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Montgomery County Recovery Center
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Valley Forge Medical Center and Hospital
View Details1033 West Germantown Pike
Norristown, PA 19403
With a population of 34,341, Norristown, Pennsylvania is the second most populous borough in the state. Norristown is also the Montgomery County seat, and lies along the Schuylkill River about six miles from Philadelphia. Despite its proximity to the much larger city, locals are not forced to go outside to find treatment from methadone clinics in Pennsylvania. They can attend a methadone clinic Norristown PA nearby. Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) combines methadone with counseling and other addiction therapies for a whole-person approach to treatment. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration considers the goal of MAT to be a complete recovery that includes self-direction. People with addictions to opioids lose the ability to self-direct because their lives are taken over by the compulsion to get and use drugs. With methadone treating physical addiction and other treatments to address the psychological, behavioral, and emotional issues of addiction, patients are able to take back control of their lives and once more direct its course. The freedom gained from this can be exhilarating for many people, who end up pursuing new dreams, or old dreams they had given up on.