Juneau, AK Drug & Alcohol Rehab Centers

These are the places a patient is most likely to find a medical detox with 24/7 staff as well as medical support. With narcotic pain pills and also other opiates, a physical addiction can be treated with medication, but other therapy is recommended afterward.

These programs will require no overnight stay and generally allow patients to live at home or in a group home. A four-to-six-week program can take about 25 hours a week of intensive counseling. Individual and group therapy is part of the program and is recommended for people who have stepped down from an inpatient program.

The outpatient program allows the patient to attend meetings as an individual or group on a regular basis, but not for as long a session as when inpatient. This is the lowest level of formal program and patients are encouraged to have support from friends and family.

Alcoholics Anonymous started in the 1930s as a way for people struggling with alcohol misuse to talk to each other and help figure out what was wrong in their lives. The program evolved quickly into a 12-step treatment method run by people in recovery. None of the group leaders are required to have any official certification or training; the group believes there is strength in shared hope. For many people, AA meetings are a helpful part of aftercare and are often used while someone attends inpatient or outpatient rehab. The following are AA meetings that are near Juneau, Alaska.

Sunday Morning Group
Rainforest Activity Center
3250 Hospital Dr.
Juneau, AK 99801

Nooners Group
Sitka Counseling & Prevention
111 Metlakatla St.
Juneau, AK 99835

Up the Creek Group
Juneau Public Health Service Center
3412 Glacier Hwy.
Juneau, AK 99801

Narcotics Anonymous meetings are actually very similar to AA meetings in that they also follow the 12 steps. NA asks its members to work with a sponsor to go through the 12 steps, but the only thing it requires its members to do is to have a desire to stop using drugs.

Rainforest Activity Center
3240 Hospital Dr.
Juneau, AK 99801

Atco Building
1613 Anka St.
Juneau, AK 99801

The SMART Recovery method is a 4-point program that helps people in recovery build and maintain motivation, cope with urges to use drugs, manage their thoughts, behaviors and feelings and live a balanced life. The meetings help both those who suffer from substance misuse and heal from the effects of addiction. SMART Recovery (Self-Management for Addiction Recovery Training) meetings are recommended as part of an aftercare program designed to keep people from using drugs and alcohol. There are no meetings within 100 miles of Juneau, but there are meetings offered online at the SMART Recovery website.

These meetings are the sister meetings to AA and NA meetings, set up for families and friends of those in recovery from alcohol and drug misuse. The parents, friends and even coworkers of those who suffer from drug and alcohol addiction often need not only support but also guidance and a shoulder to lean on. Many family members suffer feelings of guilt and even anger when a loved one becomes addicted. Some meetings in and around Juneau are:

Nar-Anon
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
9055 Atlin Dr.
Juneau, AK 99801

Al-Anon
Resurrection Lutheran Church
740 W. 10th St.
Juneau, AK 99801

Al-Anon
St. Vincent de Paul
8617 Teal St.
Juneau, AK 99801