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Dual diagnosis is the drug rehab term for an individual who has a substance abuse problem and a psychiatric condition such as depression, anxiety, anger, bi-polar or ADD/ADHD. The reason this is so important is simple.  Many people who are alcoholics and or drug addicts are using these substances to self soothe and self medicate themselves. [...]

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Non 12 step drug rehab should really be about choices. When someone goes to rehab, it is because they are a drug addict, an alcoholic, or both. And when someone is in that condition, they need to be offered options based on their history and personal beliefs. Most drug treatment centers are completely lopsided towards [...]

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Truth is, the best non 12 step drug alcohol rehab centers are just as rare as anything else outstanding. The reason non 12 step programs are better than their 12 step based counterparts is choices. That’s right, when someone goes to a 12 step, AA based drug alcohol treatment center, they have no choice. They [...]

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Malibu rehabs know how to treat addiction and alcoholism. Drug treatment centers in Malibu California understand successful rehabilitation is a matter of getting the person to see and then change their behavior which is destroying their lives and the lives of their loved ones.  Going to treatment in Malibu seems like going away for vacation. [...]

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Non 12 step rehabs understand, they get it. The 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous is a great program, if it works for you. The ugly truth is it doesn’t work for the majority of people who try it.  The problem with most drug rehabs who are married to the 12 steps of AA is the [...]

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Non 12 step rehab programs seem to understand that people deserve to have alternatives. As much success as the 12 steps have been, they do not work for everyone. As a matter of fact, most people who have tried AA or some other 12 step program, were not successful. Think about that, the 12 step [...]

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Non 12 step rehabs are becoming the best way to get the most out of drug treatment. Nothing lasts forever, not even the 12 step model of  treatment based on the wonderful program known as Alcoholics Anonymous.  For half a century, every drug alcohol treatment center in the universe based their whole recovery program on [...]

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