Outpatient Rehab Provides Treatment for Encinitas, Del Mar and and La Jolla Recovery

Facts to Know about Outpatient Treatment for Addictions:

1. Outpatient Detoxification is the first step in developing a foundation for your recovery. Begin treatment by taking good care of your body.

2. Outpatient treatment is just as effective for early and middle stage addiction treatment (those who do not yet have severe medical or legal complications of alcohol and drug abuse and are still working or attending school.

3. Outpatient Womens morning program is ideal for many moms who want sobriety, who are unable to leave their children for 30 days and other women who want their afternoons and evenings free for school or work.

4. Outpatient rehab groups develop the similar cohesion as inpatient treatment, and a sober support system emerges from sharing the common experiences of isolation.

5. Intensive Outpatient treatment spans 70 days on average, allowing you more than double the amount of time to begin to recover from alcohol and/or drug dependence through rehab treatment, meetings, family, relationships and work or school. Adding weekly aftercare for a year provides additional amounts of support for your recovery.

6. Outpatient drug rehab treatment at Lasting Recovery includes traditional addiction psycho-education and wellness programming to help you begin reducing your stress in early recovery from alcohol and drugs.

At the end of outpatient treatment:
---problems seem resolvable. You sit next to other people who are going through the same thing. You realize you don't have to isolate anymore and that you're not alone.
---life is usually easier to manage since your brain neurochemistry is repairing.
---stress levels is down as a result of not using alcohol or drugs and receiving learning how to manage stress more effectively.
---re-connection of the emotional and reward pathways in the brain lead to clearer thinking
---significant reduction in symptoms of anxiety and depression.

Benefit from the experience of an outpatient group for 10 weeks and experience the benefits for yourself and your family, of living life clean and sober.

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

Relapse Prevention Treatment for Addicted Women in San Diego County

How many times have you said to yourself that you were not going to drink or use drugs again, then found yourself with a drink, a line or a prescription bottle in your hand?  Many women discover that the relationship they were in during their alcohol and/or drug use, or a new relationship begun in early recovery,  is a trigger for relapsing. Letting go of the relationship with alcohol and drug use is essential to recovery. For most people who have addictions, the substance is number one relationship in their lives, and people, including spouses, children, and parents become number 2.   The number one relapse trigger for women who are trying to remain free of alcohol and drugs, is a relationship difficulty.  If your drinking and/or use of drugs was connected with a difficult relationship, get some support from others who understand the strain addiction has on  relationships and marriages.  

Research has shown that alcohol and drug treatment for women is most effective when learning includes an understanding of the development of codependency in relationships. Women often value pleasing and seek approval from others, over their own self care and sobriety. Alcohol and drug treatment for women in groups with other women, help to build self esteem, boundaries and increase effective communication with others, the essential foundation for long term quality of life issues. Family education and family therapy helps family members also understand the effects of chemical addiction on their side of the relationship with the chemically dependent woman, and to make changes for healthier communication patters. Listening and being heard and understood are the hallmarks of creating intimacy in relationships that has been robbed by the addiction.

Depression and anxiety are common co-occurring problems with women who seek treatment for alcohol and prescription drug dependence. An effective treatment program will help women to understand distortions in thinking and feeling states impacted by alcohol and drugs.

Lasting Recovery will help you make the changes you need to get your life back on track. If are unable to help you with the range of services we offer, we will refer you to the wonderful resource network of other providers and centers that will be able to be of service to you.

Judy Saalinger, Ph.D., MFT, CAS

New Online Addiction Recovery Broadcast September 5, 2008

Announcement From: C4 Recovery Solutions
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Email: c4info@c4recoverysolutions.org
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SoberBulldog is excited to launch The Afflicted & Affected (A&A) Internet broadcast. Hosted by well-known radio personality and recovery lecturer Chris Schroeder, A&A adds dynamic webcasts to the on-line blog, relevant articles, and recovery resources that SoberBulldog is known for. The show highlights the most current and effective professional services and treatments for addictive illnesses as well as the latest tools available for building a successful long-term recovery. Tune in and join in: interviews and discussions with experts;
post-show question and answer sessions; getting your specific questions answered by experts in the field; on-line polls that provide both national and international perspectives;
archived shows and videos covering specific topic areas.

"This is a unique opportunity to educate both professionals and those in recovery," explains Schroeder. "The show is also an easy way for folks to stay connected with recovery and get the best and the latest in research and recovery tools as well as inspirational stories that show how they really work."

Shows are broadcast Monday and Thursday nights at 7:30 PM EST and host well-known experts from around the globe discussing the latest issues that affect the treatment, understanding, and politics of addiction. The schedule of upcoming A&A broadcasts found on the SoberBulldog website serves as an outline for the best that is known about beginning, sustaining, and improving recovery from alcoholism, drug addiction, co-existing disorders, and more.
Tune in to http://www.soberbulldog.com/ for upcoming A&A broadcasts.