Take this 20 question test to help you decide whether or not you have an addiction problem.

Answer YES or NO to the following questions.

1. Do you lose time from work due to drinking or drugs ?
YES __ NO __

2. Is drinking or drugs making your home life unhappy?
YES __ NO __

3. Do you drink or use drugs because you are shy with other people?
YES __ NO __

4. Is your drinking or drugs affecting your reputation?
YES __ NO __

5. Have you ever felt guilt or remorse after drinking or using drugs?
YES __ NO __

6. Have you ever got into financial difficulties as a result of drinking or drug use?
YES __ NO __

7. Do you turn to lower companions and an inferior environment when drinking or using drugs?
YES __ NO __

8. Does your drinking or using drugs make you careless of your family’s welfare?
YES __ NO __

9. Has your ambition decreased since drinking or using drugs?
YES __ NO __

10. Do you crave a drinking or doing drugs at a definite time?
YES __ NO __

11. Do you want drink or do drugs the next morning?
YES __ NO __

12. Does drinking or using drugs cause you to have difficulty in sleeping?
YES __ NO __

13. Has your efficiency decreased since drinking or using drugs?
YES __ NO __

14. Is drinking or using drugs jeopardizing your job or business?
YES __ NO __

15. Do you drinking or use drugs to escape from worries or trouble?
YES __ NO __

16. Do you drinking or use alone?
YES __ NO __

17. Have you ever had a complete loss of memory as a result of drinking or using drugs?
YES __ NO __

18. Has your physician ever treated you for drinking or using drugs?
YES __ NO __

19. Do you drinking or use drugs to build up your self-confidence?
YES __ NO __

20. Have you ever been to a hospital or institution because of drinking or using drugs?
YES __ NO __

What’s your score?

If you have answered YES to any one of the questions, there is a definite warning that you MAY  be an alcoholic or a drug addict.

If you have answered YES to any two, the chances are that you ARE  an alcoholic or drug addict.

If you answered YES to three or more, you are definitely an alcoholic and/or a drug addict.

                                                                     

Recovery Network

 

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Bellevue, WA 98007

 

CLIENT INTAKE FORM

Date of first appointment:

 

Please take your time in providing the following information. The questions are designed to help me begin to understand you so that time together can be as productive as possible. All information provided is confidential.

Referred by:                                                     _____                                         

Medical Provider:                                                                                              

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Friend/Family:                                                                                                       Other:           

Have you previously received any type of mental health services?

Yes No

If yes, which of the following: Psychotherapy Medication

Outpatient Hospitalizations Inpatient Hospitalization

If yes, please provide:

Name of provider or facility:                                                                                                                                                                          

Location:                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Dates of treatment:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Reason for treatment:                                                                                                                                                                                     

Briefly, what brings you in today

When did your problem first start? Within the last: 30 days

6–12 months

2 years

During adolescence During childhood

What areas of your life have been affected because of this problem?

Are you currently experiencing overwhelming sadness, grief or depression?

Yes No

If yes, for approximately how long?                                                                           

Are you currently experiencing anxiety, panic attacks or have any phobias?

Yes No

If yes, when did you begin experiencing this?                                                                              

Please describe any major losses or traumas you have experienced:

What significant life changes or stressful events have you experienced recently?

What would you like to accomplish out of your time in therapy

Family History 

Where were you born?                                                                                                                      

Where did you grow up?                                                                                                                 

City                                                              ________________

Suburbs / Country

Please list your parents and siblings. Please use additional space on the back if needed

Name	Age	Relationship	Where do they live now?	If deceased, age and cause of death

Who did you live with while growing up?                                                                                                                         

Mother’s occupation:                                                                                                                     

Father’s occupation?                                                                                                                      

In the section below identify if there is a family history of any of the following. If yes, please indicate the family member’s relationship to you in the space provided (father, grandmother, uncle, etc.).

Condition	Please circle	List Family Member
Alcohol/Substance Abuse	yes/no
Anxiety	yes/no
Depression	yes/no
Domestic Violence	yes/no
Sexual Abuse	yes/no
Eating Disorders	yes/no
Obesity	yes/no
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder	yes/no
Schizophrenia	yes/no
Suicide Attempts	yes/no
Other diagnosed mental health condition?	yes/no : which was—

Marital Status:

Never Married Domestic Partner Married Separated

Divorced — For how long?

Widowed: Please provide your partners name and year deceased:

If married, how long have you been married for and what is your partners name:

On a scale of 1-10 (best), how would you rate your relationship?                                                                                  

Are you currently in a romantic relationship?

Yes — How long?                                                                           No

On a scale of 1-10 (best), how would you rate your relationship?                                                                                  

Please list any children, their names, and ages:

Name	Age	Relationship	Name of other parent	If deceased, age and cause of death

Physical Health 

Please list any medications, herbs, or supplements. Be sure to include the condition, as some medications are prescribed for o□-label use. Continue on the back if needed, or provide a separate list. If you have a complicated medical profile, please supply supporting documentation to be able to facilitate a comprehensive understanding of your health.

Medication/Supplement	Dosage	Condition	Date Began/Stopped

Prescribing provider and contact information:

Name:                                                                                                                                                                                 

Specialty:                                                                                                                                                                                  

Facility:                                                                                                                                                                                 

Phone, email, or Fax:                                                                                                                                                                                     

How would you rate your current physical health?

Poor Unsatisfactory Satisfactory Good

Very Good

Please list any specific health problems you are currently experiencing:

How would you rate your current sleeping habits?

Poor Unsatisfactory Satisfactory Good

Very Good

If you are having problems, in which phase of sleep are you experiencing issues?

Falling asleep Staying asleep Awakening early Sleep apnea

Please list any other specific sleep problems you are currently experiencing:

How many times per week do you generally exercise?                                                What types of exercise do you participate in:

Are you currently experiencing any chronic pain?

No Yes

If yes, please describe:

Please describe current use of alcohol, cigarettes, and/or recreational drugs:

Please describe previous use of alcohol, cigarettes, and/or recreational drugs:

Additional Information

 

 

What do you enjoy about your work (full-time homemaker included)? If retired, what did you enjoy about your work?

What do you find particularly stressful about your current or previous work?

What do you enjoy doing in your free time? What do you do to relax?

Do you consider yourself to be spiritual or religious? If yes, please describe your faith or belief:

What do you consider to be some of your strengths?

What do you consider to be some of your weakness?

Inpatient treatment, typically referred to as residential treatment, is when a client lives on-site 24 hours a day and receives clinical treatment throughout the day. Most programs last from 30-60 days depending on the person. Outpatient treatment is when a client lives at home or in a sober living environment and attends treatment a few days a week on an outpatient basis.

How Intervention Works

A professional intervention is not a one-size-fits-all process, and there are many variables that make each family dynamic different. However, there are some overall elements that remain consistent in each intervention, including the following.

I . Preparation

An intervention requires meticulous planning with professional guidance from an intervention specialist who will bring their experience and knowledge of best practices, as well as objectivity, to the process. Our role typically involves helping you decide on a time and place for this meeting, as well as preparing you for what to say and how to say it. The intervention should take place in a controlled environment, specifically selected to put the addicted person in a position in which they will be most receptive to listen.

In a structured intervention, specific elements must be present, the most essential of which is a group of two or more caring, concerned people who are willing to confront their loved one about their behavior in a non-judgmental and compassionate way. These people must be well-rehearsed in their role in the intervention, prepared for intense emotional moments during the session, and willing to take the necessary risks to help someone they care about. A proper intervention is a carefully orchestrated and controlled event that leaves virtually nothing to chance.

II. Assemble Your Intervention Group

III. Rehearsal and Education

Having decided who will participate in the intervention group, an intervention specialist will educate participating members in mental health,  substance misuse and addiction recovery. This foundational knowledge provides the background necessary for the intervention party to use to convince someone they need help. Thorough preparation is key to success.

Someone struggling with substance misuse or co-occurring disorders is blind to how their actions affect others, because of how addiction and mental health disorders fundamentally rewire the brain. Friends and family can help lead to an epiphany by describing, in their own words, how the person’s behaviors have harmed them or created problems in their lives. Before the intervention, participants should write out and practice what they plan to say so they can be confident about speaking up when the time comes.

The loved ones and the intervention facilitator get together as a group to proceed with the intervention. The goal of this session is to confront the addicted or mentally unwell person with the facts of their illness, with the objective of helping them agree to seek professional treatment.

IV. Intervention Session

Professional interventionists who are members of the Recovery Network have the experience to ensure a smoother and more successful intervention session. By guiding the meeting through the process in a way that leaves tension out of the equation, intervention professionals can help friends and family achieve the desired outcome for the person who needs help making a fresh start. Call 206-353-8771 or email us at info@recoverynetworkinc.com to ask how to organize an intervention for someone in your life with substance abuse or other mental health disorders.

Recovery Network works with most major insurance providers who cover out-of-network benefits. Typically PPO, POS or EPO plans that will cover almost all of the costs associated with treatment. In addition to accepting private insurance, we offer affordable self-pay rates.

Typically, detox can last anywhere from 7-10 days, sometimes less and sometimes more, depending on the user’s history with substances. Recovery Network uses hospitals as well as select rehabilitation center that utilize the latest advancements and medications to ensure a safe and comfortable detox process.

Depending on the state or country where you live in the answer could be yes or no. While some states or countries have laws that can mandate a person to treatment, studies show when the person enters treatment on their own accord their chances of success increase.

Once you become a part of our community you are with us for life. Recovery Network’s Community is here for our clients long after they leave our program. Before you leave, we will ensure you have an aftercare plan that works for your needs.

Substance Abuse Treatment Programs

 

At Recovery Network, we help find our clients treatments for a wide range of addictions, and we tailor all treatment program recommendations to the individual’s unique needs.

 

Alcohol Addiction Treatment

Alcohol is the drug most widely used and one of the substances that cause the most addiction, disease, and violence. It is highly addictive, and quitting is extremely difficult once a person becomes addicted to alcohol.

You’re here because you are physically or mentally addicted to alcohol. You have a strong need, or craving, to drink. You feel like you must drink just to get by. Signs that you’re battling alcohol addiction may include:

1. You cannot quit drinking or control how much you are drinking.
2. If you go too long between drinking, you experience cravings.
3. You have withdrawal symptoms when you stop drinking. Symptoms like being sick to your stomach, sweating, shakiness, and anxiety are a part of alcohol withdrawal.
4. Your day is spent finding ways to buy more alcohol. You have given up your regular life activities to pursue alcohol.
5. You continue to drink even though it causes physical and emotional problems for you.

Alcoholism is a disease. It’s not a weakness or a lack of willpower. Like most other diseases, it has a course that can be predicted, has known symptoms, and is affected by your genes and your life situation. With the help of our alcohol addiction treatment referral program, it is possible to heal and thrive in recovery.

 

Treatment for Illegal Drug Addiction

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more Americans die every day from drug overdoses than from car accidents, with an average of 110 people per day. Illegal drugs remain high on the list for users because they are highly addictive, easy to find, and cheap. Heroin is the most widely used illegal drug, and its addictive properties are strong. People who use heroin may quickly go from using it to get high to use it to live. Quitting heroin without going through a drug treatment program is extremely difficult, if not impossible.

 

Treatment for Mental Health Disorders

Many times a person is struggling with a mental disorder such as anxiety, post-traumatic stress syndrome, depression, or obsessive-compulsive disorder. Instead of getting proper treatment for these disorders, people may self-medicate, using drugs and alcohol to relieve the symptoms temporarily.

Mental illness is not cured by self-medicating. It will likely get worse. Signs that you’re self-medicating to ease the pain of a mental illness may include:

1. You’re just back from a military tour abroad, and you can’t get the images of war out of your dreams unless you drink or use drugs.
2. You’ve been in a terrible car accident, and now you can’t drive your car without at least one Xanax to calm your nerves.
3. You’re always sad and in emotional pain unless you’re using drugs or alcohol.
4. The idea of going through the day without at least one dose of Vicodin causes you great stress and anxiety.

Your treatment plan should include an assessment by a clinician who specializes in co-occurring disorders. Co-occurring disorder treatment addresses addiction and mental illness that are happening simultaneously. Clients with co-occurring disorders have great success when assessed and diagnosed by a specialist in this area.

 

Medical Assessments And Treatment

Your custom rehab treatment will most likely be composed of three specific elements: a medical component, a mental health component, and a spiritual component.

Drugs and alcohol respond differently in different metabolisms. Medical professionals perform the necessary tests, clinical assessments, and services to provide you with a treatment solution to help you heal physically.

Medical detox can be the first step for many who come to us for treatment. This process is closely monitored by doctors in a safe environment. Some patients who come to us also need medication to either continue removing the addictive property from the system or treat mental illnesses like depression, PTSD, or obsessive-compulsive disorders.

Doctors and nurses staff our medical program. These experts know how to manage patients struggling with addiction and are an integral part of our overall substance abuse treatment program.

 

Mental Health Management

Addiction treatment campuses have licensed professional counselors on staff. These experts have the training necessary to address common mental health disorders like anxiety or depression, which often cause or co-occur with drug and alcohol addiction.

In addition to that, our clients learn important mental health balance techniques like meditation and mindfulness. There is also a focus on having fun again, handling life stressors without drugs or alcohol, and anger management. The skills they learn are invaluable and are partially why our clients stay sober when they leave our treatment program.

 

Spirituality Education

Believing and relying on spirituality for forgiveness and love can release clients from their burden and give them back the life they deserve to live. One spirituality-based drug rehab facility has an 85% success rate, a number that is unheard of in addiction treatment.

This life lesson fosters within them an emotional healing and strong sense of security that they will carry with them for life. Spirituality is one of the strongest components of treatment plans and is the reason that 12-step programs are so so successful.

What Is Alcohol Use Disorder?

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a medical diagnosis for problem drinking that becomes severe. AUD is a chronic relapse brain disease characterized by compulsive alcohol use, loss of control over how much alcohol is consumed, and a negative emotional state when alcohol isn’t available. AUD can be mild, moderate, or severe.

Alcohol is a legal drug that people use as a way to relax, socialize, and celebrate for as long as it’s been around. For those with an alcohol use disorder, drinking may cause legal trouble, health problems, anxiety, depression, or broken relationships.

Sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference between alcohol use and social drinking. Alcohol affects each person differently. Even though the act of drinking alcohol plays a major part in AUD, there are also environmental, biological, and developmental factors to consider with AUD.

As many as 16 million people in the United States may battle with an AUD. However, not everyone who drinks alcohol will become addicted to it or even abuse it. Those who practice binge drinking may never build up a tolerance or crave alcohol, but they will be at a greater risk of developing alcohol dependence.

Alcoholism Defined

With alcohol use, an individual isn’t dependent on alcohol, yet it still causes serious problems with their health, home life, career, or schoolwork. Types of alcohol use include binge drinking and heavy alcohol use.

Binge drinking is five drinks for men, and four drinks for women, in a matter of two hours. Heavy alcohol use is defined as binge drinking on at least five days in the past month. Moderate drinking is one drink per day for women and up to two drinks per day for men. Alcohol use impacts each individual differently and varies greatly based on their:

Age

Weight

Height

Gender

Amount Consumed

Length of Time Drinking

Over time, the calming, euphoric effect of alcohol may become more than a social pastime. Many people use alcohol to cope with stress, trauma, grief, social anxiety, mental illness, and even loneliness. When alcohol use turns into a habit, it can quickly become an addiction or dependence.

Short-Term Effects of Use

The short-term effects of alcohol use are the symptoms that may occur regularly. The more alcohol a person drinks, the more severe the short-term effects they will experience. A low dose of alcohol may cause a relaxing effect. However, a medium dose may cause slurred speech, and a high dose of alcohol may produce breathing difficulties. Other short-term effects of alcohol use may include:

Lowered inhibitions

Reduced coordination

Slurred speech

Altered emotions

Vomiting

Passing out

Alcohol poisoning

Long-Term Health Risks of Use

On any single occasion or over time, alcohol can take a toll on your health. Too much alcohol for any person can damage their organs. Long-term alcohol use may damage the following organs:

Brain — Alcohol interferes with the brain’s communication pathways and can affect the physical appearance of the brain and how it functions.

Heart — Too much alcohol can lead to cardiomyopathy, arrhythmia, stroke, and high blood pressure.

Liver — Heavy drinking can lead to fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis, fibrosis, and cirrhosis.

Pancreas — Alcohol causes the pancreas to produce toxic substances that lead to pancreatitis. Too much alcohol can also decrease the ability of the pancreas to produce insulin, which results in diabetes.

Too much alcohol can also break down a person’s immune system, making the body an easier target for disease and vitamin deficiencies. Chronic drinkers are more likely to develop a thiamine deficiency, which means their body isn’t getting enough vitamin B-1. Vitamin deficiencies from alcohol use can make a person feel weak, less coordinated, and even lose muscle.

Long-term effects of alcohol may increase the risk of developing cancers of the mouth, esophagus, throat, liver, and breast. An estimated 40,000 newborns each year are affected by fetal alcohol syndrome, which can be damaging in several different ways, often into adulthood.

Signs of Alcoholism

The signs of alcohol use can be blatant or subtle. Many people who use alcohol find that they consume more than they intended when they drink. Alcohol use may cause problems with work or family. However, alcohol use is not the same as alcohol addiction.

Alcohol addiction is characterized by an individual’s inability to moderate or quit, even if it causes serious distress. A person suffering from an alcohol addiction or alcohol use disorder may lose interest in things they were once passionate about and engage in risky behaviors that increase the chance of getting hurt.

Long-Term Health Risks of Use

A high-functioning alcoholic is a person who, on the surface, does not have an alcohol problem. They may brag about how much they drank the night before or even have a faint smell of liquor on their breath, on any given day of the week.

A person struggling with any kind of alcohol addiction is battling the same dependence, the same powerlessness, and needs the same support. Without some form of treatment, alcoholism, due to the disease’s progressive nature, keeps getting worse over time.

Many people who practice daily drinking eventually become dependent on alcohol. The safest way to drink alcohol is to do so in moderation—which is seven or fewer drinks per week for women and 14 or fewer per week for men.

Dangers of the AUD

A person suffering from alcohol addiction may reach a point in their drinking when they feel that they can’t function without alcohol. Recurrent alcohol use can change how the brain works, causing it to stop producing necessary chemicals that it instead receives from alcohol. The dangers of alcohol addiction are widespread. Many people with alcohol addiction drink until they pass out. The danger is that the alcohol in the stomach and intestine continues to enter the bloodstream and circulate through the body, raising a person’s blood alcohol content (BAC) long after sleep.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), alcohol kills 88,000 people each year in the United States, and two and a half million years of potential life are lost to alcohol.

Withdrawal Symptoms

A person who develops alcohol dependence may experience several different physical and mental withdrawal symptoms when they stop drinking. Alcohol withdrawal symptoms may occur as early as eight hours after an individual’s last drink and may continue for several weeks.

It’s common for alcohol withdrawal symptoms to peak between 24 and 72 hours, but the severity of symptoms may vary from person to person and depend widely on how much they drink.

Alcohol withdrawal symptoms may include:

Mental health symptoms such as anxiety or depression

Restlessness and irritability

Increased heart rate

Headache

Insomnia and nightmares

Loss of appetite

Disorientation or hallucination

Delirium tremens (DT) occur most often in people who have a history of heavy alcohol use. Delirium tremens is especially common in people who drink four to five pints of wine, seven to eight pints of beer, or one pint of hard alcohol (liquor) every day for several months. Delirium tremens commonly affect people who have regularly used alcohol for more than ten years.

Medically-Supervised Alcohol Detoxification Centers

Many alcohol addiction treatment programs begin with medically-assisted detoxification, especially for patients suffering from physical alcohol dependence. Medical detox helps patients safely manage withdrawal symptoms, remove unwanted chemicals from their bodies, and overcome the physical addiction to alcohol.

Receiving professional guidance and help with detoxification is the safest way to manage withdrawal symptoms. In many cases, medical detox is necessary to get fluid, vitamin, and nutrition levels back to normal before receiving behavioral treatment.

Because alcohol addiction is a physical, mental, and spiritual illness, medically-assisted detoxification is only one part of a comprehensive treatment plan and should be followed with behavioral treatment.

What Is Cocaine?

 

Cocaine is a stimulant made from the leaves of the coca plant. Street names for cocaine include basa, base, blow, coke, crack, and toot. It is a potent stimulant that makes the signals between the brain and body move faster. This results in an increased sense of alertness and physical activity. Cocaine causes the brain to be flooded with a rapid release of dopamine, a hormone involved in mood and thinking processes.

The powdered form of cocaine is either inhaled through the nose (snorted), where it is absorbed through the nasal tissue, or dissolved in water and injected into the bloodstream.

Pure cocaine is extracted from the leaf of the Erythroxylon coca bush found mostly in South America. Historically, chewing the coca leaf was the primary mode of cocaine ingestion. In the 1880s, the drug was isolated and used in eye, nose, and throat surgeries as an anesthetic to constrict blood vessels and limit bleeding. Coca leaves have also been used in teas and were incorporated in beverages such as Coca-Cola®.

Signs and Symptoms of Cocaine Use

Always be on the lookout for the general signs of drug addiction like job loss, excuses to borrow money, stories about whereabouts not adding up, and aggressive responses to confrontation.

The immediate and intense cocaine high lasts about 15 to 30 minutes if the drug is snorted. If cocaine is smoked, the high can last approximately five to 10 minutes. No matter the method of use, the residual effects can last for one to two hours.

• Short-term effects of cocaine may include:
• Dilated pupils
• Increased temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure
• Increased energy and alertness (hyperstimulation)
• Euphoria
• Decreased appetite
• Restlessness and insomnia
• Irritability, anxiety, and paranoia

Increased possibility of risky behaviors that may lead to sexually transmitted diseases (HIV and hepatitis by sharing needles)

Other effects of cocaine use can lead to loss of sense of smell, nosebleeds, problems with swallowing, hoarseness, and an overall irritation of the nasal septum, resulting in a chronically inflamed, runny nose.

Ingested cocaine can cause severe bowel gangrene due to reduced blood flow. Persons who inject cocaine have puncture marks called tracks, most commonly on their forearms. They may also experience allergic reactions either to the drug or to some additive in street cocaine, which in severe cases can result in death.

Many chronic cocaine users lose their appetite and experience significant weight loss and malnourishment.

What Are Cocaine Withdrawal Symptoms?

If someone tries to stop using cocaine after a tolerance has developed, they will experience withdrawal symptoms. As the body attempts to adapt to functioning without its usual substance, chemical imbalances can result, causing common withdrawal symptoms. Cocaine withdrawal symptoms can include:

• Strong cravings for cocaine
• Mood swings that can make an individual feel depressed, agitated, or anxious
• Inability to concentrate
• Physical reactions such as headaches, aches, pains, increased appetite, not sleeping well
• Irritability
• Fatigue
• Depression
• Difficulty concentrating
• Frustration

Paraphernalia can also be an indication that someone is abusing or addicted to cocaine. Objects like needles for injection, rolled-up pieces of paper for snorting, or powdered covered, flat surfaces may indicate a problem with cocaine.

Cocaine and Polydrug Use

It is also more likely for people to engage in polydrug use while simultaneously using cocaine. Polydrug use refers to any instance in which multiple substances are mixed to achieve a certain effect. Many drug combinations can be hazardous and can result in a fatal overdose.

Mixing substances can severely increase the risk of adverse side effects, including health complications, not just the increased risk of fatal overdose.

Recovery at Cocaine Addiction Treatment Centers

Treatment for cocaine addiction begins with detoxing from the drug. The cocaine detox process can last between one to three weeks and can be very difficult for individuals to overcome on their own. There are currently no Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved medications to treat cocaine addiction. However, many behavioral treatments, like contingency management, have been used to treat cocaine addiction with great success.

After completing detox, individuals often enter inpatient treatment programs. There, they learn about addiction. Cocaine addiction treatment program also considers the wide range of social, familial, and other environmental factors that lead to cocaine addiction. Inpatient treatment programs can cover subjects from a family’s role in addiction and recovery to healthy stress management, to cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), and more. To learn more about cocaine use, addiction, and treatment options, contact us today.

What Are Opioids?

What’s the difference between opioids and opiates? The term opioids used to include only synthetic opioids but now refers to the entire family of opioids and opiates. Opiates are non-synthetic opiate drugs. The use of prescription opioids in America has become rampant. The NIDA reports that opioid prescriptions are one of the top three most used prescription drug classes.

Prescription opioids produce feelings of calm, euphoria, and relief from pain by way of changing your perception of pain and your pleasure response. Essentially, opioids produce an immediate, euphoric feeling that distracts you from the pain and changes how your body and brain respond to it. Many people may not realize how dangerous it can be to use prescription opioids. We tend to associate drugs given to us by a doctor as safe and free from harm. Even when taken as directed, addiction can result from opioid prescriptions. Opioids change your brain’s communication pathways, so taking them can quickly cause cravings and dependence.

In addition, when you change the administration of drugs, such as crushing and snorting the extended-release pills to get faster effects, you put yourself at heightened risk.

What Are the Effects of Opioids?

The effects of prescription opioids include:

• Constipation
• Muscle and bone pain
• Drifting between consciousness and semi-consciousness
• Flushed skin
• A weighted feeling in the hands and feet
• Diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting

Opioid addiction can result in uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms, and addiction may seem like endless cycles from which it’s impossible to escape. Yet treatment is available: medication can help ease withdrawal and manage symptoms. Then, inpatient rehab centers, certified medical staff, and evidence-based therapy can all contribute to assisting people to not only overcome addiction but manage it long-term.

Commonly Used Opioids In The U.S.

The number of opioids prescribed in the United States has heavily grown in the past few decades. Millions of people struggle with opioid addiction. With increased prescriptions, increased numbers of use, addiction, and overdose. The following are some of the most commonly used prescription opioids in the United States.

Heroin

Heroin was responsible for 591,000 substance use disorders in 2015. It is cheap and easy to obtain, so it’s the drug many opioid-addicted people turn to when the prescriptions run out. In addition, the majority of people new to heroin use first used prescription pain relievers.

Morphine

Doctors typically prescribe this medication for more severe pain. It is available in oral (pill) form or by injection. Signs of use include:

• Nausea
• Chills
• Restlessness
• Inability to stop taking the drug

Oxycodone

According to the U.S. National Library Of Medicine, the use of Oxycodone can cause serious breathing problems. Use of it, such as changing the administration of the drug, enhances these side effects. It is available as an oral solution or extended-release tablets. The extended-release tablets tend to be used by crushing and snorting them, and this can force faster effects, increasing the risk of overdose.

Hydrocodone

Doctors can prescribe hydrocodone to people who will need long-term, severe pain relief. It has a high potential for use, and physicians try not to prescribe this medication to those with any alcohol history due to the risk of abusing the two together. It is available as an extended-release capsule or tablet, the use of which involves crushing and snorting or dissolving in water and injecting.

Codeine

This medication is often prescribed to treat mild to severe pain and to help relieve severe coughing. For coughing, it works by decreasing the activity in the brain that causes coughing. It comes in tablet, capsule, and solution forms. However, the use of codeine can result in serious breathing problems and other side effects, especially when abused with other drugs such as alcohol.

Fentanyl

Fentanyl should not be used to treat pain other than chronic cancer pain. However, despite being prescribed only for people who suffer round-the-clock pain, it can still become addicting. Typical symptoms of use include lethargy, euphoria, and drowsiness.

Buprenorphine

Buprenorphine is a medication physician at addiction treatment centers prescribe to treat opioid addiction. Despite being only a partial agonist opioid and used to help manage withdrawal symptoms, the drug is still a target of abuse. However, properly administered and monitored can help addicted individuals safely taper off opioid use.

Hydromorphone

Hydromorphone is used in the treatment of pain. This extended-release medication is typically used for people who will experience long-term, daily pain. It can cause serious breathing problems, especially when forcing a faster effect of the extended-release form of the drug. It is also extremely potent, so many doctors advise patients not to let the drug touch any part of their skin or clothes.

Methadone

Methadone is also used in the treatment of opioid dependence symptoms but may still cause addiction. Abuse of it is dangerous, as it is meant for careful, monitored administration. Changing the dose can mean heightened adverse side effects, like respiratory distress.

Signs Of Opioid Withdrawal

Withdrawal symptoms of prescription opioids are similar to those of heroin but also may include the following:

• Agitation
• Anxiety
• Diarrhea
• Muscle aches
• Pupil dilation
• A runny nose
• Stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting
• Trouble sleeping
• Yawning

These symptoms are uncomfortable but rarely life-threatening. It is an overdose that can be life-threatening, and because the withdrawal symptoms are intense, people may return to use and accidentally overdose on the medication.

Opioid Detoxification

For those suffering from opioid withdrawal, detoxification may be necessary. Detoxification allows your body to flush out the toxins gained from prolonged use. This is a complex process, as people who require detoxification tend to have been taking opioid drugs for an extended period. In other words, they have formed a dependence.

In getting rid of these substances from your system, your body will protest, which is why you feel the withdrawal symptoms. That’s why detoxification should always be monitored. It ensures that all your vital functions remain normal, withdrawal symptoms are at safe, manageable levels, and pain is kept at a minimum. During this process, medication may help ease these symptoms, relieve pain, and help you safely taper off the use of the medication until you no longer experience withdrawal symptoms.

In our inpatient rehab centers, proper detoxification is always attended by certified, professional medical staff. This quality of care can make a vast difference in the effectiveness of your detox session.

What Is Meth?

Methamphetamine is a highly potent central nervous system stimulant, also referred to as meth, crystal meth, ice, or glass. Methamphetamine is a derivative of amphetamine, a central nervous system stimulant, with long-lasting effects. Amphetamine is also known as speed or uppers.

Originally derived from amphetamine in 1919, methamphetamine began as a nasal decongestant in bronchial inhalers.

In the 60s and 70s, amphetamine was popular with college students, truck drivers, and athletes who used it to stay awake and increase endurance. The drug was later outlawed in the U.S. as part of the Drug Use Regulation Control Act of 1970.

In the 1980s, amphetamine’s key chemical, Phenyl-2-propanone, was put under federal control to be regulated. This pushed users of amphetamine to search for a similar, comparable chemical replacement. As a result, the discovery was made that the ephedrine ingredient found in over-the-counter cold remedies produces methamphetamine, a white, odorless, bitter-tasting crystalline powder better known as crystal meth, and it is twice as potent.

Unlike other hard illegal drugs such as cocaine and heroin, crystal meth can be made from household products, like:

• Acetone
• Alcohol (isopropyl or rubbing)
• Anhydrous ammonia (fertilizer)
• Ether (engine starter)
• Hydrochloric acid (pool supply)
• Iodine (flakes or crystal)
• Kitty litter
• Because of this ease in access to the principal chemical ingredients from simple household items, meth labs are prevalent in each state in the country today.

Today, methamphetamine is a Schedule II drug and is often labeled a club drug. Schedule II drugs have a high potential for misuse that can lead to severe physical or psychological dependence.

Meth Use Signs and Symptoms of Use

There are some signs and symptoms that may indicate someone is abusing methamphetamine. Due to how meth interacts with the brain, a person using and misusing meth may experience immediate and delayed effects.

Signs that someone is under the influence of meth can include:

• Euphoria and energy spike
• Increased physical activity
• Increased blood pressure and breathing rate
• Dangerously high body temperature
• Loss of appetite
• Sleeplessness
• Paranoia

People who are misusing meth for the first time may not experience most or any of these symptoms. The high they experience will cause them to be very active, hyper-alert, and euphoric between six and 12 hours after use. The first high is often the most pleasurable, which can compel people to seek the same experience as their first high and quickly result in an addiction.

Dangers of Crystal Meth Misuse

In addition to being physically addictive, methamphetamine can also be highly psychologically addictive. While under the influence of meth, some people may experience bursts of energy, talkativeness, and excitement.

The most dangerous effect of methamphetamine misuse may happen when someone has not been able to sleep for three to 15 days and becomes irritable and paranoid.

In this excited state, people are able to go for hours, even days, without wanting sleep or food. People who are tweaking also crave more methamphetamine but find it difficult to achieve the original high.
This can cause the individual to become irritated and act in unstable and unpredictable ways. Due to the unpredictability of their behavior, they have an increased risk of participating in domestic disputes, impulsive crimes, and car accidents.

It is also possible for someone to overdose on meth. An overdose happens when someone has absorbed too much methamphetamine for their body to process at one time, causing a toxic reaction that may result in serious, potentially lethal symptoms or death. Symptoms of methamphetamine overdose can include stroke, heart attack, and damage to internal organs.

Meth Addiction Treatment Programs

There is hope for those addicted to meth. Experts say that a long-term cognitive therapy approach is necessary. However, a patient often needs to go to a rehab facility far from the habits, people, and lifestyle that they have become accustomed to. Because the meth high is one of pure euphoria, a client may experience a harsh return to reality that is quite painful to manage. Therefore, meth addiction relapse can be common and is hard to resist if the client stays close to their dealers and other people who use drugs.

Treatment for methamphetamine addiction is available and can help individuals build a better future. The treatment will vary depending on an individual’s needs and circumstances. Detox, often the first stage of recovery, may occur more smoothly in a medically-supervised setting, where experienced medical staff can help monitor an addicted individual’s symptoms. Withdrawing from meth can be an extremely uncomfortable process.

The risk of relapse is higher during detox and withdrawal. Having the support offered with an inpatient treatment program could be the difference between a successful recovery and an unsuccessful one.

Therapy that takes place during an inpatient treatment program often follows detox. In therapy and inpatient treatment, a person will have access to a supportive environment and learn about maintaining a life free from addiction and substance use.

A client can reawaken to the world, learn how and why they have become addicted to crystal meth, and begin to rediscover how to live a new and sober life.

Recovery Network Privacy Policy

 

Our Privacy Policy was last updated on 10/08/2023.

 

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use, and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information by this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

• “Account” means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.

• “Business“, for the purpose of the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), refers to the Company as the legal entity that collects Consumers’ personal information and determines the purposes and means of the processing of Consumers’ personal information, or on behalf of which such information is collected and that alone, or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of consumers’ personal information, that does business in the State of California.

• “Company” (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to Recovery Network Inc.

For the purpose of the GDPR, the Company is the Data Controller.

• “Country” refers to Recovery Network, United States of America.

• “Consumer“, for the purpose of the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), means a natural person who is a California resident. A resident, as defined in the law, includes (1) every individual who is in the USA for other than a temporary or transitory purpose, and (2) every individual who is domiciled in the USA who is outside the USA for a temporary or transitory purpose.

• “Cookies” are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.

• “Data Controller“, for the purposes of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), refers to the Company as the legal person which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data.

• “Device” means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cell phone or a digital tablet.

• “Do Not Track” (DNT)” is a concept that has been promoted by US regulatory authorities, in particular the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), for the Internet industry to develop and implement a mechanism for allowing internet users to control the tracking of their online activities across websites.

• “Personal Data” is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.For the purposes of GDPR, Personal Data means any information relating to You such as a name, an identification number, location data, online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity.For the purposes of the CCPA, Personal Data means any information that identifies, relates to, describes or is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with You.

• “Sale“, for the purpose of the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), means selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a Consumer’s personal information to another business or a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration.

• “Service” refers to the Website.

• “Service Provider” means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used. For the purpose of the GDPR, Service Providers are considered Data Processors.

• “Usage Data” refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

• “Website” refers to Recovery Network, accessible from https:// recoverynetworkinc.com

• “You” means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.Under GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), You can be referred to as the Data Subject or as the User as you are the individual using the Service.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• Email address
• First name and last name
• Phone number
• Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
• Usage Data

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service. Usage Data may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

• Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
• Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

• Necessary / Essential Cookies: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.

• Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.

• Functionality Cookies: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.

• Tracking and Performance Cookies: These Cookies are used to track information about traffic to the Website and how users use the Website. The information gathered via these Cookies may directly or indirectly identify you as an individual visitor. This is because the information collected is typically linked to a pseudonymous identifier associated with the device you use to access the Website. We may also use these Cookies to test new pages, features or new functionality of the Website to see how our users react to them.

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.

 

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

• To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
• To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
• For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
• To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
• To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
• To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
• For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
• For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

• With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, for payment processing, to contact You.
• For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.
• With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
• With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
• With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.
• With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law Enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• Comply with a legal obligation
• Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
• Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
• Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
• Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data

The Service Providers We use may have access to Your Personal Data. These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process and transfer information about Your activity on Our Service in accordance with their Privacy Policies.

Analytics

We may use third-party Service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

• Google Analytics

Email Marketing

We may use Your Personal Data to contact You with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to You. You may opt-out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from Us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email We send or by contacting Us.

• Constant Contact

Payments

We may provide paid products and/or services within the Service. In that case, we may use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment processors).

We will not store or collect Your payment card details. That information is provided directly to Our third-party payment processors whose use of Your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information.

GDPR Privacy Policy

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under GDPR

We may process Personal Data under the following conditions:

• Consent: You have given Your consent for processing Personal Data for one or more specific purposes.
• Performance of a contract: Provision of Personal Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with You and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof.
• Legal obligations: Processing Personal Data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Company is subject.
• Vital interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary in order to protect Your vital interests or of another natural person.
• Public interests: Processing Personal Data is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Company.
• Legitimate interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Company.

In any case, the Company will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.

Your Rights under the GDPR

The Company undertakes to respect the confidentiality of Your Personal Data and to guarantee You can exercise Your rights.

You have the right under this Privacy Policy, and by law if You are within the EU, to:

• Request access to Your Personal Data. The right to access, update or delete the information We have on You. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of Your Personal Data directly within Your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact Us to assist You. This also enables You to receive a copy of the Personal Data We hold about You.
• Request correction of the Personal Data that We hold about You. You have the right to have any incomplete or inaccurate information We hold about You corrected.
• Object to processing of Your Personal Data. This right exists where We are relying on a legitimate interest as the legal basis for Our processing and there is something about Your particular situation, which makes You want to object to our processing of Your Personal Data on this ground. You also have the right to object where We are processing Your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes.
• Request erasure of Your Personal Data. You have the right to ask Us to delete or remove Personal Data when there is no good reason for Us to continue processing it.
• Request the transfer of Your Personal Data. We will provide to You, or to a third-party You have chosen, Your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Please note that this right only applies to automated information which You initially provided consent for Us to use or where We used the information to perform a contract with You.
• Withdraw Your consent. You have the right to withdraw Your consent on using your Personal Data. If You withdraw Your consent, We may not be able to provide You with access to certain specific functionalities of the Service.

Exercising of Your GDPR Data Protection Rights

You may exercise Your rights of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition by contacting Us. Please note that we may ask You to verify Your identity before responding to such requests. If You make a request, We will try our best to respond to You as soon as possible.

You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about Our collection and use of Your Personal Data. For more information, if You are in the European Economic Area (EEA), please contact Your local data protection authority in the EEA.

CCPA Privacy Policy

This privacy notice section for California residents supplements the information contained in Our Privacy Policy and it applies solely to all visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California.

Categories of Personal Information Collected

We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular Consumer or Device. The following is a list of categories of personal information which we may collect or may have been collected from California residents within the last twelve (12) months.

Please note that the categories and examples provided in the list below are those defined in the CCPA. This does not mean that all examples of that category of personal information were in fact collected by Us, but reflects our good faith belief to the best of our knowledge that some of that information from the applicable category may be and may have been collected. For example, certain categories of personal information would only be collected if You provided such personal information directly to Us.

• Category A: Identifiers.Examples: A real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, driver’s license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers.Collected: Yes.

• Category B: Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)).Examples: A name, signature, Social Security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver’s license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information. Some personal information included in this category may overlap with other categories.Collected: Yes.

• Category C: Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law.Examples: Age (40 years or older), race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, veteran or military status, genetic information (including familial genetic information).Collected: No.

• Category D: Commercial information.Examples: Records and history of products or services purchased or considered.Collected: Yes.

• Category E: Biometric information.Examples: Genetic, physiological, behavioral, and biological characteristics, or activity patterns used to extract a template or other identifier or identifying information, such as, fingerprints, faceprints, and voiceprints, iris or retina scans, keystroke, gait, or other physical patterns, and sleep, health, or exercise data.Collected: No.

• Category F: Internet or other similar network activity.Examples: Interaction with our Service or advertisement.Collected: Yes.

• Category G: Geolocation data.Examples: Approximate physical location.Collected: No.

• Category H: Sensory data.Examples: Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information.Collected: No.

• Category I: Professional or employment-related information.Examples: Current or past job history or performance evaluations.Collected: No.

• Category J: Non-public education information (per the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99)).Examples: Education records directly related to a student maintained by an educational institution or party acting on its behalf, such as grades, transcripts, class lists, student schedules, student identification codes, student financial information, or student disciplinary records.Collected: No.

• Category K: Inferences drawn from other personal information.Examples: Profile reflecting a person’s preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes.Collected: No.

Under CCPA, personal information does not include:

• Publicly available information from government records
• Deidentified or aggregated consumer information
• Information excluded from the CCPA’s scope, such as:
• Health or medical information covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) or clinical trial data
• Personal Information covered by certain sector-specific privacy laws, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FRCA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) or California Financial Information Privacy Act (FIPA), and the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act of 1994

Sources of Personal Information

We obtain the categories of personal information listed above from the following categories of sources:

• Directly from You. For example, from the forms You complete on our Service, preferences You express or provide through our Service, or from Your purchases on our Service.
• Indirectly from You. For example, from observing Your activity on our Service.
• Automatically from You. For example, through cookies We or our Service Providers set on Your Device as You navigate through our Service.
• From Service Providers. For example, third-party vendors to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, third-party vendors for payment processing, or other third-party vendors that We use to provide the Service to You.

Use of Personal Information for Business Purposes or Commercial Purposes

We may use or disclose personal information We collect for “business purposes” or “commercial purposes” (as defined under the CCPA), which may include the following examples:

• To operate our Service and provide You with our Service.
• To provide You with support and to respond to Your inquiries, including to investigate and address Your concerns and monitor and improve our Service.
• To fulfill or meet the reason You provided the information. For example, if You share Your contact information to ask a question about our Service, We will use that personal information to respond to Your inquiry. If You provide Your personal information to purchase a product or service, We will use that information to process Your payment and facilitate delivery.
• To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations.
• As described to You when collecting Your personal information or as otherwise set forth in the CCPA.
• For internal administrative and auditing purposes.
• To detect security incidents and protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, including, when necessary, to prosecute those responsible for such activities.

Please note that the examples provided above are illustrative and not intended to be exhaustive. For more details on how we use this information, please refer to the “Use of Your Personal Data” section.

If We decide to collect additional categories of personal information or use the personal information We collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes We will update this Privacy Policy.

Disclosure of Personal Information for Business Purposes or Commercial Purposes

We may use or disclose and may have used or disclosed in the last twelve (12) months the following categories of personal information for business or commercial purposes:

• Category A: Identifiers
• Category B: Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e))
• Category D: Commercial information
• Category F: Internet or other similar network activity

Please note that the categories listed above are those defined in the CCPA. This does not mean that all examples of that category of personal information were in fact disclosed, but reflects our good faith belief to the best of our knowledge that some of that information from the applicable category may be and may have been disclosed.

When We disclose personal information for a business purpose or a commercial purpose, We enter a contract that describes the purpose and requires the recipient to both keep that personal information confidential and not use it for any purpose except performing the contract.

Sale of Personal Information

As defined in the CCPA, “sell” and “sale” mean selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a consumer’s personal information by the business to a third party for valuable consideration. This means that We may have received some kind of benefit in return for sharing personal information, but not necessarily a monetary benefit.

Please note that the categories listed below are those defined in the CCPA. This does not mean that all examples of that category of personal information were in fact sold, but reflects our good faith belief to the best of our knowledge that some of that information from the applicable category may be and may have been shared for value in return.

We may sell and may have sold in the last twelve (12) months the following categories of personal information:

• Category A: Identifiers
• Category B: Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e))
• Category D: Commercial information
• Category F: Internet or other similar network activity

Share of Personal Information

We may share Your personal information identified in the above categories with the following categories of third parties:

• Service Providers
• Payment processors
• Our affiliates
• Our business partners
• Third party vendors to whom You or Your agents authorize Us to disclose Your personal information in connection with products or services We provide to You

Sale of Personal Information of Minors Under 16 Years of Age

We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors under the age of 16 through our Service, although certain third party websites that we link to may do so. These third-party websites have their own terms of use and privacy policies and we encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children’s Internet usage and instruct their children to never provide information on other websites without their permission.

We do not sell the personal information of Consumers We actually know are less than 16 years of age, unless We receive affirmative authorization (the “right to opt-in”) from either the Consumer who is between 13 and 16 years of age, or the parent or guardian of a Consumer less than 13 years of age. Consumers who opt-in to the sale of personal information may opt-out of future sales at any time. To exercise the right to opt-out, You (or Your authorized representative) may submit a request to Us by contacting Us.

If You have reason to believe that a child under the age of 13 (or 16) has provided Us with personal information, please contact Us with sufficient detail to enable Us to delete that information.

Your Rights under the CCPA

The CCPA provides California residents with specific rights regarding their personal information. If You are a resident of California, You have the following rights:

• The right to notice. You have the right to be notified which categories of Personal Data are being collected and the purposes for which the Personal Data is being used.
• The right to request. Under CCPA, You have the right to request that We disclose information to You about Our collection, use, sale, disclosure for business purposes and share of personal information. Once We receive and confirm Your request, We will disclose to You:
  • The categories of personal information We collected about You
  • The categories of sources for the personal information We collected about You
  • Our business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling that personal information
  • The categories of third parties with whom We share that personal information
  • The specific pieces of personal information We collected about You
  • If we sold Your personal information or disclosed Your personal information for a business purpose, We will disclose to You:
    • The categories of personal information categories sold
    • The categories of personal information categories disclosed
  • The right to say no to the sale of Personal Data (opt-out). You have the right to direct Us to not sell Your personal information. To submit an opt-out request please contact Us.
  • The right to delete Personal Data. You have the right to request the deletion of Your Personal Data, subject to certain exceptions. Once We receive and confirm Your request, We will delete (and direct Our Service Providers to delete) Your personal information from our records, unless an exception applies. We may deny Your deletion request if retaining the information is necessary for Us or Our Service Providers to:
    • Complete the transaction for which We collected the personal information, provide a good or service that You requested, take actions reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with You, or otherwise perform our contract with You.
    • Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for such activities.
    • Debug products to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.
    • Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise their free speech rights, or exercise another right provided for by law.
    • Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code § 1546 et. seq.).
    • Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the information’s deletion may likely render impossible or seriously impair the research’s achievement, if You previously provided informed consent.
    • Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based on Your relationship with Us.
    • Comply with a legal obligation.
    • Make other internal and lawful uses of that information that are compatible with the context in which You provided it.
  • The right not to be discriminated against. You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of Your consumer’s rights, including by:
    • Denying goods or services to You
    • Charging different prices or rates for goods or services, including the use of discounts or other benefits or imposing penalties
    • Providing a different level or quality of goods or services to You
    • Suggesting that You will receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services

Exercising Your CCPA Data Protection Rights

In order to exercise any of Your rights under the CCPA, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us:

• By visiting this page on our website: https://recoverynetworkinc.com/contact/
• By sending us an email: info@recoverynetwrokinc.com

Only You, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that You authorize to act on Your behalf, may make a verifiable request related to Your personal information.

Your request to Us must:

• Provide sufficient information that allows Us to reasonably verify You are the person about whom We collected personal information or an authorized representative
• Describe Your request with sufficient detail that allows Us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it

We cannot respond to Your request or provide You with the required information if we cannot:

• Verify Your identity or authority to make the request
• And confirm that the personal information relates to You
• We will disclose and deliver the required information free of charge within 45 days of receiving Your verifiable request. The time period to provide the required information may be extended once by an additional 45 days when reasonably necessary and with prior notice.

Any disclosures We provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding the verifiable request’s receipt.

For data portability requests, We will select a format to provide Your personal information that is readily usable and should allow You to transmit the information from one entity to another entity without hindrance.

Do Not Sell My Personal Information

You have the right to opt-out of the sale of Your personal information. Once We receive and confirm a verifiable consumer request from You, we will stop selling Your personal information. To exercise Your right to opt-out, please contact Us.

The Service Providers we partner with (for example, our analytics or advertising partners) may use technology on the Service that sells personal information as defined by the CCPA law. If you wish to opt out of the use of Your personal information for interest-based advertising purposes and these potential sales as defined under CCPA law, you may do so by following the instructions below.

Please note that any opt out is specific to the browser You use. You may need to opt out on every browser that You use.

Website

You can opt out of receiving ads that are personalized as served by our Service Providers by following our instructions presented on the Service:

• The NAI’s opt-out platform: http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/
• The EDAA’s opt-out platform http://www.youronlinechoices.com/
• The DAA’s opt-out platform: http://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2&lang=EN

The opt out will place a cookie on Your computer that is unique to the browser You use to opt out. If you change browsers or delete the cookies saved by your browser, You will need to opt out again.

Mobile Devices

Your mobile device may give You the ability to opt out of the use of information about the apps You use in order to serve You ads that are targeted to Your interests:

• “Opt out of Interest-Based Ads” or “Opt out of Ads Personalization” on Android devices
• “Limit Ad Tracking” on iOS devices

You can also stop the collection of location information from Your mobile device by changing the preferences on Your mobile device.

“Do Not Track” Policy as Required by California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)

Our Service does not respond to Do Not Track signals.

However, some third party websites do keep track of Your browsing activities. If You are visiting such websites, You can set Your preferences in Your web browser to inform websites that You do not want to be tracked. You can enable or disable DNT by visiting the preferences or settings page of Your web browser.

Children’s Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent’s consent before We collect and use that information.

Your California Privacy Rights (California’s Shine the Light law)

Under California Civil Code Section 1798 (California’s Shine the Light law), California residents with an established business relationship with us can request information once a year about sharing their Personal Data with third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes.

If you’d like to request more information under the California Shine the Light law, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us using the contact information provided below.

California Privacy Rights for Minor Users (California Business and Professions Code Section 22581)

California Business and Professions Code Section 22581 allows California residents under the age of 18 who are registered users of online sites, services or applications to request and obtain removal of content or information they have publicly posted.

To request removal of such data, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us using the contact information provided below, and include the email address associated with Your account.

Be aware that Your request does not guarantee complete or comprehensive removal of content or information posted online and that the law may not permit or require removal in certain circumstances.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

• By visiting this page on our website: https://recoverynetworkinc.com/contact
• By sending us an email: info@recoverynetworkinc.com
• By Phone: 206.353.8771

Limits of Confidentiality

 

Addiction treatment is confidential, with the below stated exceptions.

 

Duty to Warn: Therapists are mandated by law to disclose pertinent information discussed in therapy if the client has an intent or plan to harm another person. We are required to inform the intended victim and notify legal authorities.

 

Suicide/Self Harm: Depression is common emotion expressed in therapy, but if a client is feeling hopeless enough to imply or disclose a plan for suicide; steps need to be taken to ensure safety.

This would include notifying the legal authorities as well as make reasonable attempts to notify the family.

 

Animal abuse: I will report animal abuse, including cases of neglect and hoarding.

 

Vulnerable Adults and Children: Mental health professionals are required by law to report stated or suspected abuse of a child or vulnerable adult to the appropriate social service agencies and/or legal authorities.

 

Prenatal Exposure to Controlled Substances: in keeping with protecting vulnerable populations, Mental Health Providers are required to report admitted use of controlled substances during pregnancy that are potentially harmful to the fetus.

 

Minors/Guardianship: Parents or legal guardians have the right to access a minor client’s health information. Age of adult for addiction treatment is 18.

 

Insurance Providers: Information requested includes description of impairments, dates and times of service, diagnosis, treatment plans, treatment progress, prognosis for improvement, case notes and summaries.

 

I have read and understand the above stated limitations to confidentiality. I accept the subsequent ramifications should there be a need to act on one of the above­‐stated exceptions. Other than the noted exceptions, if there are reasons to disclose my protected confidential information I understand that I will be provided a Release of Information form.

 

Client Signature:                                                               

Date:                               

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