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For Lasting Success there are Four Basic Stages we need to impart
The first stage is sobriety. Plainly this means cessation of all mind-altering substances. This doesn’t infer merely the one drug you have a problem with, but all substances. Too many addicts believed they only had a problem with a specific drug and were able to quit, only to find they had substituted a different drug, resulting in similar problems. Cessation is primarily the result of a variety of behavioral techniques that aid in establishing new “clean” lifestyle patterns. This first stage is ongoing and is continually refined.
The second stage is stability. It’s a relatively simple task to get sober for 24 hours, one week or 30 days. Most people can achieve some variation of this for a specific period of time. This is especially true in a treatment facility where there are little or no temptations from the real world. The challenge arises when one must deal with life on life’s terms. Marin Drug Recovery is well aware of this predicament and is continually monitoring the client’s environment and dealing with these challenges on a “real time” basis. Achieving stability means one’s thinking is clearing up, concentration expands, and awareness of others is enhanced. One’s world evolves into more than my drug, how to get it, how to use it and how to recover from it.
Stage three is recovery and it is the most difficult step. Unfortunately determining how to quit one’s “drug of choice” is the simple part of the equation. The hard part is figuring out what caused addiction and how to live one’s life differently. The underlying factors are often clouded, denied and confusing. The process of uncovering these requires patience, courage and willingness. Without discovery relapse will eventually return.
The final stage is Sustainability. This lifelong stage can bring pleasure and fulfillment to the client. We realize that treatment does not end upon discharge. The real challenge is to stay sober once you leave the program. We provide extensive aftercare and follow-up for all clients who successfully complete our program.
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