Recovery Programs in West Palm Beach FL (877) 804-1531

Recovery programs help people with an addiction to drugs or alcohol beat the addiction and maintain successful long-term recovery through various treatment therapies that address the complex issues that led to the addiction.

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What Recovery Programs Do

Recovery programs include those that are sponsored by the government and religious- and community-based organizations, and they include self-help programs like Alcoholics Anonymous as well as sober living facilities and both private and public rehab centers.

Professional recovery aftercare programs are more successful than community-based self-help groups in helping people beat an addiction, but self-help groups are essential complements to the intensive individual and group therapies provided through professional rehab programs.

Most professional recovery programs offer both inpatient and outpatient rehab, which begins with medical detox to break the physical addiction with the help of medications that are provided to alleviate the intense withdrawal symptoms associated with quitting using drugs or alcohol.

Types of Addiction Treatment Therapies

Once the physical addiction is broken, the complex psychological issues surrounding a drug or alcohol addiction are addressed through various treatment therapies that equip patients with the skills and strategies that will help them enjoy successful long-term recovery. Treatment therapies generally fall into one of four categories.

Cognitive-behavioral therapy helps patients identify negative attitudes, false beliefs, and destructive behaviors and replace them with healthier ways of behaving and thinking.
Family therapy promotes healthy communication among family members to improve the functioning of the household, which reduces stress and leads to happier, healthier, and more productive relationships at home.
Motivational interviewing helps patients identify their own intrinsic reasons for wanting to beat a drug or alcohol addiction. This type of therapy is particularly helpful for those who are in treatment involuntarily or who have some ambivalence toward recovery.
Motivational incentives provide patients with tangible, external rewards, such as cash or gift certificates, for meeting personal goals and abstaining from drug or alcohol use.

Treatment Therapies Used in Rehabs

A large number of alternative and traditional treatment therapies are utilized in rehab programs to help patients become more self-aware of their thoughts and actions, become educated about the mechanics of addiction, and gain the skills needed to reduce stress, cope with cravings, and identify triggers and develop ways to either avoid them or cope with them.

Individual psychotherapy, or "talk therapy," improves patients' levels of self-awareness about the complex and highly unique issues surrounding the addiction and offers strategies for replacing harmful attitudes and behaviors with those that are healthy and productive.
Group therapy provides a platform where patients share experiences and resources, offer support to others in various stages of recovery, and work on compiling a toolbox of skills, strategies, and techniques for promoting long-term sobriety.
Biofeedback is an alternative therapy that teaches patients to control the body's involuntary responses to stress, such as muscle tension and elevated blood pressure, through techniques like progressive relaxation and deep breathing exercises, which reduce stress on the spot and help prevent stress-related relapses.
Art therapy and music therapy provide a productive way for patients to synthesize and express their experiences and emotions. Creating and looking at art and making, listening to, and moving to music reduces stress and provides a highly creative and productive way to fill idle time.

The Principles of Effective Treatment

The Principles of Effective Treatment are a culmination of years of research into what makes a recovery program successful. Quality recovery programs will be guided by these 13 tenets, which include acknowledgements that:

Addiction is a complex brain disease that affects thought and behavior, and although it's incurable, it's a treatable disease.
No single treatment therapy will be effective for every person with a drug or alcohol addiction.
An effective treatment plan addresses each individual's multiple, complex needs in addition to the physical aspects of addiction.
Each individual's treatment plan requires continual monitoring to ensure the plan is addressing any new or changing needs or issues.
Treatment doesn't have to be voluntary in order to be effective.

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