We Focus on Substance Use Disorder and Co-Occurring Mental Conditions
We treat individuals suffering from Substance Use Disorders (SUD), which refers to alcoholism and/or other chemical dependencies. We also focus on Co-Occurring mental conditions, as many clinicians believe SUD is but a symptom of some other underlying mental condition. Many of our employees have personally suffered from substance abuse and are now in recovery. If you or a loved one are unsure if you suffer from SUD, one of our clinicians can conduct an assessment either via phone or via video conference to quickly ascertain if you suffer from SUD, and the severity of your case. In most cases, the patient already knows that he/she can not live without a substance(s) for a short period of time without going into physical and/or mental withdrawals.
Experiencing Traditional SUD Treatment Can be Beneficial Before a Patient Finds Another Way
While certainly not a mandatory prerequisite for acceptance into our addiction recovery program, we do find it helpful if a patient has attended at least one traditional treatment facility program(s). We find it is helpful for a patient to experience being institutionalized, whereby he/she is housed with multiple other patients and subjected to what we refer to as the “Treatment Bubble.”
SUD Treatment Facility Bubble
Allowing At-Home addiction treatment can address the “Treatment Bubble” effect of standard addiction treatment facility models. Patients often experience significant stress and anxiety at discharge, believing that they cannot tolerate real life expectations, and stressors, and further believing that they have been safe and protected in the “bubble” of the addiction treatment center. Our approach allows for real time experiences and the opportunity to implement coping skills daily in the patient’s life setting. In doing this daily with support from our licensed addiction recovery team, we believe we can increase the patient’s confidence in their ability to implement addiction recovery skills when confronted with relapse triggers, thus improving outcomes for prolonged recovery.
“I recall having massive panic attacks days before discharge from a residential treatment facility because I knew I was walking back into what appeared to be irreparable damage I had caused before institutionalization. I was not strong enough to effectively confront the anger and pain expressed towards me by my loved ones, friends, and co-workers, so I consistently relapsed just to numb out my strong feelings of regret and remorse.”, says AWRS Founder, Greg T Bolan Jr.