Veterans are over-represented in addiction populations and historically under-served by addiction treatment. Combat exposure, operational trauma, transition shock from service to civilian life, moral injury, the unique culture of military service — these need specialty care. RECO Intensive's Veterans track is built for the population.
What the Veterans track includes
Standard addiction continuum care (detox, residential, PHP, IOP, sober living, aftercare) with veteran-specific clinical adaptations. The Behind the Barracks peer group brings other veterans into shared clinical space.
What's specifically adapted
- Combat and operational trauma treatment — EMDR is core; trauma-focused CBT alongside
- Moral injury work — distinct from PTSD and requires its own clinical approach
- Transition support — the move from military to civilian life is itself a clinical event
- VA-care coordination — many veterans are already engaged with VA mental-health and we coordinate where possible
- Marriage and family work for the unique strain service places on relationships
- Peer community — Behind the Barracks group, alumni community of veterans
- Survivor's-guilt work for veterans whose substance use is intertwined with loss
Who this track serves
Active-duty service members, recently separated veterans, and long-time-out veterans whose substance use has finally brought them to treatment. Veterans of every service branch. National Guard and Reserve members. Family members of veterans (where appropriate to their own care).
How RECO's Veterans track integrates with VA care
With your consent, we coordinate with your VA mental-health team. Many veterans have ongoing VA-prescribed medications; our psychiatric provider continues them and coordinates with VA prescribers. Discharge planning includes warm handoff back to VA care where appropriate.
What veteran recovery looks like at RECO
The clinical content is similar to standard recovery; the cultural environment is what differs. Many veterans describe RECO as the first treatment setting where they didn't have to explain service culture to be understood — and where their substance use was treated as a clinical condition, not a character failure.
Why RECO's Veterans track is different
Many programs claim to serve veterans without staffing for it. Ours has clinicians with specific training in military mental health, a peer group of fellow veterans, and the cultural competence the population needs. The integration with the standard continuum of care is what makes the recovery durable.