Alcohol/Drug Education (ADE)
Get educated on the effects of alcohol and drugs in your life. Spanish speaking classes available at Northline and West offices.
"If you are abusing drugs, even admitting that you may have a problem is a huge step. It takes tremendous strength and courage to admit that you are having trouble. Much as you may want to, don’t try to quit alone. Recovery is possible with the right medical help and social support. Without the right support, it is very easy to rationalize just one more hit or pill, and withdrawal symptoms can test the strongest resolve. The road to sobriety is rewarding but challenging. If you take the time to build a support network and learn your triggers for using, you will greatly reduce the risk of relapse." Excerpt from Helpguide.org: Understand, Prevent & Resolve Life's Challenges.
Anger/Stress Management (AM)
Learn how to cope with anger and resentment in a healthy way. Recognize when anger and stress is building up, use assertive communication skills and utilize conflict resolution for better results.
Domestic Violence (DV)
Learn to develop healthier relationship skills by improving communication, changing belief systems about relationships, handling conflict and de-escalating stressful situations, included in this program is battering intervention which promotes safety for victims and bringing about social change necessary to end battering and all other forms of relationship abuse.
Drug Offenders Education Program (TDOEP) Examine the ways that alcohol and drugs are affecting your life.
DWI Education or First Offense (DWI)
Learn how alcohol and drugs relate to your driving skills, what your drinking/drug use patterns are, and to aid in developing plans that may reduce possible future DWI behavior.
"State law requires individuals convicted of a first offense DWI to complete a certified DWI education program or face license revocation. Individuals convicted of subsequent offenses are mandated to a 32-hour intervention program designed to prevent further substance abuse related problems and encourage entry into treatment where indicated.
Again, attendance is enforced through license revocation. Drivers convicted of a drug offense receive an automatic six-month license suspension, and reinstatement is dependent on completing a course on the dangers of drug abuse. Minors convicted of first or subsequent offenses for the purchase, possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages are required to attend an alcohol awareness course or face a six-month license suspension." (Toward a Drug-Free Texas: A Coordinated Demand Reduction Strategy: Drug Demand Reduction Advisory Committee)
As noted, the conseqences can be more than just endangering someone else's life, but in many ways impact your life tremendously.
DWI Repeat Offenders Program (DWI II)
Looking at your second (or more) DWI? This class will help you examine the issues leading to alcohol abuse and addiction.
Minors in Possession (MIP)
Learn about the effects and potential consequences of alcohol in your young life.
"A minor convicted of public intoxication faces a possible $500 fine, must attend alcohol-awareness class and serve eight to 40 hours of community service. Minors also could lose their driver's license for 30 to 180 days. . .Underage drinking in Texas is widespread. About 1.1 million people under 21 in the state drink each year, according to the International Institute for Alcohol Awareness. And last year, underage drinking here cost $5.2 billion in medical care, work loss and other related problems, according to the group." International Institute for Alcohol Awareness,
www.iiaaonline.org.
Education can enhance your ability to remain free from statistics and can also reduce the riskiness in one's early years.
Tobacco Awareness for Minors (TACP)
Learn about the effects of tobacco use and how it impacts your health.
The reference for the following information is located at
http://ncadi.samsha.gov Taken from a pamphlet entitled "Tips for Teens-Tobacco".
Tobacco—cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, and snuff—damages your health. Smoking, which is the most common cause of lung cancer, is also a leading cause of cancer of the mouth, throat, bladder, pancreas, and kidneys. Over 13 percent—3.3 million—youths aged 12 to 17 used a tobacco product in the past month.1 Smokeless tobacco contains 28 ingredients that can cause cancer in your lips, tongue, cheeks, gums, and the top and bottom of your mouth.2
Tobacco affects your body’s development. Smoking is particularly harmful for teens because your body is still growing and changing. The 200 known poisons in cigarette smoke affect your normal development and can cause life-threatening diseases, such as chronic bronchitis, heart disease, and stroke.
This pamphlet is informative and provides the facts of tobacco use. It outlines the facts of early use of tobacco products. it advises us to be aware of the effects of using tobacco. We should know the law, be informed, help others, learn how the body is affected, be aware that playing sports will be harder for tobacco users and think of others who do not smoke. Again get the facts. Our Tobacco Awareness for Minors (TACP) program is designed to provide this type of service.
Supportive Outpatient Program (SOP)
This is a 90-day program consisting of CD education and process group twice weekly for 2.5 hours each. One individual session is provided every 3 weeks. Spanish speaking classes at Northline and West offices.
Anti-Theft (AT)
This course will help participants identify and correct thinking errors that result in poor decision making regarding theft or shoplifting.
Outpatient Services
Services tailored to meet court and individual requirements for treatment of Substance Abuse and Chemical Dependency.All locations offer chemical dependency evaluations.
