The Alcohol Abuse Treatment Center

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The health care professions at your local alcohol abuse treatment center can help evaluate your unique drinking behavior and create a treatment plan that is the most effective and appropriate for your particular drinking situation.

The Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has a website that contains a "Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator."  

All you have to do is click on the location where you live and you will be taken to a page that asks you to enter the city, state, and searching radius information, and this facilities search tool will produce a number of substance abuse facilities within the searching radius and the city and state you entered.

The following information will be provided for each facility:

• Primary Focus of Treatment (for instance mental health or substance abuse services).
  
  
• Services Provided (for example, substance abuse treatment).
  
  
• Type of Care (in-patient or outpatient.
  
  
• Special Programs/Groups (for instance, pregnant/postpartum women, persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, DUI/DWI offenders, etc.).
  
  
• Forms of Payment Accepted (for example, self payment, Medicaid, or Medicare).
  
  
• Payment Assistance (Please check with facility for details).
  
  
• Special Language Services (for instance, ASL or other assistance for the hearing impaired).  

The website for the Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator can be found here: http://dasis3.samhsa.gov/

The Alcohol Abuse Treatment Center:  Conclusion

If you abuse alcohol, it is important for you to find out if you are alcohol dependent or merely abusing alcohol by binge drinking, for instance. 

The health care providers at your local alcohol abuse treatment center will be able to help you determine the extent of your drinking problem and also help you come up with a more healthy drinking plan.

Be aware, however, that this "plan" may involve total abstinence, it may entail ways in which you can significantly reduce the frequency and the amount of alcohol you drink, or it may help you identify the circumstances that "trigger" your problem drinking.

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