DRUG + ALCOHOL RELAPSE PREVENTION
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We treat recovery as a lifelong journey and prioritize relapse prevention, equipping our clients with the tools, resources, and community support to maintain their sobriety after leaving our care.
Our clinical team’s expertise forms the backbone of our relapse prevention strategy. Using evidence-based practices, we delve into the root causes of addiction, identifying triggers, and building coping strategies tailored to each individual.
Understanding Triggers: Recognizing personal triggers is the first step in preventing relapse.
Coping Mechanisms: Developing healthy strategies for managing stress, negative emotions, and temptations is key to maintaining sobriety.
A core component of our relapse prevention strategy is the incorporation of 12 step principles. These timeless tenets provide a structure for ongoing self-reflection, accountability, and community support.
Step Work: Regularly working through the steps with a sponsor promotes self-awareness, spiritual growth, improvement in all facets of life and tools to stay sober every day.
Meetings: Regular attendance at 12 step meetings offers consistent reminders of the gift of recovery and the awareness to recognize a potential relapse and course correct before it happens.
New Found Life boasts a strong and active alumni community. The wisdom and experiences of those who’ve walked the path before provides invaluable support to newer members of our recovery community. They assist our new clients with relapse prevention through:
Mentorship: Having a mentor to guide, share experiences, and offer insights can be pivotal in preventing relapses.
Accountability: Regular check-ins, making 12 step commitments and participation in meetings and events help keep clients accountable and focused.
Family dynamics can often be triggering so healing the family is integral to relapse prevention. be plays an integral role in the recovery journey. Families and their addicted loved ones have to undergo their own recovery journey. We foster healing through offering:
Family Therapy: Addressing familial dynamics and building healthy communication patterns can fortify an individual’s relapse prevention strategy.
Family Support Groups: Regular support groups provide families with the tools and understanding to support their loved ones without enabling old behaviors.
From clinical interventions to community support, our comprehensive relapse prevention work ensures that our clients are equipped to face the challenges of life with resilience, confidence, and a robust support system. . From their initial entry into our program through their transition to independent living, each therapeutic encounter is one that contributes to relapse prevention by replacing old actions and triggers by activating a new life in recovery.