Drug Addiction Treatment

Remember when taking drugs used to be fun? Remember when you thought you could stop using drugs on your own, any time, no problem? Well, guess what? For many addicted to mind-altering substances, that boat has pulled up anchor and sailed. The addict who says he can’t live with the problems associated with substance abuse also finds he can’t live without the drug. That’s called a quandary.

Sound familiar? If so, what are you going to do about it? Statistics show that some people can successfully curtail their addiction on their own. But most attempts are doomed to failure, partly because long-term drug use initiates changes in the brain that persist long after you have put aside the needle, or the pills, or the powder. No amount of willpower, vows of sobriety, resolutions or promises seems to work.

This doesn’t mean you’re weak, or that you lack the gumption to quit. You’re just caught up in a vicious cycle that will require professional help in order to end the turmoil. And you’ve probably experienced the turmoil: lying, cheating, stealing from friends and family members – all with the single purpose of obtaining more drugs. You don’t like it. Maybe you don’t even like yourself. But you’re trapped in a situation you can’t control, and you’re waiting for the other shoe to drop.

But waiting isn’t the answer. It’s time to pick up that 100-pound telephone and call for help. Nobody can make you stop using drugs. The final decision is completely up to you. However, most substance-abuse success stories begin with checking into a drug addiction rehabilitation center. Morningside Recovery in Newport Beach, California, offers a comprehensive drug addiction treatment program that can help you overcome your cravings, cease any criminal activities you may have engaged in to support your habit, and begin to learn life skills in order to function as a productive human being.

At Morningside Recovery, we begin to form a relationship with you and your family from the initial phone call. We want you to know that we are the right fit for your recovery from substance abuse before we even begin the admissions process.

And that process begins with a medical evaluation to determine whether detoxification is necessary. First and foremost, we want to know what the client has in their system, because if they test positive upon admission, we want to send them to detox for stabilization. We want our clients to be physically and psychiatrically stable enough to participate in the full recovery process. And detoxification provides an adequate respite to ensure maximum benefit from the program.

A client must have a minimum of 72 hours completely clean and sober before you can enter the regular residential treatment program. Morningside offers either medically assisted detoxification or closely monitored stabilization without medication, if that’s what the doctors order.

Morningside is a leader in the treatment of substance abuse, with programs targeting addiction to a number of drugs. Among these are:

• Opiates, including heroin, OxyContin and methadone
• Cocaine and crack cocaine
• Methamphetamines
• Barbiturates
• Benzodiazepines
• Marijuana and hashish
• Club drugs such as Ecstasy, GHB and ketamine.

Morningside is one of the only addiction rehab centers in the country that offers a specific opiate track. Treating the post-acute withdrawal systems is a critical component of the opiate track at Morningside.

Morningside is an addiction treatment rehab center that relies on both Eastern and Western philosophies in addiction medicines, incorporating Naltrextron therapy (an opiate blocker that reduces the cravings for opiates), acupuncture, yoga, massage and individual and group sessions specifically focusing on the needs of the opiate addict. These groups are facilitated by doctoral-level clinical psychologists and are intended to allow the recovering opiate addict to focus on the clinical program and not the physical withdrawal. Such sessions concentrate on pain management, triggers and dealing with emotional consequences that sometimes arise in early recovery.

A comprehensive assessment follows the medical evaluation and detoxification. You will undergo a thorough psychiatric and psychological evaluation to determine your current status and to help the treatment team to develop a specific, individualized plan of care for you. That plan includes access to your own primary therapist – a highly skilled professional with a minimum masters degree or doctorate-level education. And you will be assigned a case manager, a trained chemical dependency counselor who will lead you through the process that leads to long-term recovery.

In addition, Morningside Recovery has a psychiatrist on staff with more than 30 years of experience, a masters-level nurse practitioner, an acupuncturist, and access to other professionals within the local healing community, including nutritionists and chiropractors.

Our goal is to get the drugs out of your system, teach you how to keep them out of your system, and then educate you on the life skills necessary to enjoy your newfound freedom from mind-altering substances.