7 Reasons To Seek Addiction Treatment
Substance use disorder, which is more colloquially known as drug addiction, is a serious mental...
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Those who think of Boca Raton, FL as a place of stuffy nursing homes and old folks grousing about their latest hip surgery will be surprised to know that FL in general and South Florida in particular is one of the top sites for drug and alcohol addiction treatment centers in all of the United States.
Palm Beach County, Florida, is of special note as being home to a wide variety of addiction treatment centers, including our Boca Raton rehabilitation center. Boca Raton, FL is also thought of as an unexpectedly ideal place for the addiction treatment process because of the warm and scenic nature of Florida.
Since many of the alternate methods of addiction treatment services we offer in conjunction with more traditional counseling are holistic, outdoor activities that benefit from the unique sunny Boca Raton FL climate, Florida may be the perfect site for a rehab program as well as simply a fun place to visit.
Drug addiction is one of the most dangerous and most common mental health problems plaguing Americans today. Patients suffering from drug addiction, which a mental health professional would describe as a substance abuse disorder, are those who lack the ability to “just stop” using drugs even though their drug use is causing serious negative consequences in their lives.
Such patients usually need quality care in a focused rehab program before they are able to overcome their addiction, regain optimal mental health, and return to a more normal life. These treatment options, which may involve treatment in inpatient facilities or professional counseling that can be provided in outpatient therapy, will help a patient to focus fully on their recovery and learn alternate methods that they can use to more safely cope with pain and trauma.
Often, the first step in helping patients who are struggling with addiction is detox, which plays the role of overseeing patients as their system adjusts to the absence of the drugs they have been accustomed to.
Detox is usually overseen by a doctor, by nurses, or by another qualified professional, and may take place in a hospital or in another specialized facility. This is necessary for safety, because withdrawal from certain drugs, like alcohol and benzodiazepines, can actually endanger physical health, even to the point of being fatal.
Opiate pain killer drugs are also known to have a withdrawal period characterized by excruciating pain, anxiety, nausea, and other unpleasant symptoms that make an addiction relapse likely without supervision or medications to help ameliorate these symptoms.
After detox, the treatment process can continue with more mental health based treatment programs. For instance, a resident of a detox facility may transition to become a resident of an inpatient addiction treatment center.
In an inpatient addiction treatment center, residents will live full time in a hospital or drug rehab facility, which serves to practically eliminate the risk of a drug addiction relapse until the resident has made more progress in their recovery.
This can be an important safety measure for residents who lack support in their home environment or have spent a long time time struggling with drug addiction, who tend to be at the highest risk of such events.
However, patients who are more stable may instead be able to return home after detox while completing their rehabilitation and recovery with the aid of outpatient treatment centers.
For instance, our Boca Raton rehabilitation center offers a variety of treatment options that allow patients struggling with drug addiction and co occurring disorders affecting their mental health to access therapy services while still going to work or handling other important responsibilities in their life, such as child or elder care.
While patients will still spend up to six hours a week engaging in individual counseling, group therapy, and other activities and rehabilitation programs, they do not have to live at our Boca Raton rehabilitation center, which means they will be able to spend more time with their loved ones and to give more focus and maintain stronger connections to rest of their life outside of rehab.
Addiction treatment programs may also involve family therapy, in which a professional oversees counseling attended by both a patient and their family members. This gives both parties a place to speak openly about their issues in the safety of a therapy environment, allowing the professional to mediate and help past traumas be worked through.
Other common addiction treatment options include group counseling, which may be inspired by twelve step addiction recovery programs or may be more geared towards specific mental health issues or specific experiences of trauma.
In giving a patient the ability to talk through their problems with others who have experienced similar obstacles during their recovery process from their own addiction, such programs serve to assure the patient that they are not alone.
Post acute care in addiction treatment may also include similar group treatment options for alumni, who may benefit from maintaining meaningful connections with others who are further along in their recovery, giving them a template of sorts for how they can themselves build new lives free of addiction.
Because Boca Raton, FL is so rich in treatment facilities, it also boasts an unusually high number of twelve step program meetings and other community services that can make it easier for those in early recovery to restart their lives after they complete rehab.
When the cost of addiction can amount to the cost of the physical health, mental health, or even the life of you or a loved one, treatment of this issue is too important to be put off or ignored. Time is of the essence when it comes to beginning the process of recovery, and Boca Raton, FL is a beautiful place for those efforts to begin.
In Delray Beach, Florida, only a stone’s throw from Boca Raton, FL, Reco Intensive offers quality care for anyone struggling with drug addiction in our high quality addiction treatment programs.
You can also learn more about our services by perusing other parts of our website, including our blog, our accreditations, and our testimonials page, as well as this list of some of our therapy services. Our quality care also includes treatment options specifically designed to provide treatment services that address any co occurring disorders affecting mental health, paving the way for a full and lasting recovery as opposed to a temporary solution.
If you or a loved one are currently struggling with addiction, feel free to contact us online anytime here or to contact us by phone anytime at 844.955.3042. We take calls 24/7, so you can consult a rehab staff member who will have the ability to answer all your questions about our treatment center at all times.