Alcohol & Drug Rehab Programs & Services

RELAPSE PREVENTION PROGRAMS

I. INTRODUCTION

If you have been through treatment before, the following scenario may seem familiar:

You enter treatment. You've resigned yourself to feeling hopeless about your life or anxious about the future. During treatment, these feelings start to lift. In fact, you haven't felt this good for years. As you leave treatment, you feel ready to tackle the mess you left at home, confident that the negative thoughts and feelings that led you to drugs and alcohol are behind you.

After you get home, however, you start to feel frustrated that you've changed but everything else is the same. The support that you turned to in treatment (your peer group, your counsellor, etc.) is no longer there. Over time, you grow increasingly disillusioned and hope is replaced with disappointment. You decide to tough it out and fix the problem yourself. You miss counselling appointments. You no longer spend time with sober friends and family. You stop going to meetings .

What happens next depends on the individual. However, if relapse is the eventual outcome there's no need to feel ashamed or doomed to failure. At Sunshine Coast, we don't shy away from the "R" word. In fact, we have programs designed specifically to address relapse.

II. RELAPSE PREVENTION PROGRAMS AT SUNSHINE COAST HEALTH CENTER

Several relapse prevention options are available as follows:

1. ALUMNI PROGRAM (30-day)*

Program Description

While a client’s initial treatment is intended as a foundation for recovery, the residential alumni program offers alumni the unique opportunity to
deconstruct their relapse or slip. As a client progresses through the alumni program, he will go through (1) a period of stabilization, then (2) therapy designed to help turn a relapse into a teachable moment followed by (3) developing practical tools to strengthen his recovery lifestyle. To encourage clients to return, Sunshine Coast offers a significant price reduction for the residential alumni program, an expedited admission process * and a flexible length of stay.

Admission Criteria

• Successful completion of any residential program offered at Sunshine Coast Health Center
• Satisfactory funding plan prior to admission
• Medically stabilized at time of admission *

Clients are not required to re-apply for admission to the Alumni Relapse Prevention Program if they have completed treatment at Sunshine Coast Health Center within the past year.

(*) Note: additional medical detoxification charges will be applied if client is not medically stable as determined by the admitting nurse. For more information contact admissions toll-free at 1.866.487.9010.

Program Fee

For more information on the fee for the Alumni Program contact Admissions toll-free at 1-866-487-9010 or refer to the Fee Schedule section.

2. REFRESHER WEEKEND PROGRAM *

Exclusive to Sunshine Coast Health Center, alumni are welcome to take advantage of free refresher stays to reconnect, regroup and reground with staff and peers. Refresher weekend program participants are encouraged to attend large group activities and share their stories as a way of giving back.

CONCLUSION

As an alumnus, we recognize that it is often difficult to maintain the sense of renewal and hope you experienced living within the friendly confines of Sunshine Coast. You may be frustrated that the world you have returned to does not seem all that different from the one you left. Moreover, relationships, financial and health challenges may be complicating your recovery. During these difficult times, clients soon discover the benefit of having developed tools and support beforehand. However, alumni may only later come to realize they are unprepared for life after treatment. Other clients may only discover after a slip or relapse has occurred, in spite of their best intentions. When called upon, Sunshine Coast Health Center is here to assist clients and family members get back on track.

III. FOR MORE INFORMATION

For more information e-mail us at info@schc.ca or call us toll-free at 1.866.487.9050.

For information on relapse prevention that is more general in nature, visit the Psychological Modalities section.

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