While building a treatment plan for alcoholism can be fairly straightforward, the process for helping people with drug addictions can be slightly more complex. This is primarily due to the fact that drug abuse can come in so many different forms. A person who is addicted to cocaine doesn’t necessarily need or receive the same treatment as someone who is abusing heroin; fortunately, this is where our personalized drug treatment programs can really stand out. As part of our individualized treatment program, people struggling with drug abuse will participate in detox and therapy sessions at Monarch Shores.During this time, our staff will also focus on the following:

1. Appropriate Recovery Timeline: A drug addiction can develop very easily, depending on the substance. In some cases, it only takes using the drug one time. In other occasions like prescription drugs, the patterns of abuse can be harder to recognize. Regardless of how you became addicted, however, it’s important that you stay in detox and rehab in general for an appropriate amount of time. We typically suggest 90 days in rehab, but we can make adjustments to fit your schedule as well.
2. Behavioral Therapies: Like alcohol abuse, having any kind of addiction to drugs is likely to have altered your behavior, strained your relationships, and distorted your thought processes. That is why going through various forms of behavioral therapy individually and with loved ones is very important. You can use these sessions to piece your life together by fixing relationships with friends and family members, finding effective ways to resist abusing drugs, improving your problem-solving skills, and learning other coping mechanisms.
3. Medication: During detox for drug addiction, the medical staff can offer certain medications to help ease withdrawal symptoms. Based on a client’s preferences and/or history of substance abuse, the staff will closely monitor this step. This is because there are some medications that could be addictive. It’s important to make sure the medical staff is not simply swapping one addictive drug for another. If this is something that worries you, you might want to consider a more holistic approach. Holistic approaches use more natural treatment methods, such as acupuncture.

In addition to these addiction treatment programs, there are other approaches that may be necessary for certain clients. We can add treatment options such as incorporating dual diagnosis treatment for people who suffer from addiction and mental health disorders, establishing physical fitness and training routines, and provide other options to an individual treatment program. Other treatments like faith-based therapy, SMART Recovery, and holistic therapies are all available to those who want to intergrate them into their individualized treatment plans.