What do you do when addiction takes over your life? People believe that if you agree to go to a residential treatment centre, you will achieve recovery.
The sad truth is that only about three percent of people who go, achieve long term recovery. Why doesn’t it work, at least the first time, for most people?
Because it all happens outside the life you live in.
When treatment is over, you return to that life with the people places and things that were central to your addiction. Residential treatment is a critical first step in your recovery process but it is not a stand alone solution. Centres tend to focus on psychoeducation about recovery, some will provide group psychotherapy and health supports. That is essential, but It’s expensive and not something you want to repeat. We have a better way.