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Arizona Center for Change
Arizona Center for Change
is located at 4205 North 7th Avenue Phoenix, AZ. 85013 and can be contacted by calling 602-253-8488. Arizona Center for Change offers treatment services for Illicit Drug Addiction, Prescription Drug Abuse and Alcoholism

Treatment Services Offered: Alcohol Addiction Treatment, Outpatient Alcohol Treatment, Services for Young Adults, Lesbian and Gay, Women, Men, Spanish Speaking
Payment Options: Payment Assistance Through Medicaid, Insurance - Private Pay, Self Pay

The 2009 Youth Risk Behavior Survey found that among high school students, during the past 30 days 24% binge drank.
Think that you may have a problem with alcohol? Keep a drinking diary. Write down how many drinks you consume over a month-long period and how much it costs you. When you realize how much dough you're sinking on drinking, it might give you incentive to cut down your alcohol intake even further.
What is binge drinking? According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism binge drinking is defined as a pattern of alcohol consumption that brings the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level to 0.08% or more. This pattern of drinking usually corresponds to 5 or more drinks on a single occasion for men or 4 or more drinks on a single occasion for women, generally within about 2 hours.
Studies comparing thinking and memory abilities in teens with and without drinking problems have found that remembering information, working with maps or puzzles, and doing mental arithmetic were less accurate in heavy-drinking youth. By interfering with hormone actions, alcohol can alter blood sugar levels and exacerbate or cause diabetes and

For more information, visit www.drug-rehabs.org.