If you are seeking help for a problem with alcohol, drugs, or out-of-control behavior, you are taking a courageous step toward change. Chances are something has happened in your life that has caused you to question your current choices. I understand the ambivalence you feel, and can offer a safe place to discuss your concerns. If you are seeking help for someone else, there is help here for you, too. -- Lee T. Budahn, Addiction Therapist
My specialties include treatment for problems with alcohol, drugs, and sexual addiction. I help the people with these problems, and their families. In my 18 years of professional experience, I have assisted thousands of people on their paths to recovery.
Addiction is a complex and destructive disease that affects not only the sufferers, but their families, co-workers and friends. Many people erroneously believe that addiction is a failure of willpower or a moral problem, but this is not the case. Addictions are based upon the interaction of biology, psychology and one's environment in ways that are only now being understood. Research has shown that addiction is a brain disease expressed in compulsive behavior.
Recovery is not only about stopping the addictive cycle, but about building a life you enjoy so much that you have less and less difficulty leaving the addictive life behind. Recovery is a process that develops with time, just as the addiction took time to grow. Recovery is about the reawakening of a person into health.
I bring compassionate care and state-of-the-art, evidence-based treatment techniques to people with addiction problems. Customized treatment plans can include individual or group counseling, along with participation in 12-step or other recovery programs. An individual assessment of your concerns is the first step. Together we will decide what treatment best meets your needs.
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My specialties include treatment for problems with alcohol, drugs, and sexual addiction. I help the people with these problems, and their families. In my 18 years of professional experience, I have assisted thousands of people on their paths to recovery. 
Recovery is not only about stopping the addictive cycle, but about building a life you enjoy so much that you have less and less difficulty leaving the addictive life behind. Recovery is a process that develops with time, just as the addiction took time to grow. Recovery is about the reawakening of a person into health. 
I bring compassionate care and state-of-the-art, evidence-based treatment techniques to people with addiction problems. Customized treatment plans can include individual or group counseling, along with participation in 12-step or other recovery programs. An individual assessment of your concerns is the first step. Together we will decide what treatment best meets your needs.
