Are You On Your Road To Recovery?

for Determining the appropriate level of care is extremely important when deciding to place a prospective patient into substance abuse or mental health rehabilitation. That’s why many behavioral health programs in the United States follow the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) criteria.  Patients with severe cocaine, alcohol, benzodiazepine, or opiate addictions will generally need to completely detoxify all harmful chemicals before psychological measures will have any measurable effect.

The residential level of care is for those who have completed detox or for patients in an acute mental health crisis. Residential is where patients BEGIN to work through their issues and start to create the habits of living a drug-free life. Residential can have a profound effect on patients; however, this feeling is often short-lived and it is highly recommended to continue treatment.

A Partial Hospitalization Program, or PHP,  is a level of care that Residential treatment centers sometimes use as a means to extend residential treatment for patients who need closer monitoring. Outpatient programs including Sober Life Recovery Solutions also utilize PHP. Many patients come to us from residential centers to utilize their PHP benefits or they utilize their PHP benefits as a means to avoid going into residential treatment due to familial or work obligations at home.

After PHP, patients step down to Intensive Outpatient. This is where the ‘rubber meets the road’. At this stage, patients usually have a month or two of sobriety and are now learning to live a sober life, cope with everyday life stressors, and apply the skills they’ve learned in the previous levels of care. We even have help and support if you are dating a recovering addict. At this stage, many patients begin looking for a part-time job or enrolling in school.

Perhaps, one’s substance abuse or mental health conditions were not severe enough to warrant detox/residential or due to family, work, or life circumstantial reasons sometimes patients will start an IOP program as a means to prevent their addiction or mental health issues from worsening. For those living with a loved one in recovery we offer support through our alumni and family programs. Staying in treatment has proven to be one of the strongest discoveries in science contributing to breakthroughs in drug use treatment.