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  • Dirigo Counseling Clinic Waterville
  • Dirigo Counseling Clinic Waterville
    is located at 32 College Avenue Waterville, ME. 4901 and can be contacted by calling 207-973-0505. Dirigo Counseling Clinic Waterville offers treatment services for Illicit Drug Addiction, Alcoholism and Prescription Drug Abuse

    Treatment Services Offered: Alcohol Addiction Treatment, Outpatient Alcohol Treatment, Services for Young Adults, Dual Diagnosis, AIDS/HIV Clients, Lesbian and Gay, Over 50, Expectant Mothers, Women, Men, Court Appointed Client Services
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  • The medulla is the part of your brain that controls basic survival functions such as breathing and heartbeat. When you've consumed so much alcohol that the medulla is affected, your brain's ability to control respiration and heart rate is severely diminished. Your heart rate can drop and breathing cease, causing death, at blood alcohol levels as low as .30%.
  • Research suggests that alcohol consumption may interfere directly with medications used for HIV, essentially blocking their effectiveness.
  • A recent study reported that 8.5% of adults in the United States met the criteria for an alcohol use disorder; whereas 2% met the criteria for a drug use disorder and 1.1% met the criteria for both.
  • Eight young people a day die in alcohol-related crashes.

For more information, visit www.drug-rehabs.org.