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HistoryThe Council started back in 1958 in Beaumont, Texas. Through the years with a few name changes, it evolved to the entity it is today. The Council offers much needed substance use disorder services to the Southeast Texas area, through residential programs as well as Intensive Outpatient Programs for adults and adolescents.SpecialtiesSouth East Texas Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse is a non-profit 501(c)3 agency, that provides treatment services for substance use disorders on a sliding scale basis. We offer an adult male residential program, as well as Intensive Outpatient treatment for adults and adolescents. Our mission is to make Southeast Texas better and healthier place. Our residential program is a 21-28 day intensive residential program. The IOP is a three month program that meets three times a week. We offer transportation to and from treatment, as well as family counseling, group counseling, and individual counseling.

Lake Charles Memorial Hospital, the main campus of the Memorial Health System, is the region's largest family-centered medical complex, serving the healthcare needs of Southwest Louisiana. Memorial Health System is locally-owned and operated by a Board of Trustees from the community it serves and is fully licensed by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Established in 1952, the main campus consists of 313 licensed acute care beds on Oak Park Boulevard. Memorial is constantly striving to improve the patient experience by offering the best quality of care in terms of both state-of-the-art innovations and treatment options, as well as the commitment of our dedicated and compassionate staff. The main campus provides the largest array of specialty, emergency, trauma and critical care services in the community. With the largest emergency department and the only Level III trauma center in the region, Memorial provides much needed trauma services to the community. Complemented by our state-of-the art Medical Intensive Care Unit and Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Memorial has the largest critical care capacity in southwest Louisiana with a total of 34 intensive care beds.