HUNTINGTON TREATMENT CENTER IN HUNTINGTON, WV, HAS BEEN CHOSEN FOR CLINIC OF THE MONTH BECAUSE HTC HAS MUCH TO OFFER. HTC
HAS BEEN OPEN A LITTLE OVER 3 YEARS. IN THE PAST YEAR THERE HAVE BEEN MANY POSITIVE CHANGES. IN JUST 1 YEAR HTC HAS GONE
FROM NOT OFFERING ANY SUPPORT GROUPS AT ALL, TO NOW OFFERING: PATIENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS, FAMILY EDUCATION GROUPS,
A SPIRITUAL AWARENESS GROUP, A WOMENS GROUP, TWO NEW PATIENT ORIENTATION GROUPS, AND AN AREA FOR PATIENTS TO HOLD METHADONE
ANONYMOUS MEETINGS. WE WOULD LIKE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW ALL OF THE POSITIVE CHANGES THAT HTC HAS GONE THROUGH THIS LAST YEAR.
HTC HELPS NOT ONLY THE PATIENTS BUT THE STAFF AS WELL. THE NURSES, THE COUNSELORS, AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT WALKS THROUGH THE
DOORS OF THIS CLINIC HAVE GONE THROUGH MANY CHANGES THIS LAST YEAR. EVERYONE HELPS EACH OTHER LIVE BETTER LIVES THROUGH
WHAT IS OFFERED AT THIS MMT CLINIC AND SO MANY PATIENTS ARE INVOLVED IN THEIR OWN RECOVERY NOW.
SOON, THE CLINIC WILL BE HAVING A WEEKLY DRAWING SPONSORED BY HTC. THE DRAWING IS FOR "PATIENT APPRECIATION" AND THERE WILL
BE A $10.00 PRIZE EVERY WEEK FOR THE WINNER. THE DEAL IS: THE STAFF PUTS UP A NEW QUESTION EVERY WEEK THAT DEALS WITH
RECOVERY. THEY POST IT ON OUR PATIENT BOARD IN THE LOBBY. THE PATIENTS WHO RESPOND TO THE QUESTION AUTOMATICALLY ARE
ENTERED INTO THE DRAWING TO WIN. EVERY WEEK A RESPONSE WILL BE DRAWN FROM THE BOX - AND THE RESPONSE CHOSEN IS THE WINNER.
PATIENTS ARE RECOGNIZED BY THEIR PATIENT NUMBERS WHEN CHOSEN.
ANOTHER GREAT - BRAND NEW - PROGRAM THE CLINIC HAS TO OFFER IS CALLED, "THE SHARE A RIDE PROGRAM", IN WHICH THE CLINIC TRYS
TO GROUP PATIENTS WHO LIVE IN THE SAME AREA, AND WHO ARE IN SIMILIAR PHASES OF THEIR TREATMENT, TOGETHER, TO HELP ONE
ANOTHER GET TO THE CLINIC. MANY OF THE PATIENTS AT HTC ARE TRAVELING AT LEAST 45+ MILES, ONE WAY, EVERYDAY.
ALL OF THE NURSES ARE VERY NICE AND CARING AND THE STAFF GENUINELY CARES ABOUT THE WELL-BEING OF THEIR PATIENTS AS WELL.
THE SECURITY GUARDS OUT FRONT ARE FRIENDLY AND HELPFUL TOO. SO ALL AROUND, HTC IS A VERY GOOD PLACE TO GO, FOR NOT ONLY
METHADONE MAINTENANCE TREATMENT BUT ALSO A SAFE PLACE TO GO FOR HELP WITH THIS CUNNING, BAFFLING, AND POWERFUL DISEASE,
KNOWN AS OPIATE ADICTION
(The Patient, Jessica, that nominated this clinic for "Clinic of the Month", has been a patient at HTC since the doors were opened in
2003, and especially wants people in recovery to know what this clinic now has to offer...Thank You Jessica!)
