sobriety programs

Addiction treatment services

Sobriety programs are structured efforts to help people stop using alcohol or drugs and maintain abstinence.

They range from residential treatment centers to outpatient counseling to peer support groups like Alcoholics Anonymous.

She completed a ninety-day sobriety program.

The term often appears in legal contexts, where courts mandate participation as an alternative to incarceration.

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Illegal distribution of controlled substances

bar culture · party scene · drinking culture · drug culture

approach to addiction

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Enduring through tension alone

going it alone · denial · self-medication · substance dependence · relapse

institutional structure

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Places for illegal narcotics

crack houses · shooting galleries · opium dens · bars · nightclubs

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