Opiate Pain Med Treatment

The rising popularity of prescription pain medications has made opioid addiction an alarming epidemic. Although heroin has been the long-time favorite among opiate users due to its high potency, prescription medications like vicodan, oxycontin (known to users as “legal heroin”) and the recently developed opana are equally dangerous. What begins as legitimate pain management can quickly progress into full-blown opioid addiction.

As prescription dosages become insufficient, users often utilize alternate methods of consumption including smoking, snorting or intravenous injection, highly raising the risk of overdose or infectious diseases like Hepatitis C or HIV. Many will turn to illegal methods of obtaining stronger opioids like oxycontin and opana and may eventually graduate to more affordable and obtainable street drugs like heroin.

Balboa Horizons has extensive experience treating women suffering from opioid addiction. As many addicts tend to conceal, minimize or rationalize their addictions, we work to break down these barriers to recovery with a caring and holistic approach. We understand that addictions of this type involve a multitude of physical, emotional, legal, financial and social consequences. We are here to personally help clients process the devastation associated with their addictions so that healing can occur and lives may be rebuilt.

Alcoholism Treatment Program for Women at Balboa Horizons

Alcoholism Treatment Program for Women at Balboa Horizons

Alcoholism is a disease that has long been associated with men. Social expectations of women feed the misconception that females do not experience alcohol-related problems to the extent that men do. In reality, about one-third of all alcoholics are women and the disease actually develops quicker in females. However, many female alcoholics share the mentality that alcoholism is a male disease. This mentality brings on feelings of shame and denial about their illness, often barring them from admitting to their problem or seeking treatment.

Loved ones will often partake in the denial and avoid intervention for fear of insulting the female alcoholic or being too harsh. These are fears that are not a typically a concern when addressing male alcoholics. This stigma serves only to endanger the female alcoholic. As one writer noted, “more female alcoholics die in their living rooms than in the street.” The disease of alcoholism is equally severe among women and men. However, the circumstances of denial and recommended approaches to recovery vary greatly among genders. To understand more about how alcoholism affects women specifically, it is important to first understand the general nature of alcoholism.

Alcoholism is a disease that has no respect for gender, age, race, profession or social standing. Perhaps the most common misconception concerning alcoholism is that the disease involves an extreme lack of willpower. This is entirely false as willpower is of absolutely no use when dealing with alcoholism. When an alcoholic drinks alcohol in any amount, they experience a physiological reaction known as craving that drives them to drink more and more, despite extreme intoxication or negative consequences. www.balboahorizons.com

Merry Christmas & A Healthy New Year!

Christmas is a time of giving thanks and remembering our fellow human beings. We are grateful for all of the women who have had the courage to walk through the doors of Balboa Horizons and realize whole new ways of living. We wish all of them and you a wonderful safe Holiday Season! ----Balboa Horizons

California Addiction Treatment for Women | Drug Rehab for Women Only

California Addiction Treatment for Women Drug Rehab for Women Only: "Research indicates higher rates of drug abuse and alcohol addiction or the tendency to self-medicate in women who have experienced traumatic events. Balboa Horizons specializes in personalized approaches that promote deep healing from trauma, chemical dependency and co-occurring/ dual diagnosis disorders commonly associated or PTSD."

Alcohol Affects Women Differently than Men...

Every woman is different. No amount of drinking is 100 percent safe, 100 percent of the time, for every individual woman.
—National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

WOMEN AND INTOXICATION

Alcohol affects women differently than men due to their body makeup and chemistry:
• A woman’s body has more fat and less water than a man’s. When a woman drinks,
the alcohol is less diluted. It becomes more highly concentrated in her blood.2

HEALTH RISKS AMONG WOMEN WHO DRINK

Women who drink heavily face greater health risks than men who drink heavily. They are more prone to liver disease, heart damage, and brain damage. Studies show that women with alcoholism are up to twice as likely as men to die from alcohol-related causes such as suicide,accidents, and illnesses. Alcohol can cause other problems for women. Chronic heavy drinking can lead to menstrual problems, infertility, and early menopause. Drinking during adolescence can interfere with puberty, growth, and bone health.

Heavy drinking can make a woman more vulnerable to violence, including sexual assault.1 Women who drink are also more likely to have unprotected sex. Visit Balboa Horizons if you or a woman you know is suffering with alcohol abuse.

Affordable Compassionate Rehab for Women

Balboa Horizons is the only licensed addiction treatment center in Newport Beach, California. Located on Balboa Island, across the street from the beach, it is the perfect climate, location and treatment for the woman who wants to be restored and embrace healing.

With special emphasis treatment modalities for trauma, dual diagnosis, alcoholism and addiction treatment for women only.

Women Only Top Drug Alcohol Rehab | Licensed Newport Beach Treatment Center

Balboa Horizons Newport Beach, California offers affordable addiction treatment for women.

Balboa Horizons Professional Addiction Treatment Staff

Balboa Horizons Professional Addiction Treatment Staff: "Staff
The clinical staff at Balboa Horizons stands out as the single most vital resource of the Holistic Healing Program for Women. Our Professionals have been screened and selected for their background and success in the field of women's addiction, and recovery.

Balboa Horizon’s is pleased to present a highly trained and skilled staff that brings over 40 years of experience into the healing environment with compassion, professionalism and a dedication to the care needs that are specific to recovering woman. In addition, our staff has an understanding of the life-changing challenges and issue’s that women commonly face in recovery. Our staff provides care that is personal, individualized where necessary and addresses the physical, emotional, and behavioral issues that have lead many women to addiction.

The Balboa Horizons program is unlike any other in combining a gentle inspiring environment with extensive daily and weekly exposure to leading professionals in the field with a generous staff-to-client ratio."