If you’re living with a chronic illness and struggling with addiction, it can feel like there’s no safe place to turn. Maybe you’ve been told you’re “too medically complex” for treatment. Maybe you’ve been turned away, or felt judged by providers who didn’t understand your full story. Or maybe you’ve convinced yourself that addiction care just isn’t an option for someone managing HIV, diabetes, or heart disease.
At Prosperous Health, we want you to know: You don’t have to choose between managing your physical health and getting help for substance use. You deserve both. In fact, treating them together might be the most important thing you do for your long-term health—and your life.
Here’s why we believe integrated care isn’t just possible—it’s essential.
1. Chronic Illness Doesn’t Disqualify You From Addiction Treatment—It Makes It More Urgent
Living with a chronic condition like diabetes, heart disease, or HIV means your body is already carrying a heavy load. Add substance use to the mix, and that burden becomes even harder to manage—and far more dangerous. Alcohol can raise blood pressure and blood sugar. Stimulants can strain your heart. Opioids can interact with medications you rely on to survive.
That’s why we say this plainly: If you’re dealing with both addiction and chronic illness, you don’t have time to wait. You need—and deserve—care now.
At Prosperous Health, we treat these realities with the seriousness they deserve. We understand that chronic illness and addiction often feed into each other. Our job is not to judge or oversimplify your situation—it’s to help you get better, with care plans that protect your body and support your recovery at the same time.
2. You Need a Team That Can Treat the Whole You
When you’re living with both a chronic illness and substance use disorder, care has to be coordinated. Fragmented treatment—where one provider doesn’t know what the other is doing—can be risky at best and dangerous at worst.
At Prosperous Health, our medical and behavioral health teams work side by side. We’re trained to treat addiction and the chronic conditions that may come with it. That means you don’t have to explain your diagnosis over and over. You don’t have to worry about medications clashing or your health being an afterthought.
We consider everything:
- How withdrawal or medication-assisted treatment might interact with your current prescriptions
- How your energy, nutrition, or immune system might affect your healing
- How to support your body and your mind—without letting either fall behind
You don’t have to split yourself into pieces to get care. We’re here to treat the whole you—because that’s the only way true recovery works.
3. Stigma Has No Place in Healthcare—And Especially Not Here
Too many people living with chronic illnesses have been made to feel like they don’t belong in addiction treatment. Maybe you’ve been told your condition is “too complicated.” Maybe you’ve experienced shame, silence, or second looks when you disclosed your diagnosis. Maybe you’ve internalized the message that you’re too sick to deserve recovery.
We don’t believe that. Not for one second.
At Prosperous Health, we welcome people with chronic illnesses—including HIV, autoimmune conditions, and other long-term diagnoses—without hesitation. You will never be turned away here because of your medical history. We’re not afraid of complex cases. We’re here for them.
Because addiction treatment should never be reserved for the healthiest. It should be available to everyone who needs it. And you are no exception.
You Deserve a Chance to Heal—All of You
Recovery isn’t just about getting sober. It’s about building a life that feels possible and sustainable, even when you’re carrying other health challenges. You shouldn’t have to choose between treating your body and treating your addiction—and at Prosperous Health, you won’t have to.
We see you. We respect your story. And we’re ready to help.
🩺 Meet the Doctor Who’s Changing the Standard of Care
At Prosperous Health, our commitment to integrated care isn’t just a philosophy—it’s something we live every day under the guidance of our Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Matin Hemmat.
Dr. Matin is a board-certified physician in both Addiction Medicine and Internal Medicine, and the only certified addiction medicine consultant on staff at all three community hospitals in the South Bay. He’s also a South Bay local himself—raised in Palos Verdes, fluent in English, Farsi, and Spanish, and deeply rooted in the community he serves.
What makes him different? Dr. Matin doesn’t believe in one-size-fits-all care. He listens closely, builds trust, and creates personalized treatment plans that address the full scope of a person’s needs—from medications and mental health to nutrition and lifestyle. He’s won Physician of the Year at all three hospitals where he practices, and he brings that same dedication to every patient at Prosperous Health.
When we say you’re in good hands here, we mean it.
📞 Contact Prosperous Health today to learn how we can support your full recovery.
