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The Serene Center: Ilustrating a New Approach to Overcoming Substance Abuse

March 20, 2009 by

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This week Dr. Gracer’s guest is Andrew Martin, the founder and director of the Serene Center in Long Beach, California. The Serene Center is a unique locale. It is a combination of transitional living and sober living environments. Residents get a unique type of support that includes life skills training, therapy, and even 12 step programs on site. Hear how this type of facility is changing our ways of treating substance abuse and achieving long term success.

Andrew Martin is a successful businessman, whose wife had a severe addiction program from which she eventually died. Andrew was exposed to the recovery community through the Betty Ford Center program for relatives of patients. After his wife’s death he decided to formulate his own unique solution to help those in recovery maintain their sobriety and learn to lead normal lives. He is the founder and owner of the Serene Center in Long Beach, California and is the publisher of the monthly internet-based, Serene Scene Transitional Sober Living Magazine.

Learn More by Visiting TransitionalSoberLiving.org

 

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About Richard Gracer

Richard I. Gracer, MD, is the founder of Gracer Behavioral Health Services, an innovative and comprehensive substance abuse program that stresses the reduction of cravings, and has been in medical practice since 1974. He is certified in Addiction Medicine and Family Practice, and a Diplomat of the American Academy of Pain Management. He edited Beating the Years, Beating Sports Injuries, and Beating Back Pain (Barron’s, 2003,2005, 2006), and wrote the popular “Ask the Doctor” column in the Lamorinda Sun for 10 years. He is the author of A New Prescription for Addiction.

Dr. Gracer is also the Host of A New Prescription for Health on WomensRadio. A New Prescription for Healthfeatures discussions with noted experts, both researchers and practitioners, on cutting edge, holistic, and comprehensive treatments for pain and addiction. Aimed at the educated person seeking more information, this series provides hard-to-get information and insights, including interviews with actual patients, on treatment of these difficult and pervasive problems.

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