Can We Cure Addiction?
"Can we cure addiction? Absolutely not! This is because addiction has caused unrecoverable changes, alterations and death to brain cells. Brain cells cannot be regenerated, so the changes caused by the drug abuser are permanent. What we can do is arrest the illness, teach new living techniques, rewrite the brain to bypass those addicted cells and give the addict in recovery a worthwhile life. It can't be cured but addiction can be effectively prevented and treated."
Darryl Inaba, Pharm.D.
RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROGRAMS
The life-long journey in recovery starts when the addicted individual finally admits, and accepts his/her addiction as life-long and surrenders to the long-term, one-day-at-a-time treatment process.
OUTPATIENT PROGRAMS
Continued participation in group, family, and 12-step programs is the key to maintaining long-term abstinence from alcohol and drugs. The addict must accept that addiction is chronic, progressive, incurable, and potentially fatal and that relapse is always possible.
"I know that I have another relapse in me. I don't know if I have another recovery in me."
7-year member of A.A.
Effective, affordable, and quality
alcohol and drug abuse rehab center
31882 Camino Capistrano Ste.#220
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Call Us Today: 866-225-3260
Able To Change Recovery Staff
Staff Name
Saralyn Cohen, President/CEO
After many experiences with various treatment centers, Saralyn felt there
was a fundamental need to create a substance abuse facility that
would be sympathetic to both clients and their families. She began to understand how difficult it
was to find a treatment center that shared this philosophy. With this in mind,
Saralyn founded Able To Change Recovery, Inc. (ATCR) in 1999. She has
served as the President and Chairperson of ATCR since its inception. 
In August of 2002, she became Vice President & board member for the Orange
County National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependency. A National non-profit
association devoted to "empower the recovery community through outreach
and education programs."
During the same time period, she served as Chairman on the Ethics commitee and Field
Inspection Officer for the Sober Living Coalition of Orange County.
Saralyn currently resides in Laguna Beach, CA with her husband and precious black Pit
Bull Doser. She is the proud mother of two sons and a grandmother to twin grandsons.
Saralyn loves running, weight training, deep-sea fishing, cooking, and spending time with
her loving family.
