Faith Based Rehab Information

Faith can be very and personal and a relationship with God can be very intimate. Each person’s faith is different and is expressed in different ways. Some people claim to not have any faith at all. It is important to understand, for the purposes of this article, that when this article talks about faith, it means faith in an omnipresent and omnipotent being or “God.” Many former addicts swear that the only thing that helped them overcome their drug and alcohol addiction was faith and working with a faith-based treatment program. While this article does not try to claim that faith based rehab is the best option, it does explore them as a viable option for people who are trying to overcome addiction and alcoholism.
Faith based rehabs take great pride in their faith-based program. There are many people who have been through a faith based rehab offered by drug and alcohol treatment centers and swear by its efficacy. The faith based program operates with the traditional “twelve steps” and helps addicts and alcoholics find their way back to sobriety.
How does a Christian drug addiction treatment work?
Christian Drug Addiction Counseling
While group drug abuse counseling is an integral part to any treatment center, the group drug abuse counseling sessions in a faith based rehab will incorporate biblical ideas: talk about the divine, how to talk to God and ask him for help during sobriety trials and how the history of the Church can be used as a point of strength as a person works to become sober. Twelve Step Recovery
The Twelve Steps have gotten quite famous over the last few decades and they are an integral part to any faith-based drug treatment program. “Working the steps” is a concept familiar to addicts of all stripes and many find this “roadmap” toward addiction recovery comforting (even when it proves to be a challenge). The twelve steps walk a person suffering from a drug addiction from the very beginning of recovery (admitting there is a problem) to living a sober life, free of drugs and alcohol.
Church
Most faith based rehabs will incorporate some time in Church. Many people who go through a faith-based drug rehab program find comfort in the routine and predictability of Church and attending regular services. While the point of going to services is to gain inspiration from the divine, many addicts and alcoholics take great comfort even in the routine of Church itself. The familiar routine helps drug addicts and alcoholics cope with the rocky road that encompasses getting sober.
Meditation and Reading Scriptures
People who enroll in faith based rehab can count on spending some time studying the scriptures in the Old and New Testaments. This is a program that draws upon the scriptures for inspiration and advice on how to forge a new way in the world once an addict has gotten sober. There are study sessions and individual therapy meetings in which the addict and his/her counselor or study groups will examine bible verse and scripture and discuss its meaning and how that particular verse can help guide them toward sobriety.

Process Addiction is a Growing Problem

Process Addiction is a Growing Problem

When you think of addiction, you probably think of drugs and alcohol. If so, you are like most Americans who associate the term addiction with substance abuse. But a growing number of people have found themselves dealing with a new kind of addiction, and it actually affects millions of people. “Process addiction” refers to a compulsion to take part in certain activities, such as computer gaming and the internet, eating, sex, gambling, shopping, and even dependent relationships. We as humans can become addicted to just about anything, and we are seeing more and more new addictions in our country in recent years.

Invisible addiction
The problem with these kinds of addictions is that many people don’t yet recognize these things as harmful. In the case of computer addiction, the family members see their loved one just as much as they otherwise would, and they know they are home safe and not out doing drugs or drinking, but the problem is that the person can’t pull themselves away to interact with their family. Another problem with these things is that they gradually become addicting. A person can go and gamble for a while and be fine, or play a computer game occasionally. Then, for a reason unclear to scientists, the person becomes addicted and what was once a fun past time becomes a trap that holds them. These addictions are dubbed invisible addictions because it isn’t apparent from looking at a person that they are sick.

It may be that these addicts thrive on the highs and lows they experience while doing these activities. Gambling, for example, gives people a series of lows when loosing, and these actually make the winning times into a better “high”. It may also be that the brain releases its own chemicals that give the person a high when doing things such as shopping or gaming. Just like the cocaine addict, these people live for their “high” and not much else matters to them.

Signs and Treatment
There are warning signs that someone you love is becoming addicted and it is important to watch for them: spending less time with family and friends, falling grades or job performance, depression, loneliness, and lack of ambition to participate in things other than the addiction.

Just like substance addiction, process addictions can be treated, but catching the addiction early offers the best chance at success. The stronger the compulsion and the more a person’s lifestyle has been affected by the addiction, the harder it will be to get that life back.
Process addictions have been on the rise in recent years and there are now treatment centers that specialize in this type of mental illness. It is important to first of all admit that there is a problem beyond the addict’s control, and then seek professional help.

Sources

Vedder, Tracy Computer addiction a growing problem Apr 1, 2009

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/42296677.html

Clark, Bobbie Gaming’s lure addictive to some April 11, 2009 http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20090411/NEWS01/904110341

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Florida Drug Rehab Offers Guaranteed Success Program

Florida drug rehab Transformations Treatment Center is helping to stop the viscious cycle of addicts and alcoholics bouncing from one drug treatment center to another year after year. Transformations Treatment Center is offering a 90 day Guaranteed Success Program in hopes of helping addicts and alcoholics acheive long term sobriety or clean time.
Here at Transformations Treatment Center we are proud of our 100% Guaranteed Success Program and we hope other treatment centers will follow our lead.

Here is what makes us different:

In addition to helping you work through your drug addiction and alcohol withdrawals, Transformations Treatment Center also has well developed discharge, after care and relapse prevention programs for each of its clients. The substance abuse counselors at Transformations Treatment Center stay in touch with program graduates to help them stay sober after they leave treatment.

We are so focused on helping a recovering drug addict/alcoholic stay sober that we offer any client who has graduated from our ninety day program an additional twenty eight days of drug and alcohol treatment should they relapse within the first year. There is no cost to the client should they come back for drug and alcohol treatment except for detoxification and transportation if they need it.

Another part of our 100% Guaranteed Success program is the Relapse prevention program offered to all Transformations Treatment Center graduates. The Relapse Prevention program consists of regular group therapy sessions offered at zero cost to the client. Any graduate of the Transformations Treatment Center is welcome to attend as many as three group sessions a week for free during his or her first year of sobriety.(Client must follow treatment center aftercare treatment plan to be eligible for program)

Unlike other drug treatment centers that will detox you and turn you loose, the team at Transformations Treatment Center is committed to your continued sobriety. In addition to our 30, 60 and 90 day drug treatment programs, our Guaranteed Success program will provide you with the help you need to get back on your feet and live a sober life!

Relapse Prevention and Life Skills Coaching

Relapse Prevention and Life Skills Coaching is proving to be extremely effective at Transformations Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center.

Relapse Prevention-
According to Matt Brindisi, the Admissions Coordinator for Transformations Treatment Center and Relapse Prevention Program, “I have seen why people come in and out of treatment and it is usually for the same reasons by different faces. People try to come out of the gate too quickly because they think that 30 days is enough treatment. Realistically, that does not make too much sense. Some people have been using for 5, 10 or even 20 years. So for someone to think they will be cured after 30 days is not realistic. Unfortunately, some people may not have the ability to stay 90 days because insurance just want allow it. So we offer those who can not stay 90 days the opportunity to come back three days a week for one year with hopes that they will achieve that one year of sobriety.”

Life Skills Coaching-
1. “Normal” life skills are often eschewed in favor of drug seeking behaviors while an addict is in the throes of his or her addiction. Because he learns new, drug seeking, habits, the healthy habits he or she might have once had are un-learned.

2. Drug rehabilitation offers the drug addict a chance to get clean in a safe and monitored environment. Often the addict becomes reliant upon that monitoring to keep him or her from returning to her former drug seeking ways. Once this monitoring is removed, many addicts find that they are not sure how to monitor themselves or how to get themselves into a regular, drug-free routine.

Transformations Treatment Center understands that the transition from life in rehab to life in the “regular world” is difficult for many recovering drug addicts and they have put together the Life Skills for Addicts program to help them both cope with that transition and learn how to continue leading a drug free life outside of rehab.