Do You Require Drug Rehabilitation? Mercer Island WA

When someone is unable to cope with their circumstances they sometimes turn towards drugs and alcohol for relief. In essence it is not the drugs that are the problem it is rather the underlying problems that need to be addressed and healed in order to cure the addiction. When the underlying problems are no longer present the person will no longer need the drug.

Therapeutic Health Services
(206) 723-1980
5802 Rainier Avenue South
Seattle, WA
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Women, DUI/DWI offenders
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Amharic

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Thunderbird Treatment Center
(206) 722-7152
9236 Renton Avenue South
Seattle, WA
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women, Men
Language Services
Spanish

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Bridge Way Treatment Services
(425) 283-5315
1800 112th Avenue NE
Bellevue, WA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women, Men, DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Recovery Centers of King County
(206) 325-5000
1701 18th Avenue South
Seattle, WA
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment, Detoxification, Halfway house, Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less)
Special Programs/Groups
Women, Men

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Associated Behavioral Healthcare Inc
(425) 646-7279
1800 112th Avenue NE
Bellevue, WA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
Spanish

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Consejo Counseling and Referral Servs
(206) 461-4880
3808 South Angeline Street
Seattle, WA
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, DUI/DWI offenders
Language Services
Spanish

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THS Central Youth and Family Services
(206) 322-7676x200
1901 Martin Luther King Jr Way South
Seattle, WA
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Criminal justice clients

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Catholic Community Services
(206) 328-5097
100 23rd Avenue South
Seattle, WA
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders
Language Services
Spanish

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Eastside Addiction Professionals
(425) 462-8558
1450 114th Avenue SE
Bellevue, WA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Men

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Renton Clinic A Member of CRC
(425) 687-7082
2838 Sunset Boulevard NE
Renton, WA
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment, Methadone Maintenance, Methadone Detoxification, Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Pregnant/postpartum women, Women

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Do You Require Drug Rehabilitation?

There is a clear definition between an addiction and a casual behavior. Do you have an addiction? And should I need Drug Rehab. These questions should not be difficult to answer.According to substance abuse experts Chris and Pax Prentiss, founders of Passages Malibu, a drug program with residential treatment, addiction is caused by underlying problems in a person’s life that they are unable to cope with. When someone is unable to cope with their circumstances they sometimes turn towards drugs and alcohol for relief. In essence it is not the drugs that are the problem it is rather the underlying problems that need to be addressed and healed in order to cure the addiction. When the underlying problems are no longer present the person will no longer need the drug.

People who don’t have the individual therapy it takes to become healed will most likely continue taking the drugs.

Tolerance

When you take a habit-forming substance regularly, your body eventually accommodates the substance. You don’t get the same feeling you originally got, or at least not the same strength of feeling. This does not mean that you are getting stronger and can handle the drug. Instead, your body is becoming dependent on the drug. Some people addicted to certain drugs may even die if they stop taking the drug suddenly.

Withdrawal symptoms

Different addictions have different withdrawal symptoms. The list of possible withdrawal symptoms is very long, stretching from watery eyes to delirium...

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