Help me stop

I take the following into account when recommending treatment:

Type of addiction
Physical health
Mental health
Psychological /social history
External /internal triggers
Past physical/mental abuse
Age
Gender
Sexual preference
Religious preferences
Legal issues
Family obligations
Financial obligations
Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid/Self-Pay/State Funded.

Treatment options

• Intervention
  
  Intervention is for families and friends who are concerned about the welfare and future of a loved one who is in denial of their substance abuse and the effect it is having on them and everyone around them. By bring those concerned for the addict together, setting out a plan and then confronting the addict with their love and concern about the problem, they may be able to convince the addict to get help. Sometimes families have an interventionist conduct this meeting.

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• Detoxification
  
  Detoxification is the initial phase a patient will go through after entering a treatment facility. It is used to cleanse your body of the toxins associated with alcohol and drug use and manage the symptoms of withdrawal. It is important to break the physical addiction of drugs or alcohol before trying to break the mental addiction. Although withdrawal symptoms and discomfort vary depending on the type of substance being abused and the severity and length of the addiction, an accredited medical team and a knowledgeable staff will do everything possible to make the detox phase as comfortable as possible. Detoxification is not a treatment for addiction, this prepares the patient for the next phase of treatment.
  NOTE: It is extremely important that you understand the medical aspects of detoxification. There can be considerable risks related to this process. In several critical areas, for example sedative-hypnotics, the withdrawal process maybe life threatening. Also if you have a dependence on alcohol, you should be under medical supervision during detoxification. Symptoms may include: tremors, irritability, sleep disturbance, nausea, vomiting, hallucinations, confusion, delusions, sever agitation, seizures, as well as an increased heart rate, blood pressure and temperature, which could lead to a heart attack.

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• Residential Treatment
  
  Residential treatment is categorized by short term residential (less than 30 days) and long term residential (more than 30 days), both require the patient to be in residence at the facility 24 hours a day. These programs are constructed to provide a safe, stable and supportive sober environment for the patient with 24 hour supervision to help address issues for those in recovery. Most residential treatment programs offer a level of care that involves solution oriented psychotherapy (individual and group), family therapy, life management and stress reduction education, exercise, nutritional counseling, recreational opportunities, relapse prevention and 12 step recovery programs. These programs have been developed to enhance an individual’s potential for continued recovery.
  NOTE: Residential treatment programs offer many advantages over out-patient programs:
  Out of normal environment
  Social triggers
  Allows the patient to focus on your recovery
  24 hour professional support
  Build peer/support system

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• Intensive Outpatient Treatment
  
  Intensive Outpatient Treatment programs can be structured with Residence, the patient resides at the treatment facility, or without, the patient resides at home. Both program structures follow the same daily schedule, usually about 6 hours per day, and the same goals. Patients will receive intensive treatment similar to the residential treatment programs while learning to integrate real world scenarios into their daily life, such as employment and family obligations. These programs are designed for those patients who are currently stable in their recovery, but are at high risk for relapse while entering back into everyday life.

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• Outpatient Treatment
  
  Outpatient Treatment programs can also be structured with Residence, the patient resides at the treatment facility, or without, the patient resides at home. Both program structures follow the same daily schedule, usually 2-4 hours per day, and the same goals. Patients will continue to grow in their recovery while learning to deal with everyday stressors. These programs are designed for those patients who are currently stable in their recovery, but are in need of further treatment to prevent relapse while entering back into everyday life.

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• Dual Diagnosis Treatment
  
  Dual Diagnosis Treatment programs are designed to assist patients who suffer from a co-occurring mental disorder along with a chemical dependency. Combined, both illnesses will impact the ability of the patient to achieve recovery. Dual Diagnosed programs are structured programs that address the mental illness as well as the addictive behavior of the patient. Patients will undergo additional psychiatric evaluations, medication evaluations, symptom management strategies and increased individual therapy. Recovery plans are developed to help the patient learn skills needed to cope with their addiction and mental illness on a daily basis. Treating only one problem will not stop the addiction or stabilize the emotional disorder, both must be addressed.
  NOTE: 37% of people diagnosed with mental illness abuse drugs and /or alcohol.
  Mental Health conditions such as:
  Depressive disorders Anti-social behaviours
  Anxiety Schizophrenia
  Obsessive-compulsive disorder Phobias
  Bi-polar disorder (episodes of mania and depression.

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• Trauma Resolution Treatment
  
  Trauma Resolution Treatment programs are structured to deal with specific stressful and traumatic incidences in a patient’s life as well as the patients addictive behaviours. Particular attention is placed on developing the necessary coping skills to deal with these incidents. Trauma, if repressed, can lead to other symptoms and ultimately end in relapse.

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• Adolescent Residential Treatment
  
  Adolescent Residential Treatment programs are structured toward teens with alcohol and/or drug addictions, as well as “ground testing” behaviours often displayed by teens experimenting with drugs and alcohol. Adolescent programs focus on specific problems that teens face on a daily basis, as well as how to control their addiction. These programs are constructed to provide a safe, stable and supportive sober environment for the teen with 24 hour supervision to help address issues for teens in recovery. Most adolescent treatment programs offer a level of care that involves solution oriented psychotherapy (individual and group), family therapy, life management and stress reduction education, exercise, nutritional counselling, recreational opportunities, relapse prevention and 12 step recovery programs. Adolescent treatments also integrate school programs into their daily regiment so that the patient will not be left behind during the treatment period and will be ready to continue on with their life when they leave the facility.

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• Christian Based Residential Treatment
  
  Christian Based Residential Treatment programs offer the same types of treatment as a traditional residential programs, while incorporating a spiritual aspect with Christian values to the treatment setting.

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• Gender Specific Residential Treatment
  
  Gender Specific Residential Treatment programs offer the same types of treatment as traditional residential programs, while focusing on gender specific challenges and issues. Some treatment facilities are male or female only, others have both males and females separately on the same campus.

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• Gay/Lesbian Residential Treatment
  
  Gay/Lesbian Residential Treatment programs offer the same types of treatment as traditional residential programs, while focusing on challenges and issues specific to the gay, lesbian, bi-sexual or transgender individual and community.

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• Family Therapy
  
  Family Therapy programs are designed to teach family members that they did not cause the addiction, cannot cure the addict, but they can contribute to the recovery of the addict. Families can find help in repairing the damage caused by the addict’s disease through these programs. Most treatment programs offer family therapy throughout the patients treatment to help them with transitioning back home. Some treatment programs also offer family therapies as a standalone or extended program for families with a member in recovery, they can be through outpatient programs, weekend or weeklong programs. Weekend and weeklong programs are usually conducted as family retreat/team building programs.

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• Executive/Luxury Treatment
  
  Executive/Luxury Treatment programs are design for high profile clients, such as business executives, pro athletes, celebrities, and entertainers who seek complete and total privacy..