Television and radio advertisements often lead us to familiar names in the drug and alcohol treatment industry that are really more national in scope and less localized. Sometimes when an issue as intimate and personal as drug or alcohol addiction can be, it may be helpful to seek services from someone that is more like family and a part of the local community. In Columbia SC, just such services are available from a well known institution called “Morris Village”. A more complete association name would be “Earle E. Morris Jr. Alcohol and Drug AddictionTreatment Center” but locally well known as just Morris Village.
Morris Village is located at:
610 Faison Drive, Columbia, S.C. 29203
Telephone: (803) 935-7100
www.state.sc.us/dmh/morris_village
Morris Village is a 160-bed inpatient addiction treatment facility and it’s purpose is to provide treatment for persons requiring inpatient level of care for alcohol and other drug addiction. The Morris Village mission statement is as follows:
“Morris Village is to provide effective treatment of chemical dependence through comprehensive evaluation, safe detoxification, and state-of-the-art treatment services. Our staff respects the dignity and rights of patients and promotes their return to normal, productive lives in their communities. We are committed to professionalism, quality and excellence”.
All this week this section of the Examiner has highlighted several selected treatment facilities in the Columbia SC area. The purpose has not been to focus attention on any specific institution over some other institution but rather simply to indicate the vast array and variety of services available in Columbia. Available treatment facilities are indeed numerous and varied from private to public institutions, inpatient to outpatient institutions and clinical environments to name a few. If there is a commonality with any of these, it is that they are all “initial”, short term (first 30 days) treatment regarding this deadly subject. All of these institutions should be viewed as a “start” on a new path in life that will lead to living happy, joyous and free.
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