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Polish American Association - Starting Point

Polish American Association - Starting Point

Drug Rehab Center in Chicago, Illinois

  • Opioid Addiction
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Drug Addiction
  • Alcoholism

Starting Point in Chicago is a substance abuse treatment facility that offers comprehensive and individualized care with a team of experienced professionals and a focus on addressing each individual's needs for lasting recovery.

About This Chicago, IL Facility

Polish American Association - Starting Point is an Addiction Treatment Facility located in Chicago, IL. Established in 1922, this facility has a long history of providing comprehensive and compassionate care to individuals suffering from alcoholism, opioid addiction, dual diagnosis, and drug addiction. Accredited by SAMHSA and holding a State License, Polish American Association - Starting Point is a trusted and reliable resource for those seeking help with their substance abuse issues. They offer a range of treatment options including aftercare support, drug rehab, intensive outpatient, and outpatient levels of care. This allows individuals to receive the appropriate level of treatment based on their specific needs and circumstances. Accepting private health insurance, they strive to make their services accessible to as many people as possible.

At Polish American Association - Starting Point, individuals struggling with addiction can find a variety of specialized services to support their recovery journey. Their aftercare support program ensures that individuals have the necessary ongoing support and guidance even after completing their initial treatment. This can be crucial in maintaining long-term sobriety. The facility also offers drug rehab services, providing a structured and therapeutic environment for individuals to detoxify their bodies and learn essential coping skills to overcome addiction. For those who require more flexibility, the intensive outpatient program allows individuals to receive treatment while still maintaining their daily responsibilities. Additionally, the outpatient program is available for individuals who may not require intensive treatment but still benefit from ongoing therapy and support. With a focus on personalized care and a multidisciplinary approach, Polish American Association - Starting Point is committed to helping individuals break free from the grips of addiction and regain control of their lives.

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
  • LGBTQ+ Allied
  • Veterans
  • Accreditations

    State License

    SAMHSA

    Conditions and Issues Treated

    Opioid addiction is one of Illinois‘s most prominent forms of addiction. Drugs, including heroin, oxycontin, and fentanyl, are the most common. To relieve pain, or ease other ailments, they are professionally prescribed, but they are often abused because they and the feelings they give are addictive.

    Addiction is treated by detoxifying the body, so the medications’ chemicals are no longer impacting the individual. Polish American Association - Starting Point offers therapies to correct behavior and target the root of the problem are supplemented during and throughout treatment.

    Levels of Care Offered

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

    Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOPs) are treatment programs suitable for people who wish to stay at home while undergoing treatment. IOPs like Polish American Association - Starting Point make it possible for individuals to carry on with their responsibilities at work or school, in or near Chicago, IL. It’s easy to find an IOP center that offers individualized treatment protocols.

    In outpatient programs at Polish American Association - Starting Point, the Chicago resident can live with their family while continuing with their job or studies. Treatment includes educating the patient on drug abuse, medications, and counseling sessions at the individual or group level.

    Aftercare support refers to the follow-up care provided after the initial rehab program. The quality of aftercare support plays an important role in preventing relapses and sustains recovery. Aftercare support at Polish American Association - Starting Point is personalized according to the needs of the patient in Illinois.

    Polish American Association - Starting Point‘s Therapies & Programs

    Addiction in Chicago, Illinois can occur due to a wide variety of reasons. Understanding your addiction and the best methods for maintaining sobriety involves learning about yourself. Polish American Association - Starting Point treatment programs include individual therapy for the greatest chances of success.

    Customized individual therapy is counseling involving you and your counselor at Polish American Association - Starting Point. This builds a personal and trusting relationship so you can truly be yourself and express any emotions as you feel them. Individual therapy leads to greater peace and understanding about your triggers for addiction and coping strategies to prevent relapse.

    Substance abuse does a number on an individual’s relationship with other people, particularly in marriage. Spousal relationships bear the brunt of alcohol and drug dependence. Therefore, it becomes critical to submit the relationship to couples therapy to prevent straining it further. Most programs only zero in on the individual with substance addiction without factoring in the importance of the other half’s emotional support.

    However, some facilities, like Polish American Association - Starting Point in Chicago, Illinois, offer couples therapy options to manage intimate partnerships amid the recovery process. Other couples-focused treatment plans can provide the patient and their partner tools to get things back to normal, support each other, and the patient’s sobriety.
    Addiction is a family disease. Family therapy aims to heal and rebalance unhealthy roles and habits. Healing any family trauma and dysfunctional communications is important, and Polish American Association - Starting Point understands this. Family sessions are meant to bring Illinois families closer together and live sober, healthy, lives.

    Group Therapy is a type of counseling that occurs between a bunch of strangers. These groups are suitable for patients who are not confined in a treatment facility, but group sessions are also common in inpatient rehab programs. Group therapy is led by a trained individual at Polish American Association - Starting Point in Chicago, IL and consists of members from different stages of recovery.

    The goal of group therapy sessions is to foster hope and a sense of belonging, share information, and learn coping mechanisms. It also helps to have people who can relate to what you’re going through. Good behaviors can also be contagious, and participants can learn from one another.

    Unresolved trauma is often a key reason why many patients resorted to substance abuse. Trauma could be physical abuse, sexual abuse, war, natural disasters, divorce, accident, loss of a loved one, etc. If trauma is the primary cause of substance abuse, then both issues must be addressed.

    Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an improved version of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) DBT is a treatment of choice for people being treated at Polish American Association - Starting Point whom are suffering from self-harming behaviors. Conditions such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and borderline personality disorder also benefit from DBT.

    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an approach and method in psychotherapy. Polish American Association - Starting Point asks people to investigate how their thoughts, including habitual, negative, and inaccurate ways of thinking affect behaviors. CBT is based on the idea that rigid, inflexible ways of thinking cause people to have a limited ability to cope with stress

    Rational Emotional Behavior Therapy (REBT) is a method of specific counseling that replaces negative and self-limiting thoughts with positive and productive behaviors. Self-defeating thoughts and habits can limit your possible successes. Some examples of this are procrastination, unhealthy eating and angry outbursts. You may not be aware that some unhealthy behaviors and thoughts are sabotaging your potential accomplishments.

    In the midst of an addiction certain healthy habits and behaviors can be forgotten or discarded altogether. While in treatment you will learn life skills that will help you successfully maintain sobriety in Illinois.

    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.
    Polish American Association - Starting Point Location and Directions
    Address Information3834 N Cicero Ave
    Chicago, Illinois 60641 Phone Number(773) 282-8206 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Chicago, Illinois Addiction Information

    In 2016, more than 2,350 Illinoisans died from drug overdoses. More than 5,500 deaths annually occur in Illinois due to the abuse of alcohol and other drugs. 7.17% of Illinois residents reported using illicit drugs in the past month (2018). Substance abuse costs the state approximately $3.5 billion every year.

    Drug misuse can lead to other serious health problems, including HIV/AIDS or hepatitis C infection and liver disease. Chicago's main drugs of abuse include heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine. Field sobriety tests can be used to determine if someone is driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. There are about 872 drug treatment centers in the city, and the number of people seeking help for addiction continues to rise.

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