Choices Treatment Center Prepares for National Recovery Month in September
Choices Treatment Center (www.choicestreatmentcenter.com) is preparing for National Recovery Month, sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA),in September. Recovery Month promotes the benefits of prevention, treatment, and recovery for mental and substance use disorders; celebrates people in recovery; applauds the contributions of service providers; and enforces the message that recovery in all its forms is possible. Choices will take this opportunity to further educate the Lincoln community that addiction treatment and mental health services can enable those with a mental and/or substance use disorder to live a healthy and rewarding life. Choices offers many resources on their website and upon request. They will also continue to hold Gamblers Anonymous and Gam-Anon meetings on the first Saturday of each month, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., at Bryan LGH Medical Plaza, 1500 S 48 St. (Classroom 1B).
Choices Treatment Center offers a 24-hour helpline staffed by licensed counselors, individual and group counseling, and education sessions. Their counselors are certified with the Nebraska Gamblers Assistance Program. This program allows them to provide, at no charge to the client, assessments for problem/pathological gamblers, consultations/interventions for problem gamblers and their families, financial counseling, and individual treatment. Choices staff is also available for presentations to schools, community groups, churches, and businesses on the problems of gambling/gaming. Counselors are dually credentialed to provide mental health assessments, family counseling, marriage counseling, substance abuse evaluations, DUI/DWI education program, anger management education, and budget and finance counseling. Learn more at www.choicestreatmentcenter.com.