Blending In

Enrollment in a formal drug and alcohol treatment program is highly recommended to all TRIAD patients. This can be done either in a residential/inpatient program, or as an outpatient. Education and understanding about the disease of addiction is of paramount importance if the addict expects to stay sober. Rehab is all about learning to get sober, to stay sober, and to avoid relapse. Rehab teaches the addict how to think and act differently than before; and to avoid the triggers and pitfalls of daily living that often lead to drug or alcohol use. Recovery means living naturally and without drugs or alcohol as a crutch. Rehab teaches the addict and alcoholic how to live life on life's terms. Regular and frequent attendance at 12-Step meetings such as Alcoholics Anonymous and the many other 12-Step programs is also important and will be emphasized. Obtaining a sponsor and using a sponsor will be strongly recommended, as well.

Finding and nurturing a spiritual connection is often the most challenging and most difficult internal change for the addict to make. While active in addiction, the addict believes that he or she is in control of all things, when in fact just the opposite is often the case. The realization that in most cases, we are powerless over not only ourselves, but also over other people, places, and things, leads the addict to accept a connection to a higher power in life. Spiritual health and well-being is usually the final layer of recovery. 12-Step groups are often the best vehicles for helping the addict to attain spiritual health, by virtue of the way that they are set up and operate. Again, we strongly encourage all TRIAD patients to attend 12-Step meetings and work toward enhancing their spiritual health.

TRIAD will help the addict to evaluate his or her specific comprehensive rehab needs, and will assist them in finding the best overall balanced approach to establishing and maintaining recovery from addiction.