Welcome to the
Prevention Resource Center!
We are a service of Managed Care Center for Addictive/Other Disorders, Inc.
We serve the 41 counties of the Texas Panhandle and South Plains Region. The goal of PRC 1 is to increase the effectiveness and visibility of prevention efforts within the region through information dissemination, community education, identification of community resources and to coordinate minors and tobacco strategies within the state. We are funded by a grant from the Department of State Health Services. Please take a look around our website and let us know if we can be of any assistance.
Prevention Resource Center!
We are a service of Managed Care Center for Addictive/Other Disorders, Inc.
We serve the 41 counties of the Texas Panhandle and South Plains Region. The goal of PRC 1 is to increase the effectiveness and visibility of prevention efforts within the region through information dissemination, community education, identification of community resources and to coordinate minors and tobacco strategies within the state. We are funded by a grant from the Department of State Health Services. Please take a look around our website and let us know if we can be of any assistance.
A NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION!
You Can Do It!
It's that time of the year again when we look ahead and proclaim a 'New Year's Resolution'! What will your resolution be for 2012? To lose weight? Go back to college? Or maybe to quit tobacco? Well, if that's your resolution for 2012, you are certainly not alone!
What is the first step in the process of quitting? Admitting you are addicted! Sound familiar? In Nicotine Anonymous' 12 Step program, which sprang from the Alcoholics Anonymous program, the first step is admitting to yourself, "I'm powerless over tobacco." Making this admission may seem unimportant to you, but for many it is a very significant part of completing the journey to becoming a non-smoker.
The second step is to realize that you need help! There are many types of help out there. Some physician-endorsed methods are nicotine replacement and Zyban. The nicotine patch or gum are now available over-the-counter at any pharmacy. However, the anti-depressant Zyban and nicotine inhaler require a prescription. Another form of help is to contact your local American Heart Association and/or the American Cancer Society.
A Cochrane Review study done in 1996 and updated in November, 2007, found that nicotine replacement therapies like the patch, gum or inhaler
increased chances of quitting by 50% to 70%. That's impressive!
Most tobacco users fail many times before they are finally successful in quitting. Tobacco companies want you to view your addiction as a 'personal preference' or 'your right'! However, when we consider the fact that nicotine is just as addictive as cocaine or heroin we then must look past the personal preference view to 'I have an addiction to a powerful drug that I am powerless over'. Don't give up! You can quit tobacco! You can do it in 2012!!
What is the first step in the process of quitting? Admitting you are addicted! Sound familiar? In Nicotine Anonymous' 12 Step program, which sprang from the Alcoholics Anonymous program, the first step is admitting to yourself, "I'm powerless over tobacco." Making this admission may seem unimportant to you, but for many it is a very significant part of completing the journey to becoming a non-smoker.
The second step is to realize that you need help! There are many types of help out there. Some physician-endorsed methods are nicotine replacement and Zyban. The nicotine patch or gum are now available over-the-counter at any pharmacy. However, the anti-depressant Zyban and nicotine inhaler require a prescription. Another form of help is to contact your local American Heart Association and/or the American Cancer Society.
A Cochrane Review study done in 1996 and updated in November, 2007, found that nicotine replacement therapies like the patch, gum or inhaler
increased chances of quitting by 50% to 70%. That's impressive!
Most tobacco users fail many times before they are finally successful in quitting. Tobacco companies want you to view your addiction as a 'personal preference' or 'your right'! However, when we consider the fact that nicotine is just as addictive as cocaine or heroin we then must look past the personal preference view to 'I have an addiction to a powerful drug that I am powerless over'. Don't give up! You can quit tobacco! You can do it in 2012!!
How Do We Serve Our Communities?
 | We serve our communities by providing alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) literature for schools, booths at health fairs, or other community events that your agency may be hosting. All of our literature is free of charge in small quantities. In addition, we would love to come to your school and provide your students with ATOD presentations.
The following pages go into greater detail about the PRC and will provide more information. So make yourself at home and look around our website, if we can provide you with tobacco presentations, literature, or support your Health Fair, please let us know! WE SERVE THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Collingsworth, Crosby, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, King, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Lynn, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Terry, Wheeler, & Yoakum. |
PRC One is conveniently located at:
Managed Care Center for Addictive/Other Disorders, Inc.
1715 26th Street, Lubbock, Texas 79411
or at our satellite office:
808 South Crockett, Amarillo, Texas
www.mccaod.com
Hours of Operation: 8:00am to 5:00pm. Monday thru Friday
For more information you may also call our 800 number listed below...
1-888-PRC-TEXX
