Freedom Treatment Center Offers New Aftercare in Addiction Treatment
Freedom Treatment Center is a Southern Michigan drug and alcohol addiction recovery facility with personalized programs to help people achieve and maintain sobriety. Freedom Treatment Center knows a crucial point for those in recovery is what happens …
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New residential drug rehab center for women opens in Pickaway County
That stability includes keeping the person away from their friends and often family, who also are addicts and drug users. Residential treatment also eliminates some barriers such as transportation issues, and at the facilities he oversees, programming …
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Hope By The Sea, A Southern California Addiction Rehabilitation Center …
The executive team of the Southern California addiction rehabilitation center, Hope By The Sea, today announced the selection of their new Program Director, Ronald Honn. In the capacity of Program Director, Mr. Honn will also oversee program components …
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To understand what a non 12 step rehab program is, it is first important to understand the 12 step rehab program. The traditional 12 step rehabilitation program was pioneered by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) in the 1930’s. Narcotics Anonymous (NA) and other similar 12 step programs followed later. The foundation of these programs is that addiction is a disease that the individual must struggle with for the rest of his or her life. These social treatment programs rely on counseling, peer support, and mentorship to treat addiction. Unfortunately, these programs do not address both the physical and mental dependencies to get at the root cause of a person’s addictive behavior.

How is non 12 step rehab different?
Fortunately, non 12 step rehabilitation programs can and do address both the physical and mental dependency components of addiction. In a non 12 step rehab program, medical and rehabilitative specialists are able to determine the underlying cause of a person’s dependency. This enables a person struggling with addiction to make a complete and sustainable recovery. Unlike the traditional 12 step program which labels an individual as an addict with a disease they must fight against for the rest of his or her life, the non 12 step program provides the tools for a complete recovery, making addiction a thing of the past. Non 12 step programs identify drug and alcohol addiction not as diseases but rather as resolvable situations. A non 12 step program allows an individual to move forward in life without the shadows of alcoholism always looming in the background.

A holistic and integrated approach
Non 12 step rehab programs use new advances in medical technology to determine the root cause or causes of an individual’s addiction. New medical techniques used by non 12 step programs may include brain scans, brain mapping, neuro and biofeedback, biophysical rehabilitation, and other advanced technologies. Medical and rehabilitative specialists combine medical treatment and therapeutic counseling to address the body’s systems and functions to determine and treat a patient’s unique underlying cause or causes of addiction.

If detoxification is necessary (a detoxification process is not necessary for all patients), medically managed biophysical detoxification can help remove toxins stored in the fatty tissues of the body and reduce withdrawal symptoms. Once detoxification is complete, biophysical rehabilitation and neuroscience technology become an important part of the non 12 step rehab program. Addressing the body as a whole and with an integrated approach to treat the physical, emotional, and neurological systems, helps to provide an individual with the tools necessary for a complete and sustainable recovery. A traditional 12 step program does not address all of these issues; thus, the threat of relapse remains constant in a person’s life.

The holistic approach used in non 12 step programs ensures that the individual gains a comprehensive view of how he or she fell victim to addiction and exactly how the addiction has impacted the quality of his or her life.

The ultimate goal of the best alcohol drug treatment centers is to help people of all backgrounds and all life experiences establish a life they are satisfied with without addictive drugs or alcohol. The very best programs are made up of the three traditional phases of alcohol addiction treatment, which are detoxification, rehabilitation and continuing, long term care. In order to give a patient the best chance of success with their recovery, treatment plans must always be personalized to be as unique as the patient himself is. No two individuals are going to respond to a treatment plan the same way, so it is vital that every person is given the tools to recovery that are most effective for him or her.

When a person goes through outpatient detoxification from alcohol and/or drugs, it should be accomplished safely and comfortably with the help of medical personnel. Although not every outpatient program will allow it, the best alcohol drug treatment centers will allow patients to remain at the facility and be monitored for several hours a day. They will also be able to quickly arrange hospitalization if it becomes necessary.
There are many different parts of the rehabilitation phase, but the best programs will have patients attending five times a week. Patients should be taking part in group therapy and education during rehabilitation. The frequency of these sessions is gradually reduced as they make progress over a period of several weeks. By the time the rehabilitation phase is complete, they will have attended 20 to 30 sessions.

The last phase of the traditional treatment programs, the continuing care phase, consists of a group therapy session once weekly. Specialized groups in these sessions are able to focus on particular issues. Structured intensive outpatient drug and alcohol treatment programs at the best alcohol treatment centers in Maryland are just as effective as hospital rehabilitation is, and they are also more effective than non intensive outpatient programs. Families are included in treatment, and there are some group sessions every week for relatives and even close friends to attend along with the patient. Everyone learns about dependence, and they have an opportunity to discuss experiences about the illness as well as the process of recovery.

Every patient comes with a different story, a different history and different personal goals. The best centers are those that are able to customize and personalize treatment according to each individual patient. There are many factors that work together to determine the rate of success that patients achieve. Each completes different levels of recovery at different stages and at different paces; allowing this variety in pace and rate of recovery is what makes outpatient drug and alcohol treatment such a success.

Sensatori Retreat Launches Effective Alcohol Rehab Programs for Addicts in …
Worthing, United Kingdom, March 15, 2013 –(PR.com)– Sensatori Retreat, the premium alcohol rehab in West Sussex, has launched a range of effective holistic rehabilitation programs for alcohol addicts in the county. What separates their rehab …
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Freedom Drug Rehab Offers New Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Treatment for …
Freedom Drug Rehab Offers New Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Treatment for Addiction. Freedom Treatment Center is a Southern Michigan recovery facility that offers personalized programs for drug and alcohol addiction. The center has broadened its scope …
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Helping others made Hopkins overcome alcohol addiction
Imislund, a former alcoholic who helps the homeless battle their addictions in Los Angeles, has spoken of how he came to Hopkins' aid when he was still coming to terms with life without alcohol after quitting the bottle in the mid-Seventies, reported …
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Freedom Drug Rehab Offers New Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Treatment for …
Freedom Treatment Center is a Southern Michigan recovery facility that offers personalized programs for drug and alcohol addiction. The center has broadened its scope of individualized treatment options by introducing a new cognitive behavioral therapy …
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Dancing link to beating drug and alcohol addiction in Leigh area
THE power of dance is helping people take the first steps to overcoming harmful addiction to drugs and alcohol. Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust has joined drugs and alcohol rehabilitation programme THOMAS and dance company Fallen Angels to help …
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A Safe Bet: Treat Pathologic Gambling Like Alcohol Addiction
The results show that 1 in 6 of the respondents who sought help for alcohol misuse also reported experiencing gambling problems. Of these, 94% said that addiction services should consider also providing gambling addiction–specific treatments. "Gambling …
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Memphis woman becomes first Born-Addicted program graduate
February 20, 2013 – Amanda McHan is embraced by the father of her child Stephen Ashburn after the graduation ceremony for Shelby County Drug Court in the auditorium of the Shelby County Criminal Justice Complex at 201 Poplar. McHan is the first …
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Council OKs addiction program funding for Porter County Jail
VALAPRAISO — In a 5-1 vote, the Porter County Council approved $ 68,000 over six months to cover a contract with Porter-Starke Services for the Porter County Jail's chemical dependency and addiction program, which Sheriff David Lain said cuts …
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Reformed drug addict returns to Phillipsburg to sing praises of recovery program
The program, started in 1958, is a 15-month residential program that helps people 12 and older fight drug and alcohol addiction by rebuilding their lives in a Christian community. Rhinehart now works with the program's choir and admissions and is …
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