| Addiction treatment program and alcohol addiction | | | | like? That is correct, you would never receive the |
| programs have been available for the heterosexual | | | | greatest possible benefit from you addiction treatment |
| community in New York and New Jersey for well | | | | experience. Because of this the possibility of relapse |
| over 30 years. | | | | would be quite high. |
| These addiction treatment programs have been of | | | | Today, the approach to treating the GLBT population |
| high quality and either, private, not for profit, federally | | | | has begun to change. You can find drug rehab or |
| funded, inpatient addiction treatment or outpatient | | | | alcohol treatment programs such as Lakeview |
| addiction treatment. There has been addiction | | | | Freedom Rings that has designed addiction treatment |
| treatment for almost any kind of drug addiction or | | | | for the GLBT population within the structure of a state |
| alcohol addiction. You can find addiction treatment | | | | of the art addiciton treatment program. Addiction |
| programs for the elderly, adolescent, men or women, | | | | treatment programs such as this, have begun to |
| but what about the GLBT population (gay, lesbian, | | | | emerge, but on a limited basis. |
| bisexual, transgender). Where do those with a different | | | | What is the Clinical Structure Within the Addiction |
| sexual orientation go and feel comfortable? Where do | | | | Treatment Program The gay addiction treatment |
| the GLBT go where they can receive addiction | | | | component is almost a program within a program. |
| treatment without being judged? | | | | While the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender |
| Gay Addiction Treatment History Historically, the GLBT | | | | certainly have their own set of specific issues, people |
| community suffering from drug addiction or alcoholism, | | | | are people and addicts are addicts. Any quality gay |
| were expected to fit into primarily heterosexual drug | | | | addiction treatment component will have its own |
| rehab or alcohol rehab programs. Can you imagine | | | | addiction therapist trained in meeting the recovery |
| being heterosexual and being asked to fit into a gay | | | | needs of the GLBT population, the staff at the |
| addiction treatment program, gay drug rehab or gay | | | | addiction treatment center will receive sensitivity |
| alcohol rehab program. Think maybe you might feel a | | | | training and education to reduce and sometimes |
| little uncomfortable, have trouble fitting in or experience | | | | eliminate any homophobic attitudes and the GLBT |
| the result of internalized homophobia. What do you | | | | patients will participate in clinical services with the rest |
| think your addiction treatment experience would be | | | | of the population outside of their component. |