Orange County Alcohol Treatment

It is slowly being recognized that addiction to alcoholcommunity safety and foster a healthier and safer
is a disease and not a choice. Alcohol addiction causeslife for the participants and their families by increasing
damage to health. The economic losses due totreatment, supervision and accountability of the high
treatment of diseases are enormous. Furthermore,risk impaired driver.The process begins with the
the social damages relate to alcohol-related abuseadmission of the guilt. The criteria for admission are
and driving under the influence.Lobbyists for harsherthe participants should be resident of Orange County,
laws for DUI argue that stricter punishments andhave the ability to travel to Newport Beach for court
penalties have reduced the number of DUI arrests.and Santa Ana for treatment and supervision. The
But a number of studies show that judicial actionsprogram is modeled after a similar program for drug
combined with alcohol treatment decrease recidivism,abuse. The success of the program depends on the
the tendency to return to alcoholism. These studieseffect it has on the DUI incidents.Alcohol treatment
imply that harsher laws only increase the tendency toinvolves medical treatment, counseling sessions,
drink more. For instance, the first thing an alcoholmonitoring and supervision of the participants.
addict would do after release from jail sentence is toWithout medical treatment, the programs of AA instill
go to the first bar that he or she comes across.Ina sense of confidence to say no to alcohol. Hence
order to reduce recidivism, a pilot program has beenextended participation in AA is a strong measure to
started at the Orange County Superior Court Harborreduce recidivism. Furthermore, the mandatory formal
Justice Center. It is one of two such programs in theprobation does have an effect on DUI behavior.
US. The mission is to reduce recidivism, enhance