Almost all treatment centres offer similar treatment programs ranging from individual, group, and family counselling and therapy sessions, but there are also alcohol rehab centres that provide specialised treatment programs designed to increase your chances of living a sober life. Here are just some of these programs:
Alcohol detox
Also known as alcohol cessation, detox is the abrupt discontinuation of drinking for alcohol-dependents. It must be provided by a specialist detox team. If you are alcohol-dependent, you will be assessed and provided with prescribed medication to ease and prevent withdrawal symptoms. This program is usually provided before actual rehabilitation and therapy begins, and may be eliminated from your program depending on your age, medical status, and history of drinking.
Dual diagnosis treatment program
Sometimes, alcohol dependence and alcoholism co-occur with behavioural disorders and mental health conditions. Some of the common psychiatric issues that alcoholics face include clinical depression, bipolar disorder, personality disorders, attention disorders, anxiety, and stress. A dual diagnosis program will treat the mental disorder that may have led to the drinking problem, while at the same time providing treatment for alcohol addiction.
Equine-assisted therapy
Understanding the value and meaning of life is crucial when recovering from alcohol addiction. Reflection and being able to find and understand yourself is part of the therapy, and to help with that, some alcohol rehab centres provide equine-assisted programs that allow you to interact with horses. Horses are said to help in finding your true self in a non-challenging and non-judgemental way. With the horses, you will feel more honest, willing, and open, because they are only interested in who you are. As long as you have the desire and willpower to change, equine-assisted therapy can work.
Alcohol detox
Also known as alcohol cessation, detox is the abrupt discontinuation of drinking for alcohol-dependents. It must be provided by a specialist detox team. If you are alcohol-dependent, you will be assessed and provided with prescribed medication to ease and prevent withdrawal symptoms. This program is usually provided before actual rehabilitation and therapy begins, and may be eliminated from your program depending on your age, medical status, and history of drinking.
Dual diagnosis treatment program
Sometimes, alcohol dependence and alcoholism co-occur with behavioural disorders and mental health conditions. Some of the common psychiatric issues that alcoholics face include clinical depression, bipolar disorder, personality disorders, attention disorders, anxiety, and stress. A dual diagnosis program will treat the mental disorder that may have led to the drinking problem, while at the same time providing treatment for alcohol addiction.
Equine-assisted therapy
Understanding the value and meaning of life is crucial when recovering from alcohol addiction. Reflection and being able to find and understand yourself is part of the therapy, and to help with that, some alcohol rehab centres provide equine-assisted programs that allow you to interact with horses. Horses are said to help in finding your true self in a non-challenging and non-judgemental way. With the horses, you will feel more honest, willing, and open, because they are only interested in who you are. As long as you have the desire and willpower to change, equine-assisted therapy can work.