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Since the early 1930’s with the dawn of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), treatment for alcoholism has existed mostly as counseling and peer support. Yet, while some people have been able to rehabilitate through this process, many people are not successful and find themselves relapsing over and over again.

While Alcoholics Anonymous is well intentioned, and indeed has helped many people recover from alcoholism, it does not address the underlying cause of alcoholism for an individual. It does not address the physical, psychological, or neurological reason or reasons why an individual is abusing alcohol.

Most people require advanced treatment for alcoholism. Advancing medical science and new technology now allows doctors to look at the brain and brain functions to help determine an individual’s unique cause for alcohol abuse. Neuroscience technology can look at the central limbic system of brain functions. The limbic system is the emotional center of the brain and is located beneath the cerebral cortex. The limbic system is responsible for controlling many behaviors. When a doctor looks at the limbic system he can tell, for instance, if there are any chemical imbalances, driven by physical or emotional traumas that may be causing a person’s alcohol abuse.  

Advanced treatment for alcoholism may include any number of neuroscience techniques. Brainwave mapping allows a doctor to track abnormal brainwaves to specific areas of the brain to determine if symptoms are neurologically caused. With neuro and biofeedback, technicians are able to monitor neurological and physiological reactions during treatment. This helps measure volatile emotions, trauma attacks, anxiety, and depression disorders related to alcoholism. SPECT scanning helps diagnose the impact of the alcohol abuse on the individual’s brain along with any atypical aggressive behavior related to the alcohol abuse.

With these advanced techniques, doctors are able to see brain functions and determine chemical levels of serotonin and dopamine. Together, these help the doctor understand how an individual’s brain is controlling his behavior and ultimately the reason or reasons he is abusing alcohol. Yet, advanced treatment for alcoholism is not only about all of the sophisticated technology,  but also the holistic component of nurturing and rehabilitating the psyche.

It is important for the individual to know and understand why he began abusing alcohol and how he can empower himself to leave alcohol behind and move on his life. Therapy sessions and counseling are an important part of the process. Counseling may include individual sessions, family sessions, and group sessions if desired. Support, responsibility, and balance are key to an individual’s success. The mind, body, and spirit must work in harmony to achieve a complete and successful recovery.

In an advanced treatment program for alcoholism, individuals receive the tools necessary to achieve a full recovery. Unlike the traditional 12 step program which labels an individual an alcoholic for life, with a disease they must battle every day to stay clean, an advanced treatment program can make alcoholism a thing of the past for an individual, giving him a clean start to a new future.

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12 Palms Recovery Center believes that the foundation for any quality treatment plan should revolve around the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, working in conjunction with other successful options.

12 Palms Recovery Center believes that the foundation for any quality treatment plan should revolve around the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, working in conjunction with other successful options.

For anyone who has ever experienced the devastation caused by the disease of alcoholism, they know all too well the damage it inflicts on their lives and the lives of their family and loved ones. Before the middle of the 20th century, alcohol treatment essentially consisted of taking a person who couldn’t control their drinking and locking them up in an institution, oftentimes an asylum.

When Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in 1935 by Bill W. and Dr. Bob, together they worked on a new and innovative way of a long-term recovery from alcohol abuse, and in 1939 introduced the 12 Steps in the book Alcoholics Anonymous. Soon after, some alcohol treatment centers started drastically changing alcohol treatment plans to incorporate the 12 Steps into their suite of treatment options.

Today, there are a number of critics out there who claim that the AA model, and specifically the 12 Steps, is outdated and no longer effective. 12 Palms Recovery Center believes exactly the opposite.

12 Palms Recovery Center is a Florida alcohol rehab that believes strongly in the 12 Steps of AA, in fact their entire recovery program revolves around the 12 Steps. With a full suite of treatment options that include a wide variety of the latest alcohol treatment modalities, 12 Palms Recovery Center is a Florida rehabilitation center where 12 steps of action is the key to a successful long-term recovery.

With a dedicated staff of counselors, therapists and house technicians who are all recovering alcoholics and addicts themselves, 12 Palms Recovery Center offers a unique alcohol treatment plan that utilizes group counseling sessions, peer-to-peer groups, personal one-on-one therapy, treatment for dual diagnosis clients, attendance at daily AA meetings and intense study sessions that delve into the 12 Steps of recovery. With their education as well as their experiences in their own addiction and recovery, counselors and therapists can quickly gain the trust of their clients and work towards a personalized alcohol treatment plan for each client that gives them the best chance for success in long-term sobriety.

12 Palms Recovery Center is a Florida rehabilitation center that encourages each client to be proactive with their recovery. Each client at 12 Palms actively starts working the 12 Steps into their daily lives from the moment they arrive, and are given opportunities throughout their stay to see how working the 12 Steps into their lives will have a long-lasting positive effect. Many other Florida alcohol rehab facilities may teach the 12 Steps, but clients at 12 Palms Recovery Center live them, right from day one.

Alcohol treatment may come in many different forms these days, but at 12 Palms Recovery Center, the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, in combination with other treatment modalities, is the treatment plan that will lead to quality long-term sobriety. For more information, please call 1(866) 331-6779, or visit us at www.12PalmsRecoveryCenter.com.
 

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There is no harm in having a beer at the end of the day. Some may even argue that point. But when is it too much? Alcoholism is affecting thousands of people a day and has caused many consequences that are not so easily fixed. The definition of Alcoholism is the persistent use of alcohol that results in the need of alcohol to satisfy you. There are many treatments that you can do if you are to overcome Alcoholism. The treatments that have worked for many are:
 
1. Alcoholics Anonymous– Having a support group with a twelve-step program is always a good idea when you are an alcoholic. The support you get with alcoholics anonymous is worth everything you put into it. If there is no desire to change the behavior, it is impossible to help you overcome your addiction. 
 
2. Rehab Centers– When you have no success with the programs that alcoholic anonymous offer, there is another step that you can take. Rehab Centers or “Detox” centers help you get rid of the use of alcohol. Granted, alcoholism is never cured unfortunately, but it can be treated. Rehab centers are there when you cannot do it by yourself.
 
3. Medications– When rehab centers and alcoholics anonymous classes fail, there is always the medicine route. With different medicines helping many people fight off the temptations of alcohol and the addiction, alcoholism can be treated in this less conventional method. Medications can be prescribed to take off the edge of the need. Similar to smokers who have nicotine gum, alcoholics have Campral. This works by sending signals to the brain to prevent you from drinking.
 
Whatever method you find is the best for you, it is important that you get help. Having people around you who understand your alcoholism and want to help you in your struggle is very important for success. When you have the desire to quit drinking, you will be able to get to the bottom of the cause and quit completely. Remember to always keep a clear mind in your quest of becoming sober. When you become sober, you can be a better, more efficient member of society and be among the many who recovered from Alcoholism. There are many reasons why someone would start drinking. Emotions control us whether we know it or not. Be aware of your body and the different things it needs. As the programs say, “One day at a time”.

Question by Angie: Will medicaid pay for alcohol rehab in Utah?
If you had a brother, sister, son, or daughter that needs help. Would you do anything you could to help them? This is a disease!

Best answer:

Answer by raysny
No. Although alcoholism is considered a disease by some, it is treated as a behavior by the government.

http://askjan.org/media/alcohol.html#ADA

Most rehabs are 12step-based, based on AA. Rehabs have a slightly better success rate than Alcoholics Anonymous which is estimated to be about 5%, the same as no treatment at all. People who fail in AA and 12step facilitation tend to fall harder than those who were not exposed to 12step treatment, which teaches people they are powerless to do anything about their addiction, that even God cannot cure alcoholism, only grant a daily reprieve from the desire to drink.

Dr. Brandsma found that A.A. increased the rate of binge drinking, and
Dr. Ditman found that A.A. increased the rate of rearrests for public drunkenness, and
Dr. Walsh found that “free A.A.” made later hospitalization more expensive, and
Doctors Orford and Edwards found that having a doctor talk to the patient for just one hour was just as effective as a whole year of A.A.-based treatment.
Dr. George E. Vaillant, the A.A. Trustee, found that A.A. treatment was completely ineffective, and raised the death rate in alcoholics. No other way of treating alcoholics produced such a high death rate as did Alcoholics Anonymous.
http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-letters85.html

What works? A summary of alcohol treatment research:
http://www.behaviortherapy.com/whatworks.htm

“About 75 percent of persons who recover from alcohol dependence do so without seeking any kind of help, including specialty alcohol (rehab) programs and AA. Only 13 percent of people with alcohol dependence ever receive specialty alcohol treatment.”
Alcoholism Isn’t What It Used To Be:
http://www.spectrum.niaaa.nih.gov/features/alcoholism.aspx

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