Drug Addiction Treatment
Overview
Our Program
At Casa Palmera, we knkow the toll that drug addiction can take on your life.
Our residential treatment facility is renowned for its innovative chemical/substance
abuse therapies. Using a combination of cognitive behavioral groups, individual
psychotherapy and holistic adjunctive treatment techniques, we help you deal
with the personal
issues that have been affecting your ability to fully enjoy your life.
Treatment at Casa Palmera is individualized for each resident. We begin your stay
with an
evaluation by a team of health professionals. This team includes a licensed
chemical dependency counselor, who conducts a comprehensive assessment
in
order to help develop your treatment goals.
Casa Palmera will help you recover from your addiction while bringing peace and healing
into your life. Our profession team at Casa Palmera will teach you the tools to free
yourself from your addiction. These tools will also help you to fight the urges and
triggers that could lead to relapse.
Drug Addiction Is A Disease
It is not your fault. Drug addiction is a disease and with our compassionate help,
a life filled with happiness is possible. Drug addiction can be caused by
factors
unique to each individual.
Genetics Affect our Susceptibility to Drugs
• Different drugs affect the body system in different ways. For instance, one person
may enjoy the effects of a drug while another may not, due to chemicals and signals affecting
the brain. Drugs in the category of Cannabinoids contain delta-9-tetrahydrocannibinol (THC),
which sends signals throughout the body. For some, the results are pleasing, but for others,
the results are not. Also, an individual directly related to an addict has a higher risk of
becoming an addict themselves.
• Another important aspect of drug addiction is its availability. Each drug has its own
physical makeup, therefore each drug varies in the time it takes to become addicted.
Depending on what drugs, if any, you have available to you, your use then determines
if,
and how fast, you may become addicted.
• Past trauma is a factor that causes many people to use drugs. Sexual abuse, loss of
a loved one, or some type of accident, all are experiences that cause such intense pain,
an individual would want
to try and forget. Often, people will attempt to deal with these
problems by temporarily numbing themselves through drugs, however, it quickly
becomes obvious that the drugs do not make the pain go away.
• Another factor to be considered is the influence of peers in one's life. If your friends take drugs,
you are far likelier to take them yourself, as you will constantly be around them, and they
will be readily available. Also, societal pressures can aid in the attraction to drugs.
• Many people have been programmed to believe that taking drugs is a part of life,
and an experience everyone should have. In reality, taking drugs causes numerous
health complications, wreaks havoc on your personal life and poses dangerous and
unnecessary risks to your life.
Drug Addiction Treatment
At Casa Palmera, our goal is not only to heal the physical body but the spirit as well.
We achieve this goal by incorporating four core elements into our recovery program.
These elements all play a key role in the pursuit of health improvement:
• The medical/psychotherapy core
• The lifestyle core
• The complementary medicine core
• The environmental core
Imagine life free from drugs.
It is possible.
Popular Drug Types
Cocaine »
Marijuana »
Prescription Drugs
Alcohol
Methamphetamine »
Hallucinogens »
Self Assessments
Are you dealing with a chemical dependency?
Take the following self assessments for aid in discovering whether or not you should be seeking treatment.