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Al-Anon Family Groups
Abilene Meetings- West Dist. 7
Amarillo Area Al-Anon
Big Bend Area Meetings- West Dist. 3
Al-Anon / Alateen New Mexico and El Paso, TX
Austin Texas Al-Anon / Alateen
Fort Worth Area Meetings- West Dist 8 & 14
Dallas Al-Anon
Greater San Antonio – Kerrville Area Al-Anon
Al-Anon Southeast Texas
Al-Anon Houston
Greater Houston / Galveston / Huntsville Area
Corpus Christi Area Meetings- East Dist. 2
San Antonio Area Al-Anon
Victoria Area Meetings- East Dist 3
Mental Health Services
Texas Department of State Health Services
Mental Health America of Texas
Texas Mental Health Resource
NAMI – Texas Mental Illness
Behavioral & Mental Health – Texas
Texas Mental Health and Substance Abuse
UT Counseling and Mental Health Center
Anonymous Groups
Cocaine Anonymous Texas Area
Cocaine Anonymous of North Texas
Central Texas Area NA
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Texas State Convention of NA
Southeast Texas Area of Narcotics Anonymous
Houston Area Narcotics Anonymous
Narcotics Anonymous: Heart of Texas Area Service
Texas Gamblers Anonymous
Heart of Texas Overeaters Anonymous
Texas Sex Alcoholics Anonymous
Texas Helplines
AIDSLINE – call (800) 299-2437
Mental Health Association in Abilene Crisis Line – call (325) 677-7773
Child Abuse Hotline – call 800-252-5400
State Elder Abuse Hotline – call 800-252-5400
Domestic Violence Hotline – call 800-252-5400
Texas Suicide & Crisis – call 877-968-8454
Texas Youth & Runaway Hotline
The Rape Crisis Center – call 210-349-7273
Treatment & Detox Guide
While traditional alcohol abuse treatment centers operate off of standardized treatment methods, not everyone can benefit from a standardized treatment approach. As different people have different treatment needs, alternative alcohol abuse treatment centers try to approach alcohol recovery from a less restrictive perspective. Alternative alcohol abuse treatment centers offer services more geared towards specific aspects….
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The decision to enter drug abuse treatment is, in essence, a decision to enter into a new way of life. After months or years of drug abuse, the damaging effects of drugs have created a negative quality of life that affects both a person’s physical and psychological well-being. According to the National Institute on Drug….
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A new study discovers a treatment regimen combining cognitive-behavioral therapy and medications for depression and alcohol addiction improves clinical outcomes. Specifically, combining the antidepressant sertraline (Zoloft) with the alcohol dependence treatment naltrexone produced a 54 percent abstinence rate in patients with both major depression and alcohol dependence, whereas the rates were only 21 to 28….
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The only detail Doug remembers clearly of his drunken drive home from a friend’s house last year is being arrested at the end of it. It wasn’t the first time Doug had gotten caught behind the wheel after a night of drinking. But thanks to a treatment-based program at Akron Municipal Court, it was his….
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Thousands of children are being admitted to the region’s hospitals with alcohol-related illnesses. Statistics show more than 3,000 under-18s end up in hospital in North East England each year due to excessive drinking, 149 of those in South Tyneside hospitals. The Department for Children, Schools and Families launched an advertising campaign to get parents to….
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