Specialized Alcohol Rehab Center in Merritt Park, NY
Three drinks turned into six; six turned into finishing the bottle. Now you're buying two bottles so you don't run out. Your spouse found your hidden stash under the bathroom sink last week. The kids avoid you when you've been drinking. You're functional at work, but barely. Sound about right? We're a trusted rehab center that doesn't care how you got here - we care about getting you out. Merritt Park looks perfect from the outside, but plenty of people behind those nice doors are drowning in alcohol just like you.
Medical Detox That Keeps You Safe
Your hands shake without booze. You sweat through your sheets. Sometimes you see things that aren't there. Trying to quit drinking at home might kill you - literally. Arms Acres has actual doctors who've seen thousands of people detox. Our 191-bed facility isn't some spa retreat.
It's a medical facility where nurses check your vitals every few hours and doctors adjust your medications based on how your body handles withdrawal. We've pulled people through DTs, seizures, and hallucinations. You don't get a medal for suffering through this alone.
Therapy Programs That Get Results
Sitting in circles talking about feelings doesn't work for everyone. Our therapists use methods that have been tested on thousands of alcoholics. CBT sounds fancy, but it just means learning to spot the thoughts that make you drink. Like when your brain tells you "one beer won't hurt" even though you've never had just one beer in your life.
Motivational Interviewing helps you figure out why you want to quit - and it better be your reason, not your wife's or your boss's. If you're drinking because someone hurt you years ago, we deal with that trauma. Otherwise, it'll keep driving you back to the bottle.
Dual Diagnosis Treatment
Depressed people drink. Anxious people drink. People with bipolar disorder definitely drink. We don't pretend your alcoholism exists in a vacuum. Our psychiatrists and addiction counselors actually talk to each other - weird concept, right? If you need antidepressants or anti-anxiety meds, we'll prescribe them. We're not going to let you suffer with untreated mental illness while expecting you to stay sober. That's just setting you up to fail.
Family Support Programs
Your family walks on eggshells around you. They hide their wallets and car keys. They make excuses for why you can't come to family events anymore. They love you, but they're exhausted from your drinking.
Our family program teaches them what addiction actually is - a brain disease, not a moral failing. They learn how to support your recovery without enabling your drinking. Because right now, they probably don't know the difference.
About Merritt Park
Merritt Park residents are supposed to have their lives together. Nice neighborhood, good property values, kids in decent schools. But addiction doesn't care about your zip code or your credit score. Some of the worst alcoholics we've treated came from places just like Merritt Park. The pressure to look perfect makes it harder to ask for help. Nobody wants to be the family with "problems" on the block. That shame keeps people sick longer than they need to be. Our facility is close enough for family visits but far enough away that you won't run into neighbors at the grocery store.
Stop lying to yourself about cutting back or moderating. You already know that doesn't work for you. Call our intake team and tell them exactly how much you're drinking. They won't be shocked - they've heard worse. Get real help instead of making more promises you can't keep.
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