Alcoholism Recovery & Treatment

Question by cw: Is this allowed in a health care facility? Legal?
my brother went into a drug/ alcohol treatment center for an evaluation and found out that someone there looked up his criminal background, he wasn;t in any legal issue at the time.Are they allowed to do this? I know if your a pt at any hospital/ dr.office this is illegal. Hippa privacy issue

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Answer by Tracey Seth
HIPAA has nothing to do with it. All HIPAA regulates is the transfering of medical information from one entitiy to another. It has nothing to do with criminal records.

Criminal records are public information and if your brother was being admitted to a drug alcohol treatment center, they want a criminal background check to see what kind of danger he might be to the other patients, especially if they also treat minors.

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Question by catherine_ann: Will undergoing alcoholism treatment mean that I won’t be allowed to drink alcohol ever again?
I have been relying on alcohol lately, and I want to change that. I want to treat this alcoholism. I was just wondering if going through treatment would mean never having to drink anything alcoholic ever again in my life.

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Answer by nice_alivia
The goal of alcoholism treatments is to help the person go into abstinence. It’s advisable that you don’t consume any alcoholic drinks in a long span of time. This doesn’t mean that you can’t drink alcohol ever again, just that when you do so, you’ll be sure to do it in moderation. Excessive drinking will have you addicted again in no time, and you don’t want that. If you really want to be sober, work on it. It’s always a wonderful feeling when you’re experiencing bliss without alcohol messing with your brain.

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So for the last few days I’ve been craving alcohol like mad. My psychiatrist told me I cannot drink for 6 months because he thinks I am dependent on it (I’m a binge drinker) and also I’m on prozac and clonazepam. Does this make me an alcoholic? I just want a drink so badly.. sadly I’m only 16. I was in drug counselling before for weed and alcohol but I never did stop drinking. The last time I drank was about 3 weeks ago.