Habilitat Hawaii Long-Term Residential Substance Abuse Treatment & Vocational Training Program
Habilitat Hawaii Long-Term Residential Substance Abuse Treatment & Vocational Training Program – Habilitat Hawaii Long-Term Residential Substance Abuse Treatment & Vocational Training Program Has been helping people since 1971. We are recognized as one of the nation’s foremost long term drug rehabilitation centers. Habilitat is a self-supporting non-profit organization. We have developed techniques for creating the qualities lacking in many people’s character: self-esteem, self-worth and self-discipline. Habilitat strengthens your character, mind and body. We believe the best way to take ones dignity is to do something for them that they can do for themselves. We teach individuals how to be self-reliant and responsible members of society. Habilitat’s approach to addiction is unique. We do not subscribe to the notion that addiction is a disease. We teach people that addiction and alcoholism is a choice. We have understood for many years that long-term drug rehabilitation alone is not enough to ensure long-term success. People need marketable skills and work ethics if they are to be competitive in today’s workforce. Our vocational training programs are second to none in the substance abuse treatment community. We motivate the unmotivated and often succeed where other programs have failed. Since its modest beginnings, Habilitat grew to accommodate 200 residents at its new oceanfront facility in Kane`ohe, Hawai`i. Consistently, through demonstration and positive results in helping thousands of individuals and their families, Vinny Marino maintained the highly acclaimed …
Painkillers and Sedatives: A Dangerous Combination
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The study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), found that over 33,000 people were treated for substance abuse between 2000 and 2010 for the combined use of opioid painkillers and benzodiazepine sedatives …
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Matter of substance: Drug addiction as disease, not subject of shame
Filed under: Substance Abuse Treatment
… of people in need of addiction treatment do not receive anything that approximates evidence-based care,” Drew Altman, chairman of an addiction treatment commission at the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, wrote in a June 2012 report.
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