Hi! My name is Michael C and I am an Alcoholic! I was admitted into treatment at lakeview on May 1, 2006. I was discharged on June 6, 2006. For my friends out there who attended treatment with me, I was the long haired guy everyone referred to as “Rock Star”! [...]

Recently a topic of conversation centered on whether there is a difference between a drug rehab and an addiction treatment center. As surprised as people were at the question, it made all of us realize those individuals without knowledge of the addiction treatment business or who have not been in addiction treatment themselves, might be [...]

A core concept evolving over the past decade is that drug addiction is a disease of the brain that develops over time as a result of abusing drugs and alcohol.

Throughout the United States there are many different philosophies that are embraced by addiction treatment programs to treat the addict and alcoholic Some addiction treatment providers believe that addicts and alcoholics are genetically predisposed others bio-chemically, in either case, this is a controversy that has been debated for years within the scientific, medical and chemical [...]