Tri County Human Services Inc Highlands Outpatient Clinic
100 West College Drive
Building E
Avon Park, FL 33825
(863) 452-0106
Intake: (863) 452-0106x0
Call
888-647-0579
to speak with an alcohol or drug abuse counselor.
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Treatment & Detox Guide
A Look at the Types of Therapy Offered in Drug Treatment Centers
Licensed counselors and therapists work on both an individual and group basis with patients in drug treatment centers. Various types of therapy are offered to help the recovering addiction heal physically, socially, psychologically and emotionally from their addiction and from their past. Although not all types of therapy are effective for every addict and not….
From Drug User to Drug Dealer to Prison Inmate – the Life of a Recovering Heroin Addict
Jennifer Vanlieu was addicted to heroin and painkillers for some time before she found a methadone clinic that could help her beat the drug addiction and hopefully get her life back on track. What she didn’t know was that her decision to use methadone as a means of transitioning from being addicted to heroin to….
Drinking and driving is a growing problem
With the holiday season upon is, law enforcement officers are taking measures to make sure the roads are safe. The reason, they say, is that South Carolina leads the nation when it comes to drinking and driving. And that, they say, is no laughing matter. The Palmetto State is second in the country when it….
Call for alcohol ban outside school
A school governor has called for a ban on parents drinking alcohol while waiting to pick up their children outside school. Arthur Mitchell, chairman of Doncaster Road Primary School’s board of governors in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, said a street drinking ban had been proposed after police received reports that parents had been seen drinking at….
Anchorage Battles Chronic Public Drunkenness
On a recent Tuesday night, Anchorage police sergeant Dennis Allen came upon a familiar face at a bus stop. It was Paul, one of Anchorage’s 400 or so homeless alcoholics who chronically get drunk in public. He was drinking malt liquor from a cup, and Allen made him pour it out. Later Allen came upon….