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What Progress Looks Like

GETTING SOBER STRENGTHENING


• Stop using and allow the brain and SOBRIETY
body to begin to heal and flush the • Learn how not to use
chemicals from your system
• Learn how to use new skills to
• Begin to rejuvenate the body by address problems.
eating well and exercising
• Learn how to deal with feelings
• Allow the brain and body to
• Make sober friends
recalibrate so things like sleep begin
to stabilize • Use professional help where
needed
• Mental and emotional health starts
Like diabetes or hypertension, addiction is a chronic to stabilize so that spiritual healing
disease. Regaining and maintaining your health can begin THRIVING IN
• Develop ways to do things SOBRIETY
means learning to manage your symptoms, first
differently • Enjoy life without using
within the structure and support of a treatment • Practice new behaviors
• Switch the use of alcohol and other
setting and eventually in your home environment drugs with healthy behaviors • Manage my disease with sober
where you’re in charge of your sobriety. • Learn how to deal with cravings community support
• Take a look at how your behaviors • Participation in a Twelve Step or
didn’t reflect your values. Begin to other mutual-help group
see how you’re not alone in your • Be of service to others

Treatment Levels and What Happens


addiction and your peers can help
• Enjoy your new life in recovery
the recovery process

Inpatient Treatment Day Treatment with Intensive Outpatient Program


Day Treatment Continuing Care Self-Management
Campus-Based Sober Housing
24/7 clinical support 24/7 recovery support 20–25 hours/week recovery 12–15 hours/week clinical Self-directed recovery care
As needed and support
and accountability and accountability support and accountability support and accountability

• Detox and medical stabilization • Continue to learn about recovery • Begin to practice recovery principles • Implement recovery principles in • Strengthening recovery and • Frequent engagement with
• Medical and mental health principles • Start to integrate back into home life daily life reducing relapse risk support groups and Twelve Step
assessments • Participation in therapeutic groups fellowship meetings
• Participation in therapeutic groups • Resume daily work or school • Building Twelve Step routines
• Education about the disease of • Individual addiction counseling • Individual addiction counseling activities and network • Working with a sponsor and a
addiction • Access to mental health care and sober network of support
• Learn to manage time, money and • Use of sober support networks • Process any immediate
• Introduction to recovery principles groups based on individualized medications sobriety concerns • Prioritizing recovery on a daily
care plan • More confident in ability to stay
• Medications managed by medical • Establish sober networks and have basis
sober but still need some clinical
staff • Some medications managed by sober fun support
• Meals and nutritional support staff
• Start to feel more in control of your
provided • Meals and nutritional support own sobriety
provided

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