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Clearbrook- A Pennsylvania Drug Treatment Center

It's never an easy thing to admit that you need help. We've all been raised to be self-sufficient and tough it out, and for too many people, this attitude carries over when they're trying to break the grip of a drug addiction or chemical dependency. The problem is that it's often this very attitude, the idea of self-medicating, that fosters and enables chemical dependency in the first place. Chemical dependency and addiction is not an easy problem to fight. It's not a character failure. It's an illness, and like any other illness, it requires the right treatment to get it under control. Whether you're fighting a battle with alcohol, prescription painkillers or another drug, Clearbrook Treatment Centers have the capacity to help you get sober and change your life for the better.

How Drug Rehab Helps You

Chemical dependency has many components, some of them physical, some environmental and some emotional. When you try to break a drug habit by simply not using, you're only attacking your problem from one angle, and it can be a dangerous angle to take. The professionals at Clearbrook understand the complex nature of addiction and dependency, and use a multi-pronged approach to helping you get clean and stay clean.

T.I.M.E. Heals Wounds

When we first got sober some of us may have instantly wanted the people in our lives to trust us. We expected them to automatically forgive us for all the things we’d done while using. Maybe we even thought to ourselves, “I deserve for them to trust me because now I’m sober and I’ve changed.”
We quickly realized that we didn’t deserve their trust. We were irresponsible for so long. We lied, we cheated, we stole. Why should they think that we’d act any differently right away?
Those around us were right to second-guess us. We had not built any sort of trust back up. We owed it to them to prove, through our actions that we were worthy of their trust. It wasn’t easy. We couldn’t put any expectations on the ones we love. They deserved time and proof that we turned our lives around. We had to be patient with them because the more we pushed for their forgiveness the more we acted like the person who used drugs and alcohol and manipulated them so many times. The only thing that allowed them to trust us is TIME. It wasn’t easy to say the least. But seeing growth and change is a process and only happens through doing the next right thing. Eventually we regained their trust.


In case you didn’t know:
A survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) indicates that on average 13. 2% of all people 16 or older drove under the influence of alcohol and 4.3% of this age group drove under the influence of illegal drugs in 2009. In an average year 30 million Americans drive drunk and 10 million drive impaired by illegal drugs

Daily Gratitude

I am grateful I am able to trust. Today I will put my trust in God's hands. I pray that I continue to trust God with all my problems.

How do we become selfless??

In the midst of our addiction we walked around with blinders on. We saw nothing else but what we wanted to see, ourselves. Our life seemed so much more important than anything else. What mattered the most to us was the drink or the drug. If anyone got in the way of that we either pushed them away or completely removed ourselves from them. Our happiness, our comfort and our “problems” always came first.
Even after getting sober we can still be selfish especially if we are not working a program. The only way to remove the selfishness that has been such a large part of our life is to go to meetings, work the steps and help others. Once we begin our journey of recovery and do all the things that make us selfless rather than selfish, we learn a very valuable lesson: the world and everyone in it is not contingent upon us; the world does not revolve around us.


Clearbrook's Quick Fact:

In 2009, there were 2.6 million people aged 12 or older who used non medical prescription drugs including pain relievers, tranquilizers, stimulants and sedatives for the first time within the past year which averages out to around 7,000 new users per day.

Clearbrook Treatment Centers-Prescription Drug Abuse Rehab

The abuse of prescription drugs in Pennsylvania is a growing problem. Most people take prescription drugs safely, although approximately 48 million people ages 12 and above (20% of the United States population) have used prescription drugs for non medical reasons.

There are three common categories of prescription drugs.

1. Opioids-often used to treat pain
2. Central Nervous System (CNS) Depressants-used to treat sleep disorders & anxiety.
3. Stimulants-used to treat narcolepsy and ADHD
These drugs are easily accessible considering people with legitimate needs are using them. There is a trend with adolescents appropriating the prescription drugs from their parents, other family members and friends. You can find them in almost any medicine cabinet. In addition to the increasing number of medicines being prescribed for health issues, some medications can be easily obtained from the Internet. Online pharmacies make it possible for abusers without the proper documentation to get a prescription (which is illegal).
It is also not uncommon for over-the-counter drugs to be absued. Cough suppressants, antihistamines and sleep aids are just an example of drugs easily accessible and easily abused.
The result of abusing prescription drugs and over-the-counter drugs are: confusion, sedation, coma, seizures, decreased respiration, respiratory depression, withdrawal and death.
If you or someone you know is using prescription drugs, please seek help. Clearbrook Treatment Centers is the leading drug rehab in Pennsylvania. We have been helping adults, adolescents and families reach sobriety/recovery. For more information on Clearbrook and the signs and symptoms of drug abuse, go to www.clearbrookinc.com

Source-nida.nih.org2001

Clearbrook Treatment Centers- Pennsylvania Drug Treatment Center

The Four Defense Mechanisms of the Chemically Dependent



When it comes to chemical dependency, some defense mechanisms that addicts use are rationalization, denial, minimization and projection. Most people who are chemically dependent don’t even realize that they use these behaviors as a defense. Most of the time it is an unconscious behavior.
With rationalization, the addict/alcoholic will make excuses. For example, “I drink because my job is very stressful.” It is true that a lot of people are in stressful situations but are not substance abusers. The addict/alcoholic doesn’t see it that way and in their mind it is a totally legitimate excuse/realization.
With denial, the addict/alcoholic completely ignores their reality. They believe their denial and deceive themselves and truly believe the lie they are telling themselves (the lie being that they have a problem). Through denial the addict/alcoholic completely avoids the truth of their addiction.
With minimization, it is a similar defense to realization where the addict/alcoholic reduces the effect their addiction has on people around them and/or reduces the quantity of what they are using. For example, I can say I had one drink when actually I had one drink that was the size of four drinks.
With projection, the addict/alcoholic will blame others for the way they are behaving. For example, “She upset me so I had to have a drink to relax myself.” Blame is a prevalent behavior used as a defense. It allows for the chemically dependent to not take responsibility for their actions.
Drug addiction and alcoholism is a real disease. Yet there is help for this problem. Drug rehab is the best way to start on the road of recovery. By working the 12-Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous, the defense mechanisms so easily and unconsciously used can be self-realized and removed.

Doweiko, Harold E. "Concepts of Chemical Dependency." 2009

Clearbrook Treatment Centers-Drug Treatment Center in Pennsylvania

Hello to all alumni and past patients. Happy new year to all of you. Thank you for continuing to support Clearbrook and our efforts to support the community with people who are suffering from alcohol abuse or any kind of substance abuse.

Our blog to start the new year is an effort to find out how you are doing. A drug treatment center or drug rehab, is always concerned with the progress of our former patients. We would like to hear your comments. You can always remain anonymous when you post a comment to our blog. All you have to do is click on the comment section below our blog and let us know.

Thank you for letting us be part of your life and the success that sobriety brings!!!!