Month: November 2020

A 2018 study revealed that over 67,300 Americans died from a drug-involved overdose. Without adequate care and constant treatments, many addicts die without help. 

By choosing to go to an outpatient treatment center, you can get the help you need to establish and maintain long-lasting sobriety.

Not sure about seeking help? Not even entirely sure your addiction is “bad enough” to get professional help? Keep reading to learn the benefits of an outpatient drug treatment program and if this type of program best fits your needs.

What Is Outpatient Drug Treatment?

An outpatient drug treatment offers drug treatment sessions that can be scheduled at different times during the week. This type of addiction treatment program lets clients live at home and go about their regular activities when they aren’t receiving treatment. However, clients will need to check into treatment at their designated times for counseling and medication. 

For the most part, the services rendered by these programs are drug screening, group therapy, individual therapy, life skills, resocialization skills, and more.

Outpatient drug treatment programs come in various forms, differing intensity levels, and services. Notwithstanding, the overall focus is on counseling, coaching, and offering support.

People with a strong determination to beat addiction may benefit from an outpatient treatment center. Outpatient treatment is also very effective after someone completes inpatient treatment.  Some people are cautious to participate in outpatient drug treatment because they feel outpatient programs are often unsupervised. While there is adequate supervision during outpatient treatment, there is a level of self motivation required on the clients part because they are responsible for showing up to treatment themselves. 

If you or a loved one wants to begin outpatient drug treatment, here are a few reasons why an outpatient program might be ideal for you.

Benefits of Going to an Outpatient Treatment Center

Cost

Although addiction treatment costs should never be a barrier to recovery, it is definitely a positive to save on costs and still get high-quality care. 

Outpatient drug treatment programs are affordable because you’ll be living at home during the treatment. And that means you don’t have to pay the costs of staying at an inpatient facility. There is a higher cost for inpatient treatment due to the residential nature of the program. 

Flexibility

Outpatient drug treatments are usually tailored to fit the clients schedule. In this case, the client won’t have to quit their jobs or halt regular activities to get help. The transition from treatment to ‘real life’ is very smooth.

No Stigma

What will people say? What will my friends think of me? Sadly, one of the many reasons drug addicts put off treatment is stigmatization. The flexible planning of outpatient programs makes it easier for clients to stay private since their everyday routine does not change.

Access to Support

You don’t need to go through the process of recovery alone. In fact, sobriety and recovery are better achieved by having a strong support system. At Anchored Tides Recovery, we are proud of the strong, female support system our staff provides our clients with. 

Additional Activities

One of the greatest ways to stay sober is to find new hobbies and other healthy outlets. By attending  outpatient treatment, you’ll be exposed to new sober activities you can continue doing after treatment ends. 

Asides from group meetings, you can consider other recovery groups like family groups, group workshops, art therapy, meditation groups, and psychoeducation.

We Can Help You Today!

At Anchored Tides Recovery, we know that achieving lasting sobriety is beyond treating the physical facets of addiction. Addressing emotional and psychological needs is also vital to recovery. That’s why we provide outpatient treatment programs in addition to our treatment options.

Our outpatient program includes tested and trusted approaches to help reduce the likelihood of relapse and attain your sobriety goal. Contact us today to get you started on the right path to achieving sobriety fully.

What comes to your mind when you think of Japan? Good food? Rich culture? Traditional medicine? If you are thinking along those lines, then it is safe to say you have an idea of what Japan represents.

Amongst all those mentioned above, let’s look at one of Japan’s traditional medicine approaches that have, over time, become an international export – Reiki therapy.

After years of contradicted validity, Reiki’s therapy, a holistic energy treatment, is obtaining new respect within the medical community. Highly renowned medical facilities in the U.S. are not just giving patients alternative healing treatments like Reiki. 

Those facilities are examining the benefits of the therapy and presenting them for evaluation and compilation. And the outcomes of these Reiki studies are absolutely remarkable.

What Is Reiki Therapy?

Reiki therapy is a Japanese form of alternative medicine that helps promote healing by channelling energy. The therapy also works holistically; on the entire body, spirit, and mind. Japanese culture are firm believers of how the spiritual affects the physical, and this approach models that belief.

Reiki therapy practitioners believe that there are energy blocks in some parts of the body, especially injured areas. Reiki aims to target those blocks and release the energy from those parts to other parts.

In essence, Reiki is pretty much a relaxing therapy where natural healing vibrations are conveyed through the Reiki practitioner’s hand (acting as a conduit) to the recipient’s body.

A quiet environment during a Reiki session lets both the practitioner and patient to access their energies. Some practitioners may play a soothing ambient tune or keep the session peaceful to set the mood.

The Benefits of Reiki Therapy for Mental Health

Reiki is believed to help speed up healing, reduce pain, and aid relaxation. According to research, it was found that Reiki was more effective than the other treatments for reducing pain, depression, and anxiety in chronically ill patients.

Reiki therapy has many benefits, and practitioners boast an individual will have a more peaceful mind, show improved personal awareness, increased creativity, and experience relief from anxiety and depression.

To understand what Reiki is for, as it relates to mental health, keep reading!

Now, it will be very untrue to claim Reiki, on its own, could help improve one’s mental health. If you’ve read our blogs on mental illnesses, you’d know an interplay of approaches is required to help the patient get better.

Reiki, as you may already know, is a complementary technique that works best when applied with other medical techniques.

For people suffering from mental illness, the course of treatment usually involves counseling and medication. Alternative treatment approaches like Reiki are applied as extras to boost the efficacy of other treatment options.

Reiki may also help immensely in keeping stressors at bay. When a person is less stressed, the symptoms of mental illness are reduced.

So, invariably, we can say that Reiki therapy can help improve your mental health. However, Reiki therapy for mental health may be successful if applied with other recovery treatments, like treatment at an inpatient treatment center.

Heal From Your Addiction at Anchored Tides Recovery

Anchored Tides Recovery offers holistic approaches to healing and recovery from addiction. While offering holistic healing options, we also offer more traditional approaches that include support groups, medications, and behavioral therapies. 

Now you know what Reiki therapy is and what Reiki is used for. Contact us now, and we will help you or your loved one live a healthy life through our holistic approaches for mental health.

Anchored Tides Recovery is a premiere outpatient rehab program located in Huntington Beach, CA. We help women recover from different forms of substance abuse and mental health issues, with the common goal of attaining full, lifelong, recovery.