1884 Davenport Rd. November 99 Women and Addictions Janet Lewis gets around. Janet spent her time with us taking a tour of the programs available for women users.
Centres tend to follow one or the other approach.
They believe that a person will bottom out and seek treatment at some point. This disease of addiction is seen as affecting the whole family. Because denial is considered part of the disease, confrontation is used in treatment. There are biological components to this medical approach for which there is some evidence in medical literature. Inherited predisposition is part of these concepts.