HELP +Addiction Treatment is a comprehensive program designed for patients with chronic pain complicated by addiction. Chronic pain is a disease that no one asks for. Whether due to injury or disease progression the tissue changes are often irreversible and create the need for HELP services.

When patients who are unfortunate enough to have chronic pain are also afflicted with the disease of addiction many providers refuse to treat them. Even when the addiction is the result of a medically appropriate decision to treat an addiction vulnerable patient with opioids due to injury or surgery the complicating problems of addiction and chronic pain cause most physicians to "just say no." This approach only further complicates the medical problems for these patients.

The disease of addiction has well established biological components. These disease elements respond predictably to proven treatment. The Sequoia Center provides proven drug treatment using state of the art components. Treating addiction in these patients is only part of the problem. We must also treat the pain in an integrated fashion. This is precisely why the HELP / Sequoia program exists.

These special patients receive 24 hour per day support and concurrent treatment of their pain and their addiction. Patients are able to find the day program at HELP combined with the evening attendance at the Sequoia program complimented by the availability of a clean and sober living environment at night as a complete care environment. As each problem becomes more independently manageable patients can transition to less intensive services at Sequoia and the HELP remote care services. Through these highly individualized programs treatment that matches each patient's needs can be provided.