Local Resources
Contact 518/462-6138 or 518/432-4188 to get more info about our Crystal Meth Support Group

Low/No cost meth recovery/rehab programs:

Albany Teen Challenge	518/756-2242
St. Jude House	888/424-2626
Hope House	518/452-0001
Hope House Albany	518/465-2441
Hospitality House	518/434-6468
Montgomery	518/842-3717
St. Peter's	518/449-5170
Victorian Manor	518/725-5646
NarcAnon	877/947-5900

www.drugtreatment.tv

www.stopaddiction.com
 

Web Resources/Links
For more information on living, playing and partying smart, visit:
www.tweaker.org
www.lifeormeth.com
www.dancesafe.org
www.lifeormeth.org
www.crystalmeth.org
www.crystal-meth.org
www.methmadness.com
www.erowid.org
www.usdoj.gov/methawareness/meth_video.htm


What is Treatment Like?
Treatment can help users:

• build self-esteem through therapy and other activities

• build support and reduce isolation through healthy social activities

• deal with negative body image

• get properly medicated for depression and other mental/emotional diagnoses.

Medical treatments include the use of antidepressant agents such as amitriptyline, dosepin, trazodone, or fluoxetine (Prozac). These affect serotonin, the neurotransmitter in the brain that deals with both depression and drug craving.

Sedatives such as Dalmane, chloral hydrate, Librium, phenobarbital, or even Valium are used, very carefully, on a short-term basis to treat anxiety or sleep disturbance problems.

Antipsychotic medications such as Haldol, Thorazine, and others are also used to buffer the effects of unbalanced dopamine, the neurotransmitter that moderates paranoia and pleasurable sensation.

In addition to treating the physical and psychological aspects of craving, treatment providers stress group counseling and peer support aspects.