Advantage Counseling -

1-866-274-6121

Advantage Counseling
Advantage Counseling
is located at 1710 Hospital Drive Martinsville, IN. 46151 and can be contacted by calling 866-856-0200. Advantage Counseling offers treatment services for Illicit Drug Addiction, Prescription Drug Abuse and Alcoholism

Treatment Services Offered: Alcohol Addiction Treatment, Outpatient Alcohol Treatment, DUI - DWI Offenders
Payment Options: Payment Assistance Through Medicaid, Self Pay, Sliding-Scale Fee

The primary function of the area of the brain which is known as the cortex is to maintain control over the rest of the brain; this area of the brain is depressed with the presence of even low doses of alcohol. This helps to explain why a person that is drinking is less inhibited and may have a loss of control over judgment.
Alcohol withdrawal can consist of anxiety, sleeplessness, muscle pains, and craving for alcohol; additionally, an alcoholic that is in withdrawal can experience hallucinations, muscle tremors, and seizures.
If you are a nondrinker, you should not start drinking because of the studies that have indicated that moderate drinking can offer benefits to your heart; protection against coronary heart disease can also be obtained by a variety of other ways, including through regular physical activity and by steadily maintaining a heart healthy diet.
How Many Tweens and Teens Are Drinking? Not as many as a lot of them believe and tell each other. The rate of current alcohol use among youth ages 12 to 17 was 15.9 percent in 2007. That means 84.1 percent, or more than four out of five students, did not use alcohol.

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