Dopamine Levels: Alcohol and Addiction – Outpatient Program
During Session Three of your Outpatient Treatment at The Right Step, you will be provided with a great deal of information regarding the disease of addiction and the specific chemicals in the brain affected by substance abuse.
Dopamine levels in the brain are an important factor in your brain’s response to the addictive substances of drugs and alcohol. Nerve cells in the pleasure center of your brain are directly impacted by drug abuse and dopamine levels, sometimes creating a sense of well-being and normalcy that may have been lacking in the brain of the potential substance abuse addict.
As you progress in your treatment for addiction at The Right Step, you will also learn more about the reward producing brain neurotransmitters and the connection with Reward Deficiency Syndrome.
Also covered in this session:
Alcohol and Addiction – Part 1
Alcohol and Addiction: Widespread Health Concern - Part 2
Alcohol and Addiction: The Cost of Substance Abuse - Part 3
Alcohol and Addiction: Identifying Addiction - Part 4
Alcohol and Addiction: Will Power - Part 5
Alcohol and Addiction: Is Addiction a Moral Issue - Part 6
Understanding Addiction- Part 7
Understanding Addiction & Progression - Part 8
Understanding Addiction: Can it Happen to You - Part 9
Understanding Addiction: Chemicals in the Brain - Part 10
Brain Disease: Alcohol and Addiction - Part 12
Alcohol and Addiction: Misconceptions and Treatment - Part 13
Substance Abuse Addiction: Learning Coping Skills
An individual prone to acquiring substance abuse addiction may have a lower level of dopamine related activity, thus causing the use of alcohol and drugs to create that initial sense of normalcy and thereby promoting increased usage.
During your treatment for addiction, you will view graphs demonstrating the effect of various drugs upon the domain level related activity in your brain, to help increase your depth of understanding of the effect of drug abuse on your brain.
When you attend the eight-week Outpatient Program at The Right Step, you will be taught ways to develop and practice coping skills you previously relied upon drugs and alcohol for in order to achieve a sense of well-being, such that many who have entered into recovery have discovered that their psychological and spiritual condition is improved even more so than when actively using in the initial stages of substance abuse addiction.
Treatment for Addiction
Residents of local Texas and New Mexico cities including Port Arthur, Port Isabel, Richmond-Rosenberg, South Padre, Spring, Tomball, Texas City, Victoria and Albuquerque often receive treatment for their addiction to drugs or alcohol through the Outpatient Programs at one of 20 convenient Right Step locations.
Out patient Alcohol Treatment and Outpatient Drug Treatment programs are offered in Austin TX, Baytown TX, Beaumont TX, Conroe TX, Dallas TX, Euless TX, Plano TX, Houston TX, Clear Lake TX, Ft. Bend TX, Pasadena TX, The Woodlands TX, San Antonio TX, Wimberley TX, Albuquerque NM.
Residential Treatment centers in DFW, Houston and Austin are also provided for recovery from addiction disease, attracting individuals from Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Arizona and other areas of the United States to participate in recovery programs at The Right Step.
Additional Addiction Treatment Information:
Alcohol and Addiction: Is Addiction a Moral Issue
Alcohol and Addiction: Misconceptions and Treatment
Dopamine Levels: Alcohol and Addiction
Understanding Addiction: Chemicals in the Brain
