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Alcohol/Drug Council of North Carolina reported over 204 calls in the first month of 2012 in which people were looking for help with a prescription medication addiction, and that’s a 15-percent increase from the two months prior.
It’s easy to be alarmed that so many people are looking for North Carolina drug rehab services, but there’s another way to interpret these results. Perhaps this uptick in interest means that more people are realizing that addictions are serious, and they’re prepared to start working on the problem and getting better as a result. If you’re in this camp, there are a variety of North Carolina drug rehab centers that are waiting to help you.
How Does It Get Here?
It might surprise you to learn that the drugs you take often come from faraway places, and the people who bring those drugs to you can face serious criminal charges for their acts. For example, in November of 2012, two New York residents were arrested in North Carolina when police found 1,000 bags of heroin in their car during a traffic stop, according to news reports. These kinds of charges, should they stick, could result in long prison sentences. It’s yet another reason for you to get help, so no more lives are ruined like this.
Understanding Addiction
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reports that there are about 700,000 people in North Carolina who are older than 12 and addicted to alcohol, drugs or both. While each person’s story of addiction might be a little different, and the addiction you’re facing might not look anything like the addiction history another person might have, there are some known factors that could contribute to an addiction, including:
A North Carolina treatment center will provide you with proven treatments to help you deal with the consequences of an addiction, but these centers might also provide you with therapies that can address these root causes of addiction. Family therapy, acupuncture, massage, talk therapy and even job skills training might be provided in order to help you build your life and leave an addiction behind.
Finding Care
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides an intensive search feature that allows users to search for health services within their own communities. This might be a good option for some people who want to find care close to home and who have the time to call the facilities they like and ensure that they’ll be accepted. However, not everyone has the time or the willingness to go through this intensive process in order to get help.
If you’d like assistance, just to make the process a bit easier to complete, we’re here for you. Our operators will ask you a few questions about your addiction history, your preferences and your location, and we’ll then run a customized search to help you find the right North Carolina treatment center to meet your needs.