Addiction Counseling in Little Silver, New Jersey

If you or a loved one is struggling with addiction, C.C.C. Counseling Services understands how difficult it is to ask for help.

Our experienced clinicians will help those who are suffering from addiction, as well as the family members around them- who have watched the addiction take over their loved ones life.

C.C.C. Counseling Services has a non-judgmental, non-critical, drug intervention process.

The Victim is able to see their lifestyle choices and what they have done to themselves. When they truly understand the impact that their drug addiction dependence has done to them and others who love them, they may truly begin to want to make a change.

“Are you an Addict?”

You are the only person that can answer this question.

Asking “am I an addict?”, is a painful question to ask your self. Have you ever told yourself; “I can handle it.”, “I can stop whenever I want”… Even at first, if this were true, it’s not anymore.

The drugs handle us. Very simply, an addict is a person whose life is controlled by drugs.

Perhaps you admit you have a problem with drugs, but you don’t consider yourself an addict.

All of us have preconceived ideas about what an addict is.

Symptoms of Addiction

• The biggest symptom of addiction is the inability to limit use of a substance or activity beyond need leading to clinically significant impairment.
• There is a craving or compulsion to use the substance or activity.
• Recurrent use of the drug or activity escalates to achieve the desired effect, indicating tolerance.
• Attempts to stop usage produce symptoms of withdrawal—irritability, anxiety, shakes, nausea.
• Recurrent use of the substance or activity impairs work, social, and family responsibilities, creates psychological impairments and interpersonal problems, has negative effects of heath mood, self-respect, exacerbated by the effects of the specific substance itself.