Treatment & Recovery
Treatment and Recovery is a long journey that can save one's life. Santa Cruz County has the passion to save lives, contact an organization below if you or a loved one needs help.
Counseling
A one-on-one approach to address addiction, by focusing on your mental, social, emotional, and physical well-being. Expect to attend multiple sessions in order address your needs, counseling can be either short term or long term, everyone is different.
Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)
Suboxone, Buprenorphine, and Methadone are different medications that can assist in reducing the cravings of using opioids. Talk to your doctor about which medication is best for you. Our local MAT programs work with behavioral services, peer support, counseling, etc.
Group Therapy
Guided discussions and activities by a counselor for a group of people with substance use disorder or opioid use disorder. Group therapy offers a sense of community; many people are affected by addiction and by working in a group you can learn from other’s experiences.
Primary Care
Attending doctor’s visits to address your overall physical health and check for related illness such as HEP C or HIV. You can receive medications that can help with opioid use disorders and other behavioral health conditions. If you are not ready to address your addiction that’s ok! Talk to your doctor and focus on your other health conditions and concerns.
Peer Support
Services that connect you with individuals in recovery. Services includes workshops, life skills, relationship building, and connections to local resources. Peer support is a wonderful way to gain support from those that have been in your shoes.
How to seek help:
Call different agencies and ask about what services they offer
Explain what you need, and be open to new ideas
Choose the best agency (or agencies) that will support you
Take notes during your calls
Attend your appointment regularly
Remember this is a process, stay calm and don’t get frustrated
How to support someone with opioid use disorder:
1) Discuss how you can help
“Help” can mean many different things such as providing a listening ear, giving reminders to take medication, or giving someone a ride to the doctor. These conversations aren’t always easy but they are important.
Make sure to have these conversations often as the person’s needs may change. Only offer what you can do, be realistic.
2) Encourage professional help
Not everyone knows what resources are available. Use this website as tool to explain and encourage professional help.
Do not threaten the person, they may be hesitant at first but let them know that professional help is available and works.
If you are comfortable, you can even help them make an appointment or ask for more information.
3) Learn more about recovery
Addiction is a disease, not a choice. Recovery is not an easy process; it is a physical, mental, and emotional journey.
Our local peer support agency, HOPE, is wonderful resource to learn about the recovery and treatment process. Every employee has lived experience or is a family member of someone who has faced substance use.
The more you understand about recovery the better you can help and feel more confident in your role.
4) Encourage responsibility
You can offer support, education, and advice. But remember they are responsible for their own recovery. It’s important to empower the individual, and respect their boundaries.
5) Promote Healthy Choices
This can include a balance diet, physical activity, adequate sleep, social interaction, and health screenings. Not everyone is ready to seek help for their substance use issues, but remember they have other health needs. Focusing on other healthy behaviors can be a stepping stones towards seeking treatment.
6) Focus on the person, not the illness
It’s important to help them reclaim their talents, hobbies, interest, goals, and dreams. Their substance use may be impacting many facets of their life, but help them remember that they are more than that.
7) DON’T GIVE UP!
The journey of recovery can be long, challenging, and often discouraging. Keep moving forward slowly. Relapse happens, but it does not mean that they failed. Remember addiction is a complicated disease. It’s a lifetime battle.
Where can I get help?
Mariposa Community Health Center
1852 N. Mastick Way
Nogales, AZ 85621
Phone: 520-281-1550
mariposachc.net
Services
MAT
Primary Care
Individual Counseling
Psychiatry
Community Health Services (Platicamos Salud)
Pediatrics
OBGYN
Pinal Hispanic Council
Centro De Amistad
275 N. Grand Court Plaza
Nogales, Az 85621
Phone: 520-287-0015
Services
Supportive Employment
Permanent Supportive Housing
Behavioral Health Services
Wellness Service
Circles of Peace
155 N Morley Avenue,
Nogales, Arizona 85621
Phone: 520-281-0579
Services
Outpatient Services
Pretrial Services
Prevention
Restorative Justice Circles Model
HOPE, Inc.
1891 N. Mastick Way
Nogales, AZ 85621
Phone: 520-287-9612
844-733-9912 (Southern AZ WARM LINE)
Services
Peer Support
Outpatient Services
Community Programs
Alliance Counseling
Alliance Counseling Center LLC
1790 N. Mastick Way
Suite A
Nogales, AZ 85621
Phone: 520-281-0009
Services
DUI Treatment
Anger Management
Domestic Violence
Individual Therapy
Marriage Counseling
Medication and Case Management
Parenting Class
Community Medical Services (CMS)
274 W. Viewpoint Drive
Nogales, AZ 85621
Phone: 520-924-8900
Services
Medication Options
Counseling
Pregnancy and Women’s Health
Peer Support
Correctional Health
Ready to get Involved?
Organizations and community members involved in SUD/OUD are welcome to join!
Email Yara Castro at info@sosaheal.org or call 520-375-6050 for more information.