Addiction Treatment

One of the most important parts of drug and alcohol treatment is structure. Once upon a time people used to be able to simply go to AA meetings or NA meetings, get a sponsor, and get sober from drugs and alcohol. In the beginning, treatment was seen as not entirely necessary by people in Alcoholics […]

URINALYSIS AND DRUG TESTING Drug testing is a major part of the treatment experience and is done to monitor a client’s sobriety and abstinence. At Northbound in Orange County, we also do it as a means to be compliant with legal obligations for clients that are here on probation and have alternative sentencing. Our test

Many drug and alcohol treatment facilities in Orange County do not take insurance for varying reasons.  In fact, many drug and alcohol treatment facilities in America do not take insurance.  Why?  Simply put, the amount of time and the amount of hoops a treatment facility’s personnel must jump through to get money from insurance companies is just

Denial can be a powerful force in alcoholism and drug addiction.  Often alcoholics and drug addicts feel they need to lie to others because they cannot face the truth about their situations themselves.  Alcoholics Anonymous says that it is important that a person be rigorously honest with themselves.  Alcoholics Anonymous also says that there are

Interventions for drug and alcohol problems are planned therapeutic interventions with trained interventionists. There are a few different methods that people use to do an intervention. Most of them are similar in the sense that they involve confronting the person on their drinking and drug using behavior. The most common method is the Johnson method.