Outpatient
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Gays and Lesbians, Seniors/older adults, Pregnant/postpartum women, Women, Men
Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Access to Recovery
Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Spanish
U.S. Addiction Hotlines | ||
Alabama - (256) 217-4788 | Louisiana - (337) 214-0093 | Ohio - (740) 251-9016 |
Alaska - (907) 268-4185 | Maine - (207) 221-2169 | Oklohoma - (405) 562-8696 |
Arizona - (928) 637-6352 | Maryland - (240) 449-3880 | Oregon - (503) 406-2518 |
Arkansas - (870) 277-4314 | Massachusetts - (978) 384-1148 | Pennsylvania - (484) 846-6263 |
California - (818) 485-2969 | Michigan - (586) 276-7441 | Rhode Island - (401) 288-3581 |
Colorado - (720) 263-5688 | Minnesota - (218) 206-8310 | South Carolina - (843) 277-6472 |
Connecticut - (203) 721-6030 | Mississippi - (601) 707-9002 | South Dakota - (605) 370-5086 |
Delaware - (302) 294-0983 | Missouri - (417) 429-4943 | Tennessee - (615) 671-4588 |
District Of Columbia - (202) 509-9590 | Montana - (406) 322-3270 | Texas - (469) 941-0561 |
Florida - (904) 639-6088 | Nebraska - (402) 296-8256 | Utah - (801) 438-4194 |
Georgia - (678) 820-3990 | Nevada - (775) 473-9889 | Vermont - (802) 277-3346 |
Idaho - (208) 904-3942 | New Hampshire - (603) 821-0294 | Virginia - (703) 651-9151 |
Illinois - (847) 637-5327 | New Jersey - (732) 497-3463 | Washington - (425) 242-5130 |
Indiana - (219) 359-3151 | New Mexico - (575) 541-3487 | West Virginia - (304) 721-2107 |
Iowa - (712) 266-3564 | New York - (585) 502-1457 | Wisconsin - (920) 482-2915 |
Kansas - (913) 324-5033 | North Carolina - (919) 246-9484 | Wyoming - (307) 222-0116 |
Kentucky - (270) 681-4822 | North Dakota - (701) 355-6366 |
California is both a high quantity user of many illegal drugs as well as a very popular distribution point for the drug trade.
The more that you know about California substance abuse statistics, the better you can understand the substance abuse problem in a state. California treatment centers provide the state with this information so that better measures can be taken to overcome what appears to be a growing issue with abused substances.
One of the biggest substance abuse problems in California involves marijuana because marijuana is legal for many people to obtain and therefore much more readily available.
Substance abuse is one of the most miserable and difficult afflictions to handle. Someone addicted to a powerful enough substance will not be able to shake it on their own. In fact, it can prove to be dangerous to even try to kick an addiction alone because the withdrawal symptoms that can come along with depriving the body of something it craves can be pretty unpleasant. These symptoms have also proven to be so dangerous as to be fatal. That is one of the main reasons to have professional attendants around when someone is going through a detoxification.
Withdrawal symptoms are very hard for addicts to go through. In fact, for many addicts, it is the fear of experiencing those very symptoms that keep them from seeking the help they need. They know that there is no way to get around going through withdrawal while their bodies are detoxing. As that poison is drained from them, their bodies are going to go from demanding to begging for their particular fix. This is the worst part of the entire process and is also when an addict’s body can experience such a shock from not having what it needs that the danger comes in. It is important to keep in mind that, while these withdrawal symptoms can be really hard to handle, once the detox has been completed, the symptoms will be over as well.
For some addicts, phase two of substance abuse recovery is often the most difficult part. This is when the reasons for the addiction are addressed. The addict is probed mentally, emotionally and psychologically in order to locate why they have been so miserable that they felt the need for something to make them feel better. In many cases, the addiction started out as a legitimate physical problem that needed medication to handle pain. If the physical ailment wasn’t resolved, the pain may have continued, which meant that medication was always needed. As the body became more used to the medication, a higher dosage was needed to have the same effect. Before long, the person was an addict and never meant to be.
All addicts that seek treatment seriously have an excellent chance to recover. When the reason for the addiction is also discovered and addressed, the chances of the addict returning to substance abuse is considerably less than if they had not received professional treatment. That is why professional substance abuse programs are needed and why they can work.