When entering alcohol or drug addiction treatment, people may experience many different emotions, such as worry, nervousness, anger, and hopelessness. Many people enter treatment wondering if it will even work and will things get better? These thoughts are completely normal for someone trying to get clean and sober for the first or fifth time. Follow…
College is often a time of exploration and learning, but did you know it is also a time of binge drinking and substance abuse? Studies show that college students are more likely to partake in binge drinking, marijuana use, and prescription drug use, which often leads to substance abuse. College students and substance abuse is…
One of the most common questions we get at Georgia Addiction Treatment Center is, is addiction a disease or a choice? There is no simple answer to this question. The causes of addiction are varied. When you seek treatment, we help you evaluate your unique causes of substance abuse. We then create a treatment plan…
Johnny Mitchell might not be new to Georgia, but over the past year he has been leading a new life there. Originally from Oakland, California, Mitchell started using and selling drugs before he was a teenager. “I’m a product of the 1990s,” Mitchell said. “By 1990 I was 13 and that’s when I started selling…
Since getting sober in 2014, Jesse Stone, Executive Director of Georgia Addiction Treatment Center in Peachtree City, has made it his mission to “cast a wide net.” He wants to welcome as many people as possible into the rewarding world of recovery. “I didn’t come up in an area where people were getting clean,” Stone…
Debbie Ray, the clinical director at Georgia Addiction Treatment Center in Peachtree City, realized when she was a child that she “had a lot of anxiety for a 9-year-old.” After seeing a therapist who showed her effective relaxation techniques, Ray knew, even then that she wanted to be a therapist. A native of Warner Robins,…