Recovery Concepts

About Alcoholism

Alcoholism is a chronic disease, a relapsing, compulsive illness.  Alcoholism is not a character flaw, or a sign of personal weakness.
Alcoholism, also known as "alcohol dependence", is a disease that includes four symptoms:

• Craving: A strong need, or compulsion, to drink.
• Loss of control: The inability to limit one's drinking on any given occasion.
• Physical dependence: Withdrawal symptoms, such as nausea, sweating, shakiness, and anxiety, occur when alcohol use is stopped after a period of heavy drinking.
• Tolerance: The need to drink greater amounts of alcohol in order to "get high".

Alcoholism’s numbers are staggering. A 2004 study conducted by the National Institute on Drug Abuse found that almost nine million Americans showed demonstrable signs of alcohol dependency. In other words, the study found that almost nine million Americans were alcoholics, and that almost nine million Americans were in need of alcohol treatment programs.

Like all diseases, it has causes that can be treated and eliminated. And that’s where Recovery Concepts, LLC comes in! Recovery Concepts combines the most successful aspects of out-patient treatment available today focusing on medication assisted treatment & individualizing counseling for each patient.
Our out-patient treatment program focuses on the specific needs of the addicted individual. 

Although a number of different types of treatment options are available, all have proven to be effective in reducing and eliminating alcohol abuse and alcoholism.  Our alcohol program employs medical treatment in conjunction with psychological therapy.

Read more about Medication Assisted Treatment (Insert Dr. Craddock’s articles!)
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RCCU. LLC treats every patient with the unique attention he or she needs, with the ultimate goal of helping our clients rebuild their lives.

Signs of a Drinking Problem

Please click here for a complete ‘Alcohol Screening Test’.
Answering the following four questions can help you find out:

• Have you ever felt you should cut down on your drinking?
• Have people annoyed you by criticizing your drinking?
• Have you ever felt bad or guilty about your drinking?
• Have you ever had a drink first thing in the morning (as an "eye opener") to steady your nerves or get rid of a hangover?

And that’s where Recovery Concepts, LLC comes in. Recovery Concepts, LLC outpatient Alcohol Rehab combines the most successful aspects of recovery treatment available today. Our alcohol rehab program employs medical treatment in conjunction with psychological (counseling) therapy. At Recovery Concepts, LLC, our goal is to  meet & exceed the specific needs of each one of our individual clients. Recovery Concepts, LLC  treats every patient with the unique attention he or she needs, with the ultimate goal of helping our clients rebuild their lives.

Alcoholism is an insidious disease; it develops slowly, subtly, so that many problem drinkers can’t see what’s coming until it’s already too late. And that’s only the beginning.

Treatment

Our out-patient alcoholism treatment program is specifically geared towards individuals struggling with alcoholism, focuses on the specific needs of the addicted individual.  Treatment will vary from person to person.  Although few different types of treatment options are available, all have proven to be effective in reducing and eliminating alcohol abuse and alcoholism.

The outpatient program allows the alcohol addicted individual to remain in their real-life settings.  This type of treatment would be more suitable for individuals who have an excellent support system and who would like to remain gainfully employed while in treatment.  These low-intensity programs offer drug education and support and emphasize group counseling. 

The following are the types of pharmacologic treatments, in conjunction with counseling, utilized for alcoholism:

Campral (oral)…

Campral (acamprosate calcium) is another recently approved medication for alcohol treatment.  Acamprosate is for the maintenance of abstinence from alcohol in patients with alcohol dependence who are abstinent at the time of treatment initiation. Treatment with acamprosate should be part of a comprehensive management program that includes psychosocial support.
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Vivitrol (Naltrexone im)

Vivitrol is a recently approved medicine for the treatment of alcohol dependence. It is administered intra-muscularly. When used together with counseling, this medication lessens the craving for alcohol in many people and helps prevent a return to heavy drinking.

Naltrexone is a medication that blocks the effects of drugs known as opioids (a class that includes morphine, heroin or codeine). It competes with these drugs for opioid receptors in the brain. It was originally used to treat dependence on opioid drugs but has recently been approved by the FDA, in 2006, as a treatment for alcoholism
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ReVia (Naltrexone oral)

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Naltrexone is an oral medication that blocks the effects of drugs known as opioids (a class that includes morphine, heroin or codeine). It competes with these drugs for opioid receptors in the brain. It was originally used to treat dependence on opioid drugs but has recently been approved by the FDA in 1996 as a treatment for alcoholism. In clinical trials evaluating the effectiveness of naltrexone, patients who received naltrexone were twice as successful in remaining abstinent and in avoiding relapse as patients who received placebo-an inactive pill.

Naltrexone is an opioid antagonist which completely reversibly blocks subjective effects of intravenous opioids for 24 - 72 hours. The mechanism of action is unknown, though it is thought to reduce cravings. Naltrexone does not cause an Antabuse(disulfiram)-like reaction. Placebo-controlled trials have been shown to double abstention rates of alcohol.

Naltrexone is a non-addictive and safe medication which uses pharmacologic means to improve the likelihood of successful treatment for alcohol dependence. Acknowledging that alcohol dependence is really a medical disease with powerful physiological components points to an objective use of a medication to aid in the treatment of this disease. While this medication may not be for every patient suffering from alcohol dependence, it will aid the treatment program in offering yet another means to complement ongoing support and treatment.