Drug and Alcohol Abuse

List of States

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Essentially, drugs are pain killers. They may seem to avert emotional and physical pain by providing the user with a temporary and illusionary escape from or way to cope with life's realities. In fact, more problems--serious ones--are created by using and abusing drugs.

Over time, a person's ability to choose not to take drugs can become compromised--soon enough the person rationalizes the need to use consistently and will do anything to get high. They are now caught in the vicious cycle of using to alleviate pain and creating more pain by using...They now display the physiological symptoms of drug abuse. They become difficult to communicate with, are withdrawn, and begin to exhibit other strange behaviors associated with drug abuse.

In addition to the mental stress created by their unethical behavior, the abuser's body has also adapted to the presence of the drugs. They will experience an overwhelming obsession with getting and using drugs, and will do anything to avoid the pain of withdrawing from them. This is when the newly-created drug abuser begins to experience drug cravings.

They now seek drugs both for the reward of the "pleasure" they give him, and also to avoid the mental and physical horrors of withdrawal. Ironically, the abuser's ability to get "high" from the alcohol or drug gradually decreases as his body adapts to the presence of foreign chemicals. They must take more and more drugs or alcohol, not just to get an effect but often just to function at all.

At this point, the abuser is stuck in the vicious dwindling spiral of drug abuse. The drugs the addict abuses has changed them both physically and mentally. They have crossed an invisible and intangible line.

The compulsion to use drugs can take over the individual's life. Drug abuse often involves not only compulsive drug taking but also a wide range of dysfunctional behaviors that can interfere with normal functioning in the family, the workplace, and the broader community. Drug abuse also can place people at increased risk for a wide variety of other illnesses. These illnesses can be brought on by behaviors, such as poor living and health habits, that often accompany life as a drug abuser, or because of toxic effects of the drugs themselves.

Results of the 2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse and Addiction revealed that, while millions of Americans habitually smoke pot, drink alcohol, snort cocaine and swallow prescription drugs, too many drug users who meet the criteria for needing treatment do not recognize that they have a drug abuse problem. The figure of those "in denial" of their drug abuse is estimated at more than 4.6 million--a significantly higher number of individuals in need of professional help than had been previously thought.

Find Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment Centers in:

Birmingham
Decatur
Dothan
Hoover
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
Anchorage
Casas Adobes
Catalina Foothills
Chandler
Flagstaff
Gilbert
Glendale
Mesa
Peoria
Phoenix
Scottsdale
Tempe
Tucson
Yuma
Fayetteville
Fort Smith
Jonesboro
Little Rock
North Little Rock
Pine Bluff
Alameda
Alhambra
Anaheim
Antioch
Apple Valley
Arcadia
Arden Arcade
Bakersfield
Baldwin Park
Bellflower
Berkeley
Buena Park
Camarillo
Carlsbad
Carson
Castro Valley
Cerritos
Chico
Chino
Chino Hills
Chula Vista
Citrus Heights
Clovis
Compton
Concord
Corona
Costa Mesa
Cupertino
Daly City
Davis
Diamond Bar
Downey
East Los Angeles
El Cajon
El Monte
Elk Grove
Encinitas
Escondido
Fairfield
Florence Graham
Folsom
Fontana
Fountain Valley
Fremont
Fresno
Fullerton
Garden Grove
Gardena
Glendale
Goleta
Hacienda Heights
Hawthorne
Hayward
Hemet
Hesperia
Huntington Beach
Huntington Park
Inglewood
Irvine
La Habra
La Mesa
Laguna Niguel
Lake Forest
Lakewood
Lancaster
Livermore
Lodi
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Lynwood
Merced
Milpitas
Mission Viejo
Modesto
Montebello
Monterey Park
Moreno Valley
Mountain View
Napa
National City
Newport Beach
Norwalk
Oakland
Oceanside
Ontario
Orange
Oxnard
Palmdale
Palo Alto
Paramount
Pasadena
Petaluma
Pico Rivera
Pittsburg
Pleasanton
Pomona
Rancho Cordova
Rancho Cucamonga
Redding
Redlands
Redondo Beach
Redwood City
Rialto
Richmond
Riverside
Rosemead
Roseville
Sacramento
Salinas
San Bernardino
San Buenaventura
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
San Leandro
San Marcos
San Mateo
San Rafael
Santa Ana
Santa Barbara
Santa Clara
Santa Clarita
Santa Cruz
Santa Maria
Santa Monica
Santa Rosa
Santee
Simi Valley
South Gate
South San Francisco
South Whittier
Stockton
Sunnyvale
Temecula
Thousand Oaks
Torrance
Tracy
Turlock
Tustin
Union City
Upland
Vacaville
Vallejo
Victorville
Visalia
Vista
Walnut Creek
West Covina
Westminster
Whittier
Yorba Linda
Arvada
Aurora
Boulder
Colorado Springs
Denver
Fort Collins
Greeley
Highlands Ranch
Lakewood
Longmont
Loveland
Pueblo
Thornton
Westminster
Bridgeport
Bristol
Danbury
Hartford
Meriden
Milford
New Britain
New Haven
Norwalk
Stamford
Waterbury
West Hartford
West Haven
Wilmington
Boca Raton
Boynton Beach
Brandon
Cape Coral
Carol City
Clearwater
Coral Springs
Davie
Daytona Beach
Deerfield Beach
Delray Beach
Deltona
Fort Lauderdale
Fountainbleau
Gainesville
Hialeah
Hollywood
Islamorada
Jacksonville
Kendale Lakes
Kendall
Lakeland
Largo
Lauderhill
Margate
Melbourne
Miami
Miami Beach
Miramar
North Miami
Orlando
Palm Bay
Palm Harbor
Pembroke Pines
Pensacola
Pompano Beach
Port St. Lucie
Sarasota
Spring Hill
St. Petersburg
Sunrise
Tallahassee
Tamarac
Tamiami
Tampa
Town 'n' Country
West Palm Beach
Albany
Athens Clarke County
Atlanta
Augusta Richmond County
Columbus
Macon
Marietta
Roswell
Sandy Springs
Savannah
Honolulu
Boise City
Idaho Falls
Nampa
Pocatello
Arlington Heights
Aurora
Berwyn
Bloomington
Bolingbrook
Champaign
Chicago
Cicero
Decatur
Des Plaines
Elgin
Evanston
Joliet
Mount Prospect
Naperville
Oak Lawn
Oak Park
Orland Park
Palatine
Peoria
Rockford
Schaumburg
Skokie
Springfield
Waukegan
Wheaton
Anderson
Bloomington
Elkhart
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Gary
Hammond
Indianapolis
Lafayette
Muncie
South Bend
Terre Haute
Ames
Cedar Rapids
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Iowa City
Sioux City
Waterloo
Kansas City
Lawrence
Olathe
Overland Park
Topeka
Wichita
Lexington Fayette
Louisville
Owensboro
Baton Rouge
Bossier City
Kenner
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Metairie
Monroe
New Orleans
Shreveport
Portland
Aspen Hill
Baltimore
Bethesda
Bowie
Columbia
Dundalk
Ellicott City
Frederick
Gaithersburg
Germantown
Silver Spring
Towson
Wheaton-Glenmont
Boston
Brockton
Brookline
Cambridge
Chicopee
Fall River
Framingham
Haverhill
Lawrence
Lowell
Lynn
Malden
Medford
New Bedford
Newton
Quincy
Somerville
Springfield
Taunton
Waltham
Weymouth
Worcester
Ann Arbor
Battle Creek
Canton
Clinton
Dearborn
Detroit
Farmington
Flint
Grand Rapids
Kalamazoo
Lansing
Livonia
Pontiac
Redford
Rochester Hills
Royal Oak
Saginaw
Southfield
St. Clair Shores
Sterling Heights
Taylor
Troy
Warren
Waterford
West Bloomfield Township
Westland
Wyoming
Bloomington
Brooklyn Park
Burnsville
Coon Rapids
Duluth
Eagan
Eden Prairie
Maple Grove
Minneapolis
Minnetonka
Plymouth
Rochester
St. Cloud
St. Paul
Biloxi
Gulfport
Jackson
Columbia
Florissant
Independence
Kansas City
Lee's Summit
Springfield
St. Charles
St. Joseph
St. Louis
St. Peters
Billings
Great Falls
Missoula
Lincoln
Omaha
Carson City
Henderson
Las Vegas
North Las Vegas
Paradise
Reno
Sparks
Spring Valley
Sunrise Manor
Manchester
Nashua
Bayonne
Camden
Clifton
East Orange
Edison
Elizabeth
Irvington
Jersey City
Newark
Passaic
Paterson
Toms River
Trenton
Union
Union City
Vineland
Wayne
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Rio Rancho
Santa Fe
Albany
Brentwood
Buffalo
Cheektowaga
Hempstead
Irondequoit
Levittown
Mount Vernon
New Rochelle
New York
Niagara Falls
Rochester
Schenectady
Syracuse
Tonawanda
Utica
White Plains
Yonkers
Asheville
Cary
Charlotte
Concord
Durham
Fayetteville
Gastonia
Greensboro
Greenville
High Point
Jacksonville
Raleigh
Rocky Mount
Wilmington
Winston Salem
Bismarck
Fargo
Akron
Canton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton
Elyria
Euclid
Hamilton
Kettering
Lakewood
Lorain
Mentor
Middletown
Parma
Springfield
Toledo
Youngstown
Broken Arrow
Edmond
Lawton
Midwest City
Norman
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Beaverton
Bend
Eugene
Gresham
Hillsboro
Medford
Portland
Salem
Springfield
Allentown
Bethlehem
Erie
Lancaster
Levittown
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Reading
Scranton
Cranston
Pawtucket
Providence
Warwick
Charleston
Columbia
Greenville
North Charleston
Rapid City
Sioux Falls
Chattanooga
Clarksville
Jackson
Johnson City
Knoxville
Lynchburg
Memphis
Murfreesboro
Nashville-Davidson
Abilene
Amarillo
Arlington
Austin
Baytown
Beaumont
Brownsville
Bryan
Carrollton
College Station
Corpus Christi
Dallas
Denton
El Paso
Flower Mound
Fort Worth
Galveston
Garland
Grand Prairie
Harlingen
Houston
Irving
Killeen
Laredo
Lewisville
Longview
Lubbock
Mcallen
Mckinney
Mesquite
Midland
Missouri City
North Richland Hills
Odessa
Pasadena
Plano
Port Arthur
Richardson
Round Rock
San Angelo
San Antonio
Sugar Land
Temple
The Woodlands
Tyler
Victoria
Waco
Wichita Falls
Layton
Ogden
Orem
Provo
Salt Lake City
Sandy
Taylorsville
West Jordan
West Valley City
Alexandria
Annandale
Arlington
Burke
Chesapeake
Dale City
Hampton
Lynchburg
Newport News
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Reston
Richmond
Roanoke
Suffolk
Virginia Beach
Bellevue
Bellingham
Everett
Federal Way
Kennewick
Kent
Lakewood
Renton
Seattle
Shoreline
Spokane
Tacoma
Vancouver
Yakima
Charleston
Huntington
Appleton
Eau Claire
Green Bay
Janesville
Kenosha
La Crosse
Madison
Milwaukee
Oshkosh
Racine
Sheboygan
Waukesha
West Allis
Cheyenne