates life coaching, massage therapy, acupuncture, hypnotherapy, yoga, physical fitness, spiritual awakening, as well as Chinese herbology.”The ‘Once an addict always an addict and Relapse is a Part of Recovery’ paradigm has crippled and doomed many people to a life of struggle and self-deprecation throughout the world. “You are not an alcoholic or an addict. You are not incurably diseased. You have merely chosen a substance to cope with the underlying conditions that you can heal, at which time your dependency will cease completely and forever.” Today, having healed hundreds of people labeled alcoholics and drug addicts, I speak with complete certainty that alcoholism and addictions are not diseases. If not a disease, what are they? The answer is that they are labels used to describe the states in which you find yourself after you have used alcohol or addictive drugs in large quantities or long enough period of time to have developed a dependency o...

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