Multiple Needs

Effective treatment attends to multiple needs of the individual, not just his or her drug use.

According to the NIDA - and according to common sense ; "...to be effective, treatment must address the individual's drug use and any associated medical, psychological, social, vocational, and legal problems."

It's amazing that so many treatment providers simply do not check off all the items on this list.

Too often, a residential alcohol or addiction treatment facility will focus on one or two of the areas indicated by the NIDA, but will give, at best, short shrift to the others.

Single-focus work being done my most institutions and individuals who work in treatment is in complete defiance of what we all know to be true: addiction and alcoholism affect every area of the affected person's life; at Sober Champion, we believe the deleterious effects of the disease on every area of our client's life must be explored and treated.

A host of undiagnosed medical problems often plague those who abuse drugs - and the longer the abuse has continued, the greater the damage done by undiagnosed, mis-diagnosed, and under-treated physical problems. We refer our clients to a host of practitioners who deal with the chronically addicted regularly. They know what to look for and they will find it.

Psychological and social problems usually go hand-in-hand, and we recognize there are a variety of techniques to treat both. We advocate a holistic approach for our clients, and we have an international network of providers standing by to treat them.

With many clients - and especially with younger ones - issues around vocation (entry, re-entry, training, references, etc.) can be mystifying and often create such barriers that a relapse seems the only viable option. We get it. We know how to talk to employers and potential employers, and we advocate training and re-training: not just of the client, but of the client's workplace/workforce, as well.

Legal problems are not faced by all substance abusers, but an increasing number of well-heeled individuals who might have had such problems swept under the rug in past years are feeling the sting of the judicial system. We rely on two teams of attorneys who can provide a full suite of effective legal representation for people who have been hit hard with felony charges relating to drinking or drugging.