The listings in Port Heiden, Alaska and surrounding areas provide the following services:

(17) Outpatient
(9) Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
(6) Teens and Adolescents
(8) Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders
(5) American Sign Language
(9) Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
(8) Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders
(7) Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
(1) Persons with HIV/AIDS
(1) Gay and Lesbian
(1) Seniors/Older Adults
(1) Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum
(3) Females
(2) Males
(3) Clients With Legal Issues
(3) Spanish Speaking
(3) Drug/Alcohol Detoxification
(5) Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
(2) Hospital Inpatient
(1) Halfway House
(1) Mental Health Services
(1) Residential Beds for Children



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If you or a loved one living in Port Heiden has a drug or alcohol addiction problem, you may be overwhelmed and not know where to turn; but our mission is to support you and to let you know that you do not have to face this situation alone. We care about you and your loved ones in Port Heiden, Alaska; the good news is that you have identified that there is a drug or alcohol abuse problem, and are now looking for a positive solution. We will help you to assess the seriousness of your drug or alcohol abuse problem and to locate the Port Heiden Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Center that will best be suited to your individual needs.

The different types of drug treatment in Port Heiden, AK. can include holistic drug and alcohol rehabilitation, Short-term Drug Rehabilitation Facilities, Long-term Treatment Centers, Outpatient Drug Rehabilitation Facilities, Inpatient Treatment Centers, partial hospitalization, and sober living just to name a few. The type of Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Facility that is needed will depend upon the degree of dependence, the individual's social situation, and the kind of substance which they have become addicted to.

The ultimate goal of all Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Centers should be to enable the individual from Port Heiden, Alaska to achieve lasting abstinence. Much research has indicated that in order for drug and alcohol addiction treatment to be effective, it must teach the individual how to change to their compulsive behaviors in order to remove the addiction and to be able to avoid a possible relapse. Overall, Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Facilities need to address both the physical and psychological dependency of an addiction; the behavioral and social symptoms also need to be adequately addressed before an individual from Port Heiden can have the tools that they will need to help sustain that recovery for the remainder of his or her life.

Drug detox is the first step in the Port Heiden, AK. rehabilitation treatment process toward recovery from a drug and alcohol addiction. The main goal in this component of the Port Heiden Drug Rehab or Alcohol Treatment Center is to rid the body of toxins that accumulate over the course of a long term drug or alcohol addiction. It is very common to see individuals from Port Heiden, AK. in drug detox that has combined different drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, heroin, or pain pills with alcohol.

When an individual from Port Heiden has sustained the use of any of these various kinds of drugs, it causes adaptations within their body that lessen the drug's original effects over time; this is a phenomenon that is known as drug tolerance. At this point, the individual from Port Heiden, Alaska has developed a physical dependency on the substance and withdrawal symptoms will be experienced upon discontinuation. The reason that it is imperative that an individual from Port Heiden have professional supervision during the detox process is because the staff at an Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Program can help to make this process much easier by administering elements of treatment that can help to alleviate some of the painful withdrawal symptoms.

Once the early stages of withdrawal have passed, an individual from Port Heiden will then be able to begin a directed, Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Program that will begin to address aspects of the psychological dependency by teaching behavioral skills that will help them to function without the use of alcohol or drugs. This component in drug recovery treatment will usually involve some type of individual or group counseling. There may also be occupational and behavioral therapies that are utilized as components of treatment in order to help to teach the individual from Port Heiden, AK. life and social skills that may have been lost while they were under the influence of addiction.

Before an addict is finally willing to surrender to the Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Program process, they may have already made repeated promises to their loved ones in Port Heiden who have been experiencing the negative effects from the individual's drug or alcohol abuse; because of the way that these substances chemically alter the person's brain, these empty promises cannot be fulfilled. If loved ones in Port Heiden, Alaska continue to believe these empty promises, it could possible mean that the addicted person will then have time to overdose on drugs or have a serious car accident while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

In an Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Facility, the individual from Port Heiden will become educated about the ways that drugs and alcohol affect the various functions of the brain; they will learn that it was these physiological changes that made it almost impossible for them to stop using on their own, and not personal integrity. As an individual from Port Heiden, AK. learns more about how to deal with drug triggers and as they master to the tools that they will need to use in order to stay sober when they return home to Port Heiden, they will become confident in their ability to do so.

Getting Help

Because we will hold your hand and guide you through this process, getting help is easy - just dial toll free 855 Stop-Drugs (855-786-7378); you can speak to a registered addiction specialist or just fill out the Port Heiden, Alaska Drug Rehab or Alcohol Treatment Program request form and we will contact you at the soonest available opportunity.

There are no listings in Port Heiden, AK. so we have provided the 20 closest treatment facilities arranged by distance from Port Heiden, Alaska:

Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation Dillingham, AK 119.1 miles from Port Heiden
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Eastern Aleutian Tribes Inc Sand Point, AK 156.8 miles from Port Heiden
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Providence Kodiak Island Kodiak, AK 164.7 miles from Port Heiden
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Recovery Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Kodiak Council on Alcoholism Inc Kodiak, AK 220.3 miles from Port Heiden
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Gay and Lesbian, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Seniors/Older Adults, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation Bethel, AK 252.0 miles from Port Heiden
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Hospital Inpatient, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation Bethel, AK 273.1 miles from Port Heiden
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Seldovia Village Tribe Seldovia, AK 288.5 miles from Port Heiden
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Central Peninsula General Hospital Soldotna, AK 327.0 miles from Port Heiden
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Cook Inlet Council on Kenai, AK 363.0 miles from Port Heiden
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Kenaitze Indian Tribe Kenai, AK 363.0 miles from Port Heiden
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Seaview Community Services Seward, AK 385.4 miles from Port Heiden
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Oonalaska Wellness Center Unalaska, AK 392.4 miles from Port Heiden
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Aleutian Counseling Center Unalaska, AK 392.6 miles from Port Heiden
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Genesis Recovery Services Inc Anchorage, AK 408.1 miles from Port Heiden
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Halfway House, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Alaska Childrens Service Inc Anchorage, AK 409.1 miles from Port Heiden
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mental Health Services, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Alaska Human Services Inc Outpatient Anchorage, AK 409.1 miles from Port Heiden
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Ernie Turner Center Anchorage, AK 409.1 miles from Port Heiden
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE), Access to Recovery
Insight Therapy LLC Anchorage, AK 409.1 miles from Port Heiden
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Recovery Program
Services Offered: Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance, Access to Recovery
Recovery Connection Anchorage, AK 409.1 miles from Port Heiden
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Center
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Stepping Stones Anchorage, AK 409.1 miles from Port Heiden
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Center
Services Offered: Residential Beds for Children, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE), Access to Recovery

Did You Know? ...
Interesting Facts and Statistics:

Physical chemical dependency must involve a detoxification process to cope with the withdrawal symptoms from regular drug or alcohol use. Psychological dependency can be addressed by teaching the individual new methods of interacting without using drugs.

If a Methadone treatment center is licensed to treat 150 individuals and they are currently only treating 149, they will need one more customer to stay on Methadone, or they will risk losing their license; what motivation does the clinic have for encouraging clients to withdraw from the drug?

Estimates of past month use of any illegal drug ranged from a low of 6.1 percent in Iowa to a high of 12.4 percent in the District of Columbia for all persons aged 12 or older (Table A.1). As was indicated in Chapter 1, the 2002 model-based estimates are not comparable with estimates for 2001 and prior years owing to the new methodological improvements.

Illegal drug use in 2006 varied by educational status. Among adults aged 18 or older, the rate of current illegal drug use was lower for college graduates (5.9 percent) than for those who did not graduate from high school (9.2 percent), high school graduates (8.6 percent), and those with some college (9.1 percent). However, adults who had graduated from college were more likely to have tried illegal drugs in their lifetime when compared with adults who had not completed high school (50.1 vs. 37.2 percent). Among college graduates, the rate of current illegal drug use increased from 5.0 percent in 2005 to 5.9 percent in 2006.

Opioid receptors are located in the brain stem, important for automatic processes critical for life, such as breathing, blood pressure, and arousal. Heroin overdoses frequently involve a suppression of respiration.

Rates of SMI in 2008 were highest for adults aged 18 to 25 (7.4 percent) and lowest for adults aged 50 or older (2.3 percent).


The following survey was completed by residents of Port Heiden, Alaska as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Port Heiden, Alaska. We cannot guarantee complete accuracy, but our monitoring team uses the highest standards for survey compilation.
You do not have to answer all of the survey questions, you should only answer questions that are relevant to your thoughts and experiences.
Survey results as of May 1, 2012
Perception of marijuana in Port Heiden, Alaska.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
90%
4%
6%
Marijuana use in Port Heiden, Alaska.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
86%
14%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
77%
23%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
4%
94%
2%
Perception of Alcohol in Port Heiden, Alaska.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
12%
9%
79%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
86%
14%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
5%
91%
4%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
1%
21%
55%
23%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Port Heiden, Alaska?
Boredom
Curiousity
Drugs were all around
Family problem
Hopelessness
It was easy to get
None of the above
Peer Pressure
To fit in
Unhappiness
8%
12%
0%
7%
7%
3%
48%
4%
2%
9%
Most common first drug experience in Port Heiden, Alaska?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
17%
2%
2%
8%
2%
3%
14%
2%
6%
9%
26%
9%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Port Heiden, Alaska schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Port Heiden, Alaska under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
6%
91%
3%
Have you ever gone to school in Port Heiden, Alaska under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
1%
97%
2%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Port Heiden, Alaska?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
23%
3%
2%
8%
2%
4%
12%
4%
12%
7%
16%
7%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
10%
6%
61%
23%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
33%
67%
Surveys updated monthly.

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