How Drug Rehab and Recovery Go Hand in Hand
It’s easy to think of rehab and recovery as separate things, like two distinct stages of a process. Rehab happens in a controlled environment away from your daily life. Many people think of recovery as everything that happens after rehab. The truth is that they go hand in hand, with rehab laying the groundwork and patterns for a successful recovery.
Rehab and Recovery
The best drug rehabilitation programs offer a lot of amenities and a strong spiritual bent. What all successful rehab programs offer is a range of therapies, such as:
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- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Acceptance & commitment therapy
- Music therapy, such as drum circles and singalongs
- 12-Step program
- Trauma Informed counseling
Of course, drug and alcohol addiction treatment don’t end when rehab ends. Rehab gets you into the habit of sharing your challenges with the counselors and peers who can help you. You take that habit into the recovery phase where it’s just as vital.
Relationship Repair
Repairing relationships is extremely important for long-term recovery, but it’s not a simple process. Many people who abuse drugs or alcohol come out of dysfunctional families. That means they often lack good communication skills with family members. Basically, they need to learn those skills somewhere.
They start learning those skills in rehab and recovery extends that learning process. In most rehab programs, professionals help you and your family learn how to talk to each other in non-hurtful ways. That pattern of communication continues during recovery if all goes well. If things start to sour, you’ll know where to turn to get advice.
Coping Skills
Almost everyone learns their coping skills from their family. Much like communication, people that abuse drugs or alcohol often learned poor coping skills. Rather than discussing problems, for example, people will bottle up their frustrations. This leads to anxiety or stress, which both can trigger substance abuse.
Changing how you cope with problems and stress takes time. Mastering those new skills takes even longer. Rehab gets you started with learning and practicing those skills. Recovery is when you apply those skills in your regular life and work on mastering them.
Rehab and recovery aren’t completely different things, even if people often treat them that way. Rehab sets the stage for recovery by building habits and teaching skills. Recovery is all about people taking those habits and skills and practicing them, day in and day out. They work hand in hand to help you get clean and stay clean.
Addiction controls millions of lives, but you can overcome it. A quality rehab program for men, like the one at Serenity Lodge, can help you overcome your addiction. Call (855) 932-4045 and let us help you find your way to recovery.
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