Christian Rehab: A Holistic Approach to Dealing With Drug Abuse

Addictions can be in many forms starting from alcoholism to drugs, sometimes inhaled, sometimes injected. People who are psychologically weak and mentally depressed often take to drugs in spite of knowing their ill-effects. This is a form of self–induced punishment, during moment’s anxiety and despair. With the whole paradigm shift of society, some people are stranded alone with their loneliness, often they fail to cope up with the disturbances and assaults of life, that’s when they resort to the solace of drugs. Christian rehab is a place where an addict gets a new birth, a life that is much more happy and meaningful for the addict and his family too. It provides a holistic approach to deal with the drug abuse.  

• Comprehensive mix of programs:

It not only provides an all encompassing, comprehensive program, but also an integrated variety of service, along with the teaching of  how to stay sober and clean through reading of bible and stories of Jesus Christ . It’s a one roof treatment center which provides a gamut of treatment through detox, exercises prescribed by profession trainers, medical treatments, meditation, session on group therapy and counseling, counseling of family and friends and mollification of mind and body through spiritual healing.

Often a faith-based rehab center is misperceived as a low intense treatment center with a dearth of proper experts. But on the contrary it follows all the government standards facilities with a team of experience medical staff, physical trainers, psychological counselors which caters every minute to minuscule need of an addict, around the clock.

• Wide variety of therapeutic programs:

The therapies which are introduced to the addicts depend on the state of addiction and the type of addiction. So all the therapies which are provided are done after an individual counseling, only after an understanding of how deep is the problem a customized set of therapies are given to the addict . During the process of therapy the patients are guided by expert physical trainers and counselors. This transitional period is vulnerable and it is done as safely and humanely possible. 

• Introduction to three phase step down program:

Programs which are designed are proven treatments, done by professional. Addicts often resort to two types of treatment, one is “inpatient treatment “and another one is “housing transitional treatment “. Both have its pros and cons, therapist and professional who had been associated with this kind of treatment, for years had seen the success and failure of both the kind. As a result of which they have come up with this transitional form of treatment which combines the best of both, and so these rehabs shows a remarkably higher success rates.

• Drug & alcohol group counseling:

Group counseling is a veritable part of a Christian rehab. It is a process through which a person breaks out from his own problem, and opens up to people who he can relate to. In this process the patient is divided in small friendly groups, which takes part in group counseling and group activity. This aids in two ways – increases the social acceptability of the person, and boost the confidence and in process it teaches how to emotional express and trust each other. This group counsel is essential as it helps the client to be ready to resume his old social circle after he leaves the rehab center.

• Drug education

If an addict has no idea on how a drug and alcohol affects a person physically, treatment is only half done; rather there is a high chance of the person to relapse back to addiction. The science behind the addiction and its consequential affect to a human anatomy is brought to an understanding of the client and his family. Education on ways of treatment, its methods are deconstructed and taught, plus how to maintain the recovery after release is an essential part of the course.

• Post-recovery services:

Post recovery services which are provided by these rehabs includes review of self medication , some community service and seminars and activity where an ex-addict can come and talk about his own experience. These sessions are conducted keeping the patients post recovery treatment in mind, so that a re-lapse to addiction doesn’t happen.

 So this is an all in all treatment, where the cornerstones of morals are re-constructed, strength of character is fortified, which restores the addicts back to a normal and healthy lifestyle.