Private Agency
Orlando Recovery Center Drug and Alcohol Rehab (407-680-1226)
The drug and alcohol rehab center contain quality care and health recovery programs tailored to those suffering from substance abuse addictions. The program caters to patients of all ages, genders, and races. It has dedicated certified specialists working in a supportive environment to help the patients break the addiction cycle from detox to sobriety.
Government Agency
Orlando VA Healthcare System/Medical Center – Department of Veterans Affairs (407-631-1000)
Although the Department of Veterans Affairs manages the Orlando VA Healthcare System/Medical Center, it offers services to other types of patients suffering from substance abuse and mental disorders. The center provides counseling, information, and therapy sessions for recovering addicts to conquer their ailments and attain full health.
Website/Internet
Drug Rehabs is an online non-profit making social betterment facility offering online and phone call helpline services to patients suffering from substance abuse and mental disorders. The online treatment center offers 24 hours of services throughout the year by providing patients with specialists/licensed treatment referrals and information services.
Book
Grace, A. (2015). This naked mind: Control alcohol, find freedom, discover happiness & change your life. Penguin.
The book provides the readers struggling with addiction with vital information to answer the questions about alcohol dependency. It focuses on giving a technical analysis of alcohol’s role in the community and how its dependency/misuse looks.
Magazine
Drug Addiction Now. (n.d.). About us.
Drug Addiction Now is an online news magazine committed to providing accurate resourceful up-to-the-minute, in-depth developing trends on substance abuse (addictions, addiction treatment, and recovery). Drug Addiction Now aims to provide the readers with a reliable, relevant, and well-researched plethora of data about drug addiction.
School Program
University of Central Florida (UCF) Student Health Services (407-823-2701)
In 2018, the student health service at UCF started hosting several programs such as Narcotics Anonymous (NA) and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) to provide students with services among other clients within the school facilities. Although the programs are student-centered, they offer rehabilitation healthcare facilities to other clients struggling with various addiction forms.
Journal Article
Ford, J. A., Pomykacz, C., Szalewski, A., McCabe, S. E., & Schepis, T. S. (2020). Friends and relatives as sources of prescription opioids for misuse among young adults: The significance of physician source and race/ethnic differences. Substance Abuse, 41(1), 93-100.
The article provides insights into the sources of drugs, such as opioids gaining popularity among the various types of emerging addicts in the Orlando community. The article offers resourceful data to the relevant users such as doctors, families, and friends by revealing where the addicts acquire the opioids they are abusing.
Contacts for Specialized Therapy
Everyone’s Counseling Center, (813) 437-4603. 1600 East Robinson Street, Suite 250, Orlando, FL 32803
Intake Procedure: Call for an appointment. All current sessions are held through a secure online platform due to COVID-19. Anna Draper is a therapist that specializes in substance use issues and has six years of practice, offering a compassionate and welcoming approach and individual and group therapy.
Phone Application
Pear reSET is a mobile medical application aiming to help people treat addiction and substance use disorders. It is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The application is free; however, a prescription from a clinician is required to access the 12-week program.
TED talk
Botticelli, M. (2016). Addiction is a disease. We should treat it like one [Video]. TED.
Michael Botticelli (2016) is a drug policy expert who supports an evidence-based approach to the treatment and recovery support for addicts. In his talk, he reveals the stigma around substance use disorders and highlights how crucial giving and getting care is. Botticelli encourages Americans to treat people with addictions compassionately and fairly.
References
Anna Draper. (n.d.).
Botticelli, M. (2016). Addiction is a disease. We should treat it like one [Video]. TED.
Drug Addiction Now. (n.d.). About us.
Drug Rehabs. (n.d.). Getting help for drug addiction and alcoholism.
Ford, J. A., Pomykacz, C., Szalewski, A., McCabe, S. E., & Schepis, T. S. (2020). Friends and relatives as sources of prescription opioids for misuse among young adults: The significance of physician source and race/ethnic differences. Substance Abuse, 41(1), 93–100.
Grace, A. (2015). This naked mind: Control alcohol, find freedom, discover happiness & change your life. Penguin.
Orlando Recovery Center. (2020). Drug detox and inpatient rehab in Orlando.
Orlando VA Healthcare System. (n.d.).
Pear Therapeutics, Inc. (2020). Pear reset (version 1.6.1) [Mobile application software].
University of Central Florida. (n.d.). Student health services.