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Alternatives to Dependency

Drug Rehab Center in Essex, Maryland

  • Substance Abuse
  • Opioid Addiction
  • Drug Addiction
  • Alcoholism

Drug rehab in Maryland offers aftercare support, drug rehab, and outpatient levels of care with SAMHSA accreditation and private health insurance acceptance.

About This Maryland Facility

Alternatives to Dependency is an addiction treatment facility located in Essex, Maryland. Established in 2004, their mission is to provide comprehensive care for individuals and families affected by addiction and substance abuse. They offer a wide range of treatment services, from residential facility care and day treatment to outpatient levels of care and detoxification. In addition to empowerment-based therapy, they provide aftercare support to ensure successful long-term recovery. Alternatives to Dependency is a licensed and accredited drug and alcohol rehabilitation center, accredited by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and recognized by the Maryland Department of Health. In addition, they accept private health insurance plans.

Alternatives to Dependency has a team of dedicated and experienced clinicians that specialize in treating alcohol and opioid abuse, substance use disorder, and other forms of chemical dependency. They provide evidence-based treatments such as individual therapy, group counseling, family counseling, and case management. In addition, they offer life skills training, relapse prevention, cognitive behavioral therapy, and other educational services to help their clients build a strong foundation for a successful recovery. Alternatives to Dependency also ensures their clients are provided with quality aftercare support, ensuring they have the resources to maintain a lasting sobriety and healthy lifestyle.

Genders
  • Male
  • Female
  • Gender Exclusive Center
  • Ages
  • Children
  • Teenagers
  • Adults
  • Seniors (65+)
  • Modality
  • Individuals
  • Couples
  • Family
  • Groups
  • Additional
  • LGBTQ+ Allied
  • Hearing Impaired
  • Veteran Specific
  • SAMHSA Listed
  • Smoking Allowed
  • Accreditations

    State License

    SAMHSA

    Conditions and Issues Treated

    The inappropriate use of any drug in Essex, MD is substance abuse. This involves alcohol, medications, and illicit drugs. With a combination of physical and psychiatric therapies, drug addiction is successfully treated at Alternatives to Dependency. After Detox is complete, individuals follow-up with treatments treating the root cause of the addiction.

    Opioid Addiction Treatment supports people recovering from addiction to prescription drugs as well as illegal opioids. This is a hospital-based or residential treatment. Depending upon one’s age, detox without the appropriate medication may be unpleasant or even dangerous–some get body aches, fever, chills, while others may even have seizures.

    Opioid treatment involves medically assisted detox, physical and mental support. Most rehabilitations use an array of treatments to ensure overall wellbeing, such as Medication-assisted therapy (MAT) in which one gets behavioral therapy, medicines, and counseling. A client-centered approach can reduce one’s chances of relapse. Therapists at work with the client to figure out environmental and behavioral triggers, giving them the power to change the patterns.

    Levels of Care Offered at Alternatives to Dependency

    This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Drug Rehab, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.

    Outpatient rehabilitation is a treatment that exists if a patient is not checking into Alternatives to Dependency long term. In addition to helping them recover, the patient attends regular therapy sessions and detox and participates in other therapies. However, this is all primarily done from home. As a follow-up to inpatient treatment, outpatient treatment is usually recommended.

    After rehabilitation, it helps people return to their everyday lives. It may also be an alternative to inpatient care in some situations. If they cannot leave their jobs, children, or don’t have the money for inpatient care, people can choose this method. Inpatient therapy, however, is the best method and most suggested level of treatment offered by Alternatives to Dependency in recovering from addiction.

    Treatment for substance abuse does not cease after an individual successfully completes a detox or rehabilitation program. A vital follow-up treatment service is aftercare support provided to individuals at Alternatives to Dependency in Maryland after they attain initial sobriety.

    Aftercare support often takes the following forms: 12-Step Programs, Outpatient Treatment Programs, and Support Groups. The most effective aftercare programs are tailored to meet an individual’s specific needs and circumstances.

    Therapies & Programs

    Individual therapy involves one on one sessions between the patient and the therapist at Alternatives to Dependency. Individual therapy provides patients with a safe environment where they can openly discuss their problems with the therapist. The patients find the therapist as a person who they can trust. It helps them to open up and discuss personal and sensitive issues, which they may not be comfortable discussing in a group setting.

    Individual therapy aims to identify the core issues that would have led the patient to substance abuse and address the root cause effectively. The therapist can develop patient-specific customized solutions through individual therapy, which aids speedier recovery.

    Addiction and alcoholism always harm an addict’s relationships with others and none more than relationships with a spouse or partner. Couples therapy is an essential part of restoring trust and good communication to intimate relationships harmed by addiction. Couples therapy by Alternatives to Dependency helps repair the damage done to these important relationships.

    Recovery can be more effective if the entire family’s involved. Family therapy hosted by Alternatives to Dependency brings in the addict’s family to explore genetic factors. It gives loved ones the tools for dealing with addiction and its underlying mental issues. It is a recommended step in helping addicts adapt to sober living.

    Group therapy is an important tool in recovery. Addiction tends to lead to isolation and feelings of uniqueness. Accountability and friendship that is found in group therapy can be more effective than any single other treatment approach. With Alternatives to Dependency in Essex, Maryland, there’s no reason to go through recovery alone.
    Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on the connection between how someone feels, acts, and thinks. It shows someone how to accept responsibility for their behaviors and actions, while also strengthening a person’s awareness of the circumstances they put themselves into. It can give people attending Alternatives to Dependency in Essex, Maryland the strength to realize they were self-destructing, allowing them to finally reach out and get the help they need.

    A 12-Step Program is a common method that is used to treat addiction. This format is used for both drug and alcohol treatment. It is extremely popular and successful for large numbers of people and the staff at Alternatives to Dependency are trained to assist in 12-step management.

    Payment Options Accepted

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  • Health Insurance
  • Self-Pay / Cash
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Military Insurance
  • IHS/Tribunal/Urban
  • State-Financed
  • Sliding Scale
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    Additional Details

    Specifics, location, and helpful extra information.
    Alternatives to Dependency Location and Directions
    Address Information532 Eastern Blvd
    Essex, Maryland 21221 Phone Number(410) 391-8240 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Essex, Maryland Addiction Information

    For the past decade, Maryland's rate of drug use and abuse has significantly increased. The overdose rate is currently higher than the national average. This epidemic is due to the many industries where manual labor is required. As soon as prescription opioids were more readily accessible a large part of manual workers started using–and eventually abusing–the painkillers.

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