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St. Josephs Behavioral Health Center
St. Josephs Behavioral Health Center
is located at 4918 North Habana Avenue Tampa, FL. 33614 and can be contacted by calling 813-870-4300. St. Josephs Behavioral Health Center offers treatment services for Alcoholism, Illicit Drug Addiction and Prescription Drug Abuse

Treatment Services Offered: Mental Balance Treatment Services, Inpatient Hospital Treatment, Hearing Impaired Clients, Spanish Speaking
Payment Options: Payment Assistance Through Medicaid, Medicare Assistance, Insurance - Private Pay, Self Pay, Payment Help

Increased drinking increases your tolerance, requiring more alcohol to cause the same previous effect. The type and concentration of the alcohol that is consumed can affect the rate of intoxication and metabolism.
According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, most teens have reported that alcohol is easy to get; 64% of the teens that were surveyed said that they got alcohol from family members or peers.
Alcohol quickly enters directly into the bloodstream; this is why the consumption of alcohol affects every single system in the body within a very short period of time.
Many experts in genetics estimate that over 50% of the causes of alcohol dependence are due to genes that lead to an increased "vulnerability" to alcoholism. A large majority of these geneticists believe that these particular genes affect some physiological component of the brain that is associated with the production of "impaired control," the hallmark of alcohol dependence.

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