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Arkansas Treatment Centers

Arkansas AA

Arkansas Central Office of Alcoholics Anonymous – For a complete list of all AA meetings taking place throughout the state of Arkansas.

Northwest Arkansas Alcoholics Anonymous – For meetings in the Northwest Arkansas area.

AA Fort Smith Intergroup – the Fort Smith group provides local Alcoholics Anonymous meetings to assist in alcoholism recovery.

Al-Anon

Arkansas Area Al-Anon – For families and loved ones who have been negatively impacted by a friend or loved one’s alcoholism. Al-Anon family groups provide support to the individuals who are affected by the alcohol addiction of someone that they love or care about.

Mental Health Services

UAMA Behavioral / Mental Health – For help finding local treatment for a wide range of conditions such as depression or anxiety.

Rivendell Behavioral Health Services of Arkansas – Rivendell mental health services and solutions.

Arkansas Dept. of Human Services – the department of human services provides assistance, direction, guidance and support for a wide range  of mental and behavioral health concerns.

Anonymous Groups

Arkansas Region of Narcotics Anonymous – For those in recovery from various types of substance abuse looking for support throughout Arkansas.

Cocaine Anonymous of Arkansas – For help in recovering from cocaine addiction.

Gamblers Anonymous – Gamblers Anonymous groups offering support to those suffering from compulsive gambling.

Arkansas Helplines

AIDS Hotline – call (800) 232-4636

Adult Protective Services – call 800-482-8049

Child Abuse Hotline – call 800-482-5964

Gambling Helpline – For help with gambling addiction call toll free, 800-522-4700

Adult Crisis Hotline – for help call 479-756-2337

Teen Crisis Hotline – teens who need help should call 888-798-8336

Treatment & Detox Guide

Hooked on prescription drugs

prescription drugs addiction

What happened to Michael Jackson was heartbreaking. I think that he was frightened all his life and took prescription drugs to deal with it. I did the same. I was addicted to an anti-anxiety drug — as was Jackson, reportedly — and they can be more addictive and harder to come off than heroin. Why….

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High-Tech ‘Answer’ to Alcohol Addiction

Instead of locking offenders up for alcohol offenses, Putnam County is going high tech to try and help them get sober. Putnam County Circuit Court Judge Phillip Stowers pushed for a program called SCRAM. It’s a bracelet, which looks similar to a home-confinement bracelet, that detects alcohol 24 hours a day, seven days a week…..

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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….

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What is addiction?

Addiction is a term that is used to describe a recurring compulsion by the person that engages him in a particular activity, inspite of the harmful consequences to their health and social life. It is accepted all over that addiction is a disease and a state of psychological dependence on something that can have damaging….

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Boozing Blunts Ability to Read Faces

Heavy drinking can affect the ability to recognize other people’s facial emotions, a new study has found. Researchers used functional MRI to monitor brain activity in 15 abstinent long-term alcoholics while they looked at images of faces with positive or negative emotional expressions. The brain scans revealed decreased activation in the amygdala and hippocampus, regions….

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