Middlesex Addiction Recovery Clinic Gets Visit From Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno

Middlesex, NJ - The Center for Network Therapy, the Middlesex borough addiction recovery clinic featured in this popular Patch article, was visited by Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno on Monday.

“Addiction is a disease that should be treated as just that," said Guadagno. "As a former sheriff, I’ve seen that a system of punishment without treatment is a revolving door that feeds addiction."

The Center for Network Therapy, on Cedar Avenue, is unique because it is an out-patient addiction center. Most treatment centers in New Jersey are in-patient. Patch interviewed "Brian," a 28-year-old man who was born and raised in Middlesex, and then became a heroin addict in college. He was cured, as much as anyone can be, at CNT of his addiction to heroin and painkillers. Read his story here.

The visit comes as the state deals with a heroin and drug overdose crisis, with Governor Chris Christie pledging $100 million to help fix New Jersey’s heroin epidemic.

Photo: Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno, right, with CNT director Dr. Indra Cidambi, center, who specializes in addiction medicine, and Kumar Cidambi, center co-founder, at left.