RULE #62!

Since drug and alcohol treatment facilities began near the beaches of Southern California, Newport Beach addiction treatment centers have worked creatively to incorporate Southern California beach activities into their treatment. Summer comes along in Southern California and millions of people flock to the beaches of Southern California to vacation, while others flock to Southern California for addiction treatment. There's no reason why the two different reasons for coming to Southern California have to be completed separate. At NTS we have tried to be as creative as possible in developing therapeutic activities that involve the local Southern California beach atmosphere. As summer roles around we at NTS begin to plan beach days and beach activities that encourage clients to take advantage of their sunny surroundings and enjoy Southern California and particularly Newport Beach, California. We plan beach barbecues and volleyball days. For the first time in NTS history we will be planning an entire staff/client beach day which will involved competitive team building exercises. After years of watching the success of the television show Survivor, we have decided to plan a day of competitive Survivor like activities to encourage fun, rapport, and to give the clients and staff a chance to practice Rule #62. If you don't know what Rule #62 is then look it up on Google. Addiction treatment does not have to be an entirely laborious experience. In fact, we believe that addiction treatment is just the beginning of a lifetime of fun without drugs and alcohol. One of our primary clinical objectives at NTS is to teach our clients how to have fun in sobriety. If clients cannot learn how to have fun in recovery then what's the point of getting sober... "We are not a glum lot."

Rule #62: Don't take yourself so *#!damn seriously.

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Substance abuse treatment and drug treatment are essentially the same things. People who have a substance abuse problem can also be said to have a substance abuse problem. The treatment for drug abuse and substance abuse is the same. A person can be addicted to a number of substances or drugs. Today, many people are addicted to prescription medication, or pills. Obtaining pills like xanex or vicodin has become as easy and profitable as obtaining illegal drugs such as methamphetamine and marijuana. Often substance abusers will combine pills with other drugs for a synergistic or additive affect. When someone is admitted to substance abuse treatment at National Therapeutic Services, we always check to see what kind of substances/drugs the person has been taking because many of the prescription medications like xanex and vicodin can be dangerous to detox from. It is never advisable to try and quit prescription medications or pills "cold turkey" or without a proper detoxification regiment. At National Therapeutic Services we send clients who have benzodiasapine substance abuse problems immediately to detox so they can be properly weened off of the pills.

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Orange County is one of the best places in the world to get sober and stay sober. I came to treatment in Orange County, California in 1997 to get sober and I have never left. This is a common occurrence for people who go to drug rehabs in Orange County, California because the drug rehab and recovery community in Orange County, California is one of the best in the world. 12 Step Recovery meetings in Orange County, California are a step above AA meetings in other parts of the country. For example, in AA meetings in Orange County, California people clap after someone shares in a meeting. They do no clap in meetings in other parts of the country, not even Los Angeles. There is also more long-term sobriety in Orange County, California AA and NA meetings. I came to Orange County, California to get sober and stayed in Orange County, California so I could remain sober. Orange County, California truly is the best place I have found to start a new life and recover from drugs and alcohol. If it weren't I wouldn't still be here. Sincerely, An Orange County Californian

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