Northport Medical Center -

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Northport Medical Center
Northport Medical Center
is located at 2700 Hospital Drive Northport, AL. 35476 and can be contacted by calling 205-330-3102. Northport Medical Center offers treatment services for Illicit Drug Addiction, Alcoholism and Prescription Drug Abuse

Treatment Services Offered: Mental Balance Treatment Services, Inpatient Hospital Treatment, Over 50, Hearing Impaired Clients
Payment Options: Payment Assistance Through Medicaid, Medicare Assistance, Insurance - Private Pay, Insurance - Military, Self Pay

"Blackouts", are not diagnostic of alcohol dependence; they are memory lapses caused by heavy drinking, where the individual does not pass out, but appears to act relatively normal during drinking.
Alcohol is a very dangerous drug, as people who are drunk can overdose on alcohol and die either by suffocating on their vomit while drunk or sleeping, or because it can shut down the brain areas that control breathing.
Binge drinking (consuming 4 or more drinks per occasion for women; 5 or more drinks per occasion for men) is responsible for over half of the deaths and two-thirds of the YPLL (years of potential life lost) due to excessive drinking, and is associated with many health and social problems, including alcohol-impaired driving, interpersonal violence, risky sexual activity, and unintended pregnancy.
Not every child of an alcoholic becomes an alcoholic; conversely, people with no family history of alcoholism can become alcoholics.

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