The goal of a detoxification program is to help a person struggling with drug addiction to stop using the substance. At a medically supervised facility, clients have the opportunity to break their physical addiction. The professionals at long term rehab centers work with individuals who have finished detox at separate facilities and now need to overcome the psychological aspect of dependency. Although it’s possible to fast-track rehab, extended care addiction treatment in Oregon provides numerous, valuable benefits.
Understanding the Extent of Drug Addiction
It’s simplistic to suggest that someone could just stop using a drug and walk out of a detox facility as a healed person. Sadly, this isn’t the case. Although the person succeeded in shaking off the physical cravings, he or she hasn’t yet learned to engage common triggers with healthy responses. Psychological addiction makes it difficult to stay drug-free and re-integrate into a family or work environment.
How Long Term Rehab Centers Support Sobriety
Whether you suffer from an addiction to alcohol, prescription drugs, or illicit substances, extended care in a rehab facility strengthens your resolve not to fall back into the trap of using. Typically, long-term care can last from 30 to 90 days, or even longer, depending on your needs. The highest rates of success occur with long-term addiction treatment. The following are ways that long term rehab centers help support and encourage sobriety:
- Coping skills – Triggers can be small things, such as smells or sounds in your home environment. By remaining at the facility long enough to finish the program, you better your odds of not reaching for a drug when exposed to these triggers after returning home.
- Accountability – Taking responsibility for your actions becomes possible when you realize that you aren’t isolated and alone. During group therapy sessions, you learn from non-judgmental peers who are also taking the courageous step toward sobriety. This type of setting creates an attitude of accountability. Give it the time it needs to become self-accountable.
- Mindfulness therapy – Learn how to live in the moment and be present. Rather than dulling your senses out of fear, learn to keep them sharp and engaged. When you devote 60 to 90 days to this therapy, you’ll find that relapse is less likely.
Preventing Relapse
Staying sober is frequently far harder than getting there, which is why Crestview Recovery offers long term rehab centers. Although this might seem counter-intuitive if you’re still feeling shackled by physical and psychological drug dependence, your perspective changes after detox. Preventing relapse is possible when you take enough time during the rehab phase of your recovery. Participating in a relapse prevention program in OR creates a plan for when you encounter triggers. Make your rehab stay the time that you focus on your recovery process.
Cognitive behavioral therapy programs are often used in relapse prevention. In a safe setting, you take part in experiential activities where you may encounter triggers to emotional, mental, or physical relapse. Activities in Oregon and Washington include:
Ending Your Drug Dependence Today!
If you’re tired of feeling sick, chasing the fix, and barely functioning without the drug, long term rehab centers can be the answer. Call 866.262.0531 today to reach the experts at Crestview Recovery in Portland, Oregon.
Since 2016, Dr. Merle Williamson, a graduate of Oregon Health Sciences University, has been the Medical Director at Crestview Recovery, bringing a rich background in addiction medicine from his time at Hazelden Treatment Center. He oversees outpatient drug and alcohol treatments, providing medical care, setting policies, detox protocols, and quality assurance measures. Before specializing in addiction medicine, he spent 25 years in anesthesiology, serving as Chair of Hospital Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee and Chief of Anesthesia at Kaiser Permanente. This experience gives him a unique perspective on treating prescription drug addiction.
