Drug and Alcohol Treatment for Heroin Waycross GA

Because of its highly addictive properties, Heroin, a semi-synthetic opioid drug and a Schedule I narcotic in most developed countries around the world, is a particularly nasty drug to which an individual can become addicted.

Treatment Center of Waycross
(912) 285-2658
1766 Memorial Drive
Waycross, GA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Methadone Maintenance
Types of Care
Outpatient

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Oconee Regional Medical Center
(478) 457-2128
821 North Cobb Street
Milledgeville, GA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Seniors/older adults

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GRN Community Service Board
(770) 787-3977
8201 Hazelbrand Road
Covington, GA
Hotline
(800) 715-4225
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women

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Athens Area
(706) 546-7355
1175 Mitchell Bridge Road
Athens, GA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification, Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders

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Mothers Making A Change
(770) 499-2422x3016
331 North Marietta Parkway
Marietta, GA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days), Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Pregnant/postpartum women, Women, Residential beds for clients' children

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HUGS Recovery Centers
(678) 691-4460
21 Cedar Run
Atlanta, GA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days), Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with HIV/AIDS

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Cobb/Douglas Cnty Comm Servs Board
(770) 514-2422
1650 County Services Parkway
Marietta, GA
Hotline
(770) 422-0202
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients

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Metro Treatment of Georgia LP
(706) 861-9390
65 White Street
Fort Oglethorpe, GA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Methadone Detoxification, Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Outpatient

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Substance Abuse Recovery Center
(229) 732-5276x12
201 Villa Nova Street
Cuthbert, GA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Criminal justice clients

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Phoenix Center Behavioral Health Servs
(478) 825-6499
410 East Church Street
Fort Valley, GA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, DUI/DWI offenders
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Drug and Alcohol Treatment for Heroin

Heroin Addiction – One of the Most Powerful and Addictive of its Kind – is Treatable, but Only with Detox and Trained Professionals

The most important step in beating heroin addition is to first detox from heroin. This is usually only accomplished through drug and alcohol primary or inpatient treatment for heroin addiction . By detoxing, the behaviors and physical need for the drug will not play a role in the recovering addict’s decision-making process. This in turn, allows trained professionals and care givers to help a recovering addict recognize what brought them to this point in their life, and to hopefully help abusers never relive this time.

Because of its highly addictive properties, Heroin, a semi-synthetic opioid drug and a Schedule I narcotic in most developed countries around the world, is a particularly nasty drug to which an individual can become addicted. That this is true is in large part because of the manner in which the drug works: as an opioid drug, it affects the opioid receptors in the central nervous and in the gastrointestinal systems. Though it may be a tough road, drug and alcohol treatment for heroin will help an abuser recover from addiction.

Drug and Alcohol Treatment for Heroin Will Help Long Time Abusers ReThink Their Behaviors and Lifestyle

Through prolonged and regular use – for heroin, this usually involves ‘shooting up’, or boiling tar or ‘rock’ heroin down to a liquid state and injecting it – of opioid drugs, users – whether they ...

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