Lakeview Health Launches New Website and 'True North' Campaign to …
Lakeview Health, a Florida-based drug and alcohol rehab center, has just unveiled its redesigned website, http://www.LakeviewHealth.com, as part of an integrated online and offline campaign designed help those seeking information and programs for …
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Strawberry wants to help others with new center
He's now trying to help others avoid the pitfalls that plagued his career with opening of his second drug rehab facility in two years. Strawberry and his wife Tracy — both ordained ministers — were in central Florida Friday for the opening of their …
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Darryl Strawberry defends A-Rod on eve of opening Central Florida rehab clinic
"You can get addicted to steroids just like any other drug" says Strawberry, who will be in Central Florida on Friday for the grand opening of his new drug recovery and rehab center in St. Cloud. "A drug is a drug, and it's unfortunate drugs have been …
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Darryl Strawberry opening rehab center for drug-addicted athletes
Strawberry hopes that every addict treated at the St. Cloud facility will learn from his very public battle with addiction. The Darryl Strawberry Recovery Center won't just treat addicts. It will also be an outpatient clinic for HPN Neurologic, a …
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Rehab facility near Woodside wins commission's OK
The San Mateo County Planning Commission has approved a conditional use permit to convert a meditation center in the unincorporated woods above Woodside to a non-medical rehabilitation center for clients with drug and alcohol-addiction problems …
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Older Addicts Face Limited Treatment Options
Lievens is now in recovery. Like many of his generation, his narrative reflects a growing trend of substance and alcohol abuse. According to the Institute of Medicine, at least 5.6 to eight million older Americans — or one out of five —have one or …
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Ahwatukee body builder overcame alcoholism with faith, fitness
It wasn't his first go-round in rehab. Berry had nothing else of value left, he said. Berry's back story is a struggle with alcohol and at times with painkillers and other drugs. Berry, who with his brother Scott owns Renew Paint & Body in Chandler …
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Question by Paris: Can someone explain the inpatient rehab “level” system?
My boyfriend is in an inpatient rehab facility because of his drug use and threatened suicide. His mom told me he’s a “level 2” and I can’t communicate with him at all until hes a “level 3.” Can someone please explain what this means and what he has to do to be a “level 3” so I can talk to him again? I really miss him 🙁

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Answer by Mattshark
It is a fairly common practice in institutional care to create a level system, although each facility puts its own spin on how it works for that unit. Generally, patients come in at a low level, like a 0 or a 1, and can increase levels depending on several factors. Generally, behavior is an important part of moving up levels, so the patient that attends treatment, stays safe and generally stays out of trouble earns points toward moving up. The other factor is often time. For example, a unit may require you to behave as they want for 24 hours before moving to the next level. Each higher level generally comes with more privileges, so by moving up levels the patient may earn phone calls, unsupervised time, time on the video game, etc. Finally, it is generally practiced in drug treatments in particular that time away from the environment the patient came from is a good idea, so they generally start the lower levels without family or friend contact and then allow it with good behavior and time.

The thing I would want to say to you is that this is probably a good thing, and that although I know it is hard on you, I also know you care about him, and so following the units rules is a good thing all around. Find some way to meet your emotional needs while he is out of contact, such as spending time with your family or friends, take walks, read books, knit, etc. The time will pass quickly enough, and hopefully you will get a boyfriend back who is sober and safe and working on his life in a positive way.

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Million Gift Will Launch Lymphoma Research and Treatment Center at City …
DUARTE, Calif. — A $ 10 million gift from Internet-publishing entrepreneurs Emmet and Toni Stephenson and their daughter Tessa Stephenson Brand will fund the creation of the Toni Stephenson Lymphoma Center at City of Hope, the cornerstone of the …
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Question by Laura: What does the term “chronic addiction” mean to you? What images do you get when you hear this term?
If a doctor writes the term “chronic addiction” into a patient’s chart, what would you think of that patient? What sort of person do you think a person with a “chronic addiction” diagnosis might be? What impressions will other doctors get of the patient if they see this term in the chart?

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Answer by PINKY
Chronic just means ongoing. A disease or illness that will continue without medical treatment. As far as what other doctors may think, well was it a chronic drug addiction? Is so they will probably never prescribe you drugs like those unless absolutely neccessary.

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