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Personalized Recovery Plan
One area where many treatment
centers go wrong is by not preparing for the
future of the newly sobered alcoholic or drug
addict that leaves their facility. Some
individuals, after completing a 28 day stay,
feel thrust back into a world with little
information to help them make the transition
back home. Yes, they are sober but may feel
afraid and alone once back in their old
environment. They may have little idea of where
to go or what to do. There may have been some
suggestions made at the facility but little
preparation in assisting the implementation of
them. A key element in staying sober is action.
Wishing and hoping that things will “just work
out for the better” will not work. It hasn’t in
the past and it won’t work now. It takes action
to get results in sobriety. Just as it took
action get drunk or get high, it takes action to
get and stay sober. Leaving a newly sobered
client on their own after leaving the facility
is a disastrous and sometimes fatal flaw of many
rehabilitation centers.
A personalized recovery plan
is required for an individual to get sober and
stay sober. Entering the Manor House, an
evaluation of your circumstances gives us the
opportunity to prepare a plan of action that you
can take back home with you. We assist everyone
that enters our facility in getting the help
they need but also for when they go back home.
One thing we try to help
every one of our clients remember is “you don’t
have to do it alone anymore”. And that means we
will be there to assist and guide you even after
you have left our facility. Many former clients
still talk with us today, some every week and
others once a month. This way if a former client
is unsure what to do we are there to help. We
continue to have ongoing and close relationships
with every person that enters and leaves our
facility.
A personalized recovery plan
consists of gathering information about you and
your situation back home and writing out a plan
of action to take with you. This way, when you
go home you are fully prepared to deal with any
situation or any individual that may cross your
path. Before you leave our facility, we help you
find a support group for you to attend, names
and numbers of individuals from that group and
even a temporary sponsor until you are able to
find a permanent one. All of this and more is
specifically put together to meet your needs.
There are some “cookie cutter”
plans that many facilities try to implement in a
generalized way, giving every client the same as
the next. That would be okay if everyone were
exactly the same, but we are not. When helping
alcoholics and drug addicts, it is vital for us
to get every aspect of your life into an
objective point of view. We ask questions like:
“What is in your life today that will benefit
your recovery. What is in your life today that
may be a detriment to your recovery?” This way,
we are able to help you make the appropriate
preparations on how to live life without drugs
or alcohol. It isn’t an overnight matter. It may
at times feel overwhelming but if you continue
to stick to your personalized recovery plan, we
guarantee that you will not fail.
By: Patrick McLemore
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