In 2022, 20.4 million people in the United States alone were diagnosed with a substance use disorder, and only 10.3 percent of those people received any sort of treatment for their substance use and abuse. While those numbers might seem scary and large, it doesn’t take into account the broader and worldwide data around addiction, as well as the millions of people who haven’t been diagnosed with any substance abuse disorder.

Drug addictions have only become more and more widespread and reported on within the past year, with the results of an addiction to drugs being seen in increased levels of crime, use among youth, and drug related incidents and deaths. However, we’ve also seen a rise in the number of people and organizations that are deciding to take a stand against drug addiction and who are trying to fight it.

Because addiction can be treated. It is a chronic brain disorder with a cure that can be treated, and many people who have gotten help for their addictions have gone on to live successful lives filled with freedom.

One of those organizations that is attempting to build a better America and an America without drug addiction is Graham Doerge, who is the CEO of the New Waters Recovery Detox Center In North Carolina, which is taking a brand new approach to both learning about addiction and learning about how we treat it. Here’s what you need to know about this man and the center he runs.

Why Graham Doerge Knows What He Is Talking About

Graham Doerge has spent more than a decade as a leader in the industry of treating addictions and he’s gotten a lot of health care experience in that time, experience that he has used to create some serious recovery solutions. This led him to found New Waters Recovery, a place that has brought some of the top tier professionals in the field of addiction treatment to the location in order to solve America’s drug problem.

He’s experienced his own war with substance abuse, as he had to enter treatment in 2008, and he uses the lessons learned from his own recovery to provide new insights into how others might recover from addiction as well. The New Waters Recovery Detox Center doesn’t just use one approach to get you or your loved ones clean, but rather a full body and multi-disciplinary approach that seeks to get you out of addiction by fully improving your life.

How Does New Waters Recovery Help?

New Waters Recovery understands that addiction is a mental health problem that affects the brain, and while treatment for the body is readily available, there still isn’t a lot of treatment for the mind. New Waters Recovery attempts to answer the question ‘why did the user start using in the first place?’ Many people don’t just decide to get addicted to alcohol, or overeating, or drugs, because often something drives them to it.

By understanding the story of the patient as they recover, the team at New Waters Recovery seeks to find what the addiction is masking, and then deal with that. Both defeating the root cause of the addiction as well as healing the rest of the inner pain.

Additionally, the withdrawal symptoms of many of these addictions can also lead to a rise in mental health problems and episodes, and in order to treat these symptoms effectively, an understanding of why this is occurring is needed. By understanding all of the circumstances and stories from your past that have led you towards your addiction, we are able to better chart you a path out of your addiction and into real recovery and health.

A Deep Focus On Mental Health

While many addiction centers are starting to learn more about their patients and delve into the reasons why an addiction happened in their life, New Waters Recovery Detox Clinic is the only center that devotes a full week to understanding the mental health needs of each and every patient that walks through the door seeking help.

Additionally, our mental health program is maximized and customized to meet the needs of every client that is accepted into the program, making sure that our team does everything possible in order to treat the addiction right the first time. We do our best to use mental health work and therapy as well as medication and recovery plans in order to reduce the side effects of various symptoms.

Finally, once the program at Deep Water Recovery is complete, we focus on making sure that our clients can leave the program and return to the outside world without a risk of relapse. We provide a comprehensive aftercare plan to make sure they have support, resources, and people they can turn to so they can get back to living a nice and healthy life free from addiction.

How We Contribute To An America Without Drug Addiction

With our team’s, and our founder’s commitment to recovery and experience fighting addictions ourselves, we want to make sure that our center detoxes the entire person and makes sure to bring the reason behind the addiction and the substance abuse out into the world so it can be treated.

With nothing left to hide and no reason to continue using the drug of choice, most people are able to get back to living healthy lives feeling as if a weight was lifted from their shoulders, and won’t run the risk of falling back into a relapse.

If you or a loved one are struggling with addiction, don’t hesitate to get the help you need and make sure that you ask for help. It is there, it is effective, and it will ensure that you get to live a life free from the self destructive tendrils of addiction. New Waters Recovery Clinic and Graham Doerge are here to help you out, and we will succeed in freeing you from your addiction.