Holistic Outpatient Drug Rehab in Sorrento Valley

Holistic treatment for drug and alcohol rehabilitation is one of the fastest growing forms of addiction strategies to help people young and old to establish long term recovery. Combining ancient spiritual practices of yoga, mindfulness meditation and acupuncture with traditional treatment methods provide lasting results.

If you live in Carmel Valley, Del Mar, La Jolla, Encinitas, or anywhere from Mission Valley to Escondido, you will be able to successfully recover from your alcohol or drug addiction using traditional outpatient addiction treatment complemented by methods that have been used for thousands of years to awaken hidden healing potential.

Addiction and mental health problems contribute to anxiety, depression, trauma,  isolation, loneliness and stress related physical and emotional problems. Through the use of acupuncture and mindfulness meditation, many people experience a reduction of physical pain symptoms and reduced craving for alcohol or drugs. We learn to relax naturally and make different choices. Integrative programs that provide this type of evidence based holistic* and psychological treatment, are treating the whole person and not just the disease of addiction.  This comprehensive treatment reconnects you with your breathing and senses, your thoughts and emotions, reducing symptoms of chronic physical and emotional pain.

Holistic treatment improves sleep, stress and anxiety through teaching you tools to help you think and act in different habit patterns. These recovery habit patterns guide, heal and strengthen your natural brain chemistry to regenerate chemicals naturally that were depleted by alcohol and drug dependence. For example, use the words I CHOOSE TO ______rather than I HAVE TO ______, or I SHOULD_______, and notice the difference in your motivation, your intention and your internal strength.  Choose life. Choose integrative holistic treatment for your alcohol or drug problem.

* Active Recovery tm, located in the north coastal area of San Diego, provides wellness programming to clients, their families and alumni of Lasting Recovery programs.

Seek help, ask questions and get answers for the best care for yourself, friend or your family.

May you find peace,


Judy Saalinger, Ph.D., MFT, CAS
Co-owner and Clinical Director

Women and Men with Alcohol Problems Begin their Healing In Sorrento Mesa

How can you tell if you have a problem with alcohol?  After all, it seems as if alcohol is served everywhere in La Jolla, Del Mar, Carmel Valley, Rancho Santa Fe, and Mission Hills, even at the spa and beauty salons.  Alcohol is served at parties to celebrate your local soccor, basketball, football, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Indian Princess activities. Co-workers and business associates in Sorrento Valley, La Jolla and Downtown San Diego,  attorneys throughout San Diego County, get together for dinner and drinks, create events such as wine clubs and wine tasting parties for fundraising or social events.  Opportunities to drink alcohol are scattered throughout communities in San Diego.

If you are questioning your drinking and if you work or do not work, are a parent or not, here are a few questions you might want to ask yourself:

• Do I want to go to the activity because alcohol is going to be served, or because it usually becomes a big drinking event for me?
• Do I have a rule for myself about drinking and driving with my children or their friends in the car?  Have I ever broken that rule, or thought about breaking it, just one time?
• Am I isolating with my alcohol or prescription drugs in my room, while my family is being together and doing homework, talking or watching TV?
• Am I isolating with my alcohol or drugs and not returning phone calls, avoiding friends and family because I would rather come home from work, get comfortable and drink my alcohol, alone, with no one bothering me, except the cat?
  
• Do I wonder if my alcohol and drugs are really more important to me than my partner/spouse/chidren, even though I hate to think like this?
• Do I hide bottles in trash cans that belong to my neighbor  or drop them off in different neighborhoods so I will not be discovered?
  
• Do I go to different liquor stores so the clerks will not ask me why I was just here buying alcohol yesterday, or earlier today?
• Do I usually defend my alcohol purchase by saying that I am getting ready for a big party - usually with myself, however I do not say that.
• Do I think I might have some physical pain this weekend, so I call the doctor and lie about my current level of pain so I can get a refill from the pharmacy for my favorite prescription medication?
• Have I ever gone to see doctors including than my primary or family physician, trying to get a prescription for tranquillizers or opiate pain medication, knowing I would drink alcohol with the pills? 
• Have I ever thouight maybe I was addicted to alcohol or to the prescription drugs?  

If you would like to do an online assessment, go to our home page and find alcohol and drug assessments. Or call our office at 858-453-4315.

Only you can decide if your drinking or drug use has moved from social use, to early or middle stage addiction.

Judy Saalinger, Ph.D., MFT, CAS

A-Z of Addiction Recovery - C is for CHOOSE

Choose

When an addiction takes over the life of an individual, the person loses the ability to choose. The alcoholic does not ask, "Should I drink today?" They just drink. The drug addict does not decide to use drugs, once the addiction has control of the mind, it loses the power to choose, and just uses. In choosing recovery, many new options open up that were once undreamed of. Choosing how and when to get help, choosing abstinence with support that you have chosen, and then choosing the path you want to take to continue your recovery are all very empowering. Put the power of choice to work by choosing something different today - something worthwhile. It's your choice.