January 2010 – Looking for clean, untainted information regarding alcohol and addictive drug treatments? Treatment-Centers.net is your answer.

• 23 million Americans are addicted to a drug (including alcohol).
• In 2008, 15.4% of 12th-graders reported using a prescription drug nonmedically.
• Addiction syndromes cost our country $400 billion a year.

Do these numbers shock you? Or perhaps you or a loved one might already be wrapped in a destructive relationship with drugs or alcohol. Finding out what your options are is a crucial first step, and Treatment-Centers.net is the first step of your most important journey.

If you or a loved one is addicted to heroin, and you can’t afford thousands of dollars a month for a private drug treatment program, the problem threatens to be overwhelming. Is your only option to get on a weeks- or months-long waiting list for a publicly funded program?

Those waiting lists are getting longer. Faced with an $11 billion budget deficit, one Midwestern state cut funding for drug treatment programs by over 20 percent on July 1. The average privately run, residential drug rehabilitation center costs $30,000 for a 90-day program, A few swanky, spa like places in California cost more than $40,000 a month. Those who can’t afford that - including middle-income families and people with limited health insurance coverage - end up waiting, or in some cases, doing nothing. Private Drug Treatments can cost more than a college education, but many believe it’s the best way to help someone struggling with a drug addiction. While many publicly funded drug treatment programs last 30 days, the next step of removing addicts out of their environments and giving them a minimum of 90 days to develop new routines, followed by 90 days in a halfway house is not addressed. To try to do it any quicker, or to let the addict return to the old environment and friends, usually spells disaster.

So, what to do? Information, untainted by bias, is priceless when battling a foe as tough as drug or alcohol addiction. Treatment-Centers.net is a true public resource. Regardless of your income level or situation with health insurance, we feel that drug addiction, alcoholism, and dual diagnosis resources and information should not be dispensed only to those with high income. We do not make our money off banner ads, so the wall between editorial and sales is quite thick. In short, we have no monetary incentive to sing the praises of a treatment center that might not deserve it. Through our system of reviews and peer judgment, our information is accurate, timely and relevant.

About Treatment Centers.net: Treatment Centers. Net is a comprehensive bias –free zone for those seeking help with drug and alcohol addiction, including finding a quality Drug Treatment Center whether for themselves or a loved one. We are also a source of assistance for those treatment centers who are looking for a merit-based way to increase their visibility in a crowded but crucial space. From Addiction Intervention to a bird’s eye view of addiction, Treatment Centers.net is your smart first step.

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