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Aftercare and Continuing Care
Aftercare is
for those persons coming home after
an In-Patient treatment program and
for those persons completing an
Intensive Out-Patient treatment
program.
Aftercare is also
referred to as “Continuing Care” and
is intended to help people maintain
gains made from their initial
treatment program, create, integrate
and follow a proven recovery program
into their new recovery life style.
Aftercare also includes personal
individual therapy that helps people
identify and resolve the root causes
of their addictions or compulsive
behaviors.
It is very common
for those coming out of a treatment
program not to follow the discharge
recommendations of their treatment
program sometimes thinking they have
it under control or they need to get
back to their jobs and family
responsibilities and make up for
lost time. This is usually and most
often a costly oversight and a
mistake.
In-Patient and
Outpatient treatment programs are
just the start of a person’s
recovery journey. In-Patient and
Outpatient (often referred to as
“Intensive” Out-Patient or IOP)
programs are commonly and
erroneously referred to as “rehab”
or “recovery” programs. No one is
rehabilitated or recovered as a
result of a 25 to 40 day In-Patient
treatment program. Likewise no one
is rehabilitated or recovered as a
result of a 2 to 3 month “Intensive”
Out-Patient program, where patients
attend 2,3 sometimes 4 weekly, 1 1/2
to 2 hour group and individual
sessions.
In-Patient and
Outpatient programs can be a very
important and necessary start of a
persons recovery journey, however
they are very time limited and do
not provide the necessary on-going
support and guidance individual
therapy provides. More importantly,
because of time constraints, they do
not help persons resolve the root
causes of their addictions or
compulsive behaviors.
Early
recovery is often a very confusing
period and also a very emotionally
vulnerable period. Aftercare
provided by a highly experienced
addiction professional that
understands and knows how to address
the various issues that typically
come up in this early period will
make a big difference in making real
and lasting recovery a reality.
Aftercare is a critical and
necessary part of the recovery
process.
Initially,
Aftercare weekly individual therapy
sessions will help persons early in
the recovery process put together a
proven program of recovery, help
with all the issues common to early
recovery and then begin identifying,
treating and addressing the root
causes of a persons addiction or
compulsive behavior issue.
There is an order to addiction
treatment that a person in early
recovery needs to understand in a
clear and straightforward manner.
This early recovery period is
confusing enough and clearly
understanding what successful
recoveries look like helps people
understand what they need to do in
following a plan others have
followed that has resulted in
successful recovery.
In-Patient and Outpatient treatment
programs can be costly and represent
a considerable investment
financially, emotionally and in
time. Properly administered
Aftercare by a true addiction
professional helps protect that
investment by providing the
necessary direction and guidance to
true and lasting recovery.