Change to Recovery from Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Carpinteria CA

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.

Santa Barbara Rescue Mission
(805) 966-1316
535 East Yanonali Street
Santa Barbara, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Halfway house
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Women, Men

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Phoenix of Santa Barbara Inc
(805) 965-3434
107 East Michaeltorena Street
Santa Barbara, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders

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Sanctuary Psychiatric Centers of
(805) 569-2785
222 West Valerio Street
Santa Barbara, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Criminal justice clients

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Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
(805) 569-7422
316 West Montecito Street
Santa Barbara, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less)
Language Services
Spanish

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Zona Seca Inc
(805) 963-8961
26 West Figueroa Street
Santa Barbara, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Spanish

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Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
(805) 564-6057
133 East Haley Street
Santa Barbara, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Pregnant/postpartum women, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
Spanish

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Casa Serena
(805) 966-1260
1515 Bath Street
Santa Barbara, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)

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Council on Alchoholism and Drug Abuse
(805) 963-1835
816 Cacique Street
Santa Barbara, CA
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, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Gays and Lesbians, Seniors/older adults, Pregnant/postpartum women, Women, Men, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
Spanish

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Recovery Road Medical Center
(805) 962-7800
222 East Carrillo Street
Santa Barbara, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Criminal justice clients

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Pacific Pride Foundation
(805) 963-3636
126 East Haley Street
Santa Barbara, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
Spanish

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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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