Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation

With the holidays rapidly approaching, people struggling with addiction often decide to wait to start treatment until January. We urge anyone with a drug or alcohol problem not to delay. There are so many deadly drugs in circulation today – and those drugs don’t care what day of the year it is. Overdoses happen just as often on Christmas as they do other days of the year. If you or someone you care about is on the fence about when to start, here are five reasons to say yes to addiction treatment during the holidays. The holidays can be hard to get through. On TV and in popular culture, Christmas and New Years are painted as a joyful time. But for many people, especially those with addiction, the holidays can be anything but happy. Instead, they may feel anxiety, stress and anger that their life doesn’t come anywhere close to fitting the ideal picture. By getting into rehab, people struggling with addiction can start dealing with the experiences that have caused them emoti...

You made it through detox and a substance abuse treatment program. Now you’re ready to say goodbye to addiction and jump back into normal life, right? Not so fast. Men and women who have successfully completed addiction treatment benefit from a continuing care program, also called aftercare. Continuing care is the phase of treatment that follows more intensive care, whether that is residential treatment, a partial hospitalization program (PHP) or an intensive outpatient program (IOP). In continuing care, individuals in recovery participate in group and individual counseling, attend self-help meetings, receive ongoing psychiatric care for co-occurring mental illness, and possibly undergo drug and alcohol monitoring. Together, these elements help individuals in early recovery develop healthy routines, strengthen recovery skills, stay accountable and maintain their motivation to stay sober. Studies indicate that the longer individuals participate in continuing care, the m...