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cbdo2007

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4. Addiction treatment is tough because there a ton of...
Fri May 17, 2019, 07:29 AM
May 2019

Unlicensed places out there that trick the patient by pretending they are in network when really they aren't, and by using nontraditional ways to treat addiction. Then the person doesn't get better and the place bills the patient for $100,000 and they haven't learned to manage their addiction correctly.

Addictions don't get healed, it's about learning to manage it with a follow up plan of medications, therapy visits, and a support system at home...none of these things are provided by these fancy addiction recovery places in advertisements on the Florida and California coast.

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