The following pages were written to help educate people about drug addiction and the recovery process.

Letter from the Director of ECTC on Drugs & Alcohol:

Drugs and alcohol come in many different forms and can initiate a variety of symptoms and effects on the body. In general, people who begin to experiment with drugs and alcohol usually start with the ‘softer’ drugs such as alcohol and marijuana. The effects of alcohol and marijuana include feelings of euphoria, loss of reasoning and a feeling of indestructibility. Long-term symptoms of alcohol abuse include consistent blackouts (memory loss while drunk), loss of control, inappropriate, violent and unhealthy behaviors, etc. Click here to read more

Letter from the Director of ECTC on Getting Help:

Once the cycle of addition has gone too far and the only positive course of action is treatment, here are a few good measures in substance abuse recovery: If a person is unwilling to seek help for themselves, hiring an intervention specialist to break through denial is a smart idea. During the intervention process, family and friends work together with the interventionist to confront a destructive drug addict or alcoholic. Through this process, the substance abuser is most often able to accept that there is a problem and get help. Click here to read more