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Why You Need Inpatient Alcohol Treatment and How It Can Help

Posted on | by Brittany Polansky, MSW, LCSW

In recent years it was reported that about 16 million people abused alcohol. It can be assumed that these numbers are much greater since not everyone addicted to alcohol participated in the study.

If you want true recovery from your alcohol addiction, it pays to get inpatient alcohol treatment from professionals. 

To learn more about this treatment and why you need it, read on. 

Why You Need Inpatient Alcohol Treatment

First off, what exactly is inpatient alcohol treatment?

With inpatient care, as opposed to outpatient treatment, you stay at the facility, in contrast to part-time programs that you go to in between your regular life. 

The following tips will let you know why inpatient care is more beneficial to your recovery:

1. You Have Plenty of Options For Your Inpatient Treatment

Right now, there is an increasing number of inpatient facilities that are offering services to patients like you.

Because this form of treatment is so successful, you have your pick of plenty of professionals and can find the style of care that works for you. In addition to choosing treatment styles that work, you can find some great rehab facilities all over the map, so you can get detox and rehabilitation in an area that suits you. 

2. These Services are Confidential

When you seek inpatient treatment, you will be glad to know that everything is completely confidential. Because your care and information are protected, you are able to maintain your privacy as you get your life back in order. 

By getting away for a bit, you don’t have to worry about maintaining a daily schedule and will instead be left to your own privacy to heal. 

3. It Allows You to Live Onsite to Get the 24-Hour Care That You Need

By taking advantage of inpatient services, you will get access to professional help around the clock. 

By living onsite, you’re always only a few steps away from assistance. Companies that offer inpatient care go above and beyond to provide comfortable living quarters and nutritious food that you can enjoy. 

They also offer workout facilities and therapeutic treatments that will help you relax and unwind as you get the healing that you need.

When you are living in the same place where you’re receiving your treatment, there is no question about whether you can make it to appointments, and it does away with any decisions that might get in the way. 

By having access to this level of care, you can cut out distractions and focus on your care, which is the most important part of moving forward with your life and health. 

4. Inpatient Care Handles Recovery Holistically

It is always best to get holistic treatment when you are trying to recover from alcohol abuse. 

Inpatient facilities often focus on holistic care, so that you can heal inside and out, rather than just treating your symptoms. Holistic care means getting access to things like exercise, mental health counseling, yoga, meditation and sauna treatments. 

You will be able to get rid of the substance’s physical hold on your body, while also reverse engineering the mental and emotional patterns that are causing you to suffer from addiction. 

By tackling this as a holistic issue, you are more likely to get the permanent treatment that you need. 

Embracing the spiritual and scientific wonders of mindfulness meditation can help you beat your alcohol addiction. It helps you to think clearly and notice your thoughts so that you are able to resist cravings and truly get the healing that you need. 

5. Access to Top-Notch Medical Care Protects Your Safety

Of course, you are also getting access to medical care that lets you detox safely. 

The symptoms of withdrawal can be incredibly intense, to include vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, fever, and other problems. If you are going through these kinds of problems, you will definitely want access to medical care that protects you.

They’ll continuously check your vitals and see to it that you’re looked after. 

6. You Can Also Take Advantage of Aftercare Options

It’s not just about the preliminary services. Inpatient treatment also extends to aftercare. 

By getting the aftercare that you need, it offers you a smooth transition back to your regular life. When you have professional service that bridges the gap, you are less likely to relapse. 

Many patients make the mistake of going through treatment, while failing to be as diligent about securing aftercare, and they end up relapsing as a result. 

7. Inpatient Care is Highly Effective and Can Help You Get Your Life Back

Most of all, inpatient care gives you quality results. 

Since addiction to alcohol is so dangerous and debilitating, you’ll need to be all in on getting your life back in order. People that look to inpatient care often find supportive relationships with other recovering addicts that can last a lifetime. 

Seek the Best Inpatient Care You Can Find

Inpatient alcohol treatment is your best case scenario when you are trying to beat alcohol addiction and get yourself back on track. 

By focusing on these points, you will be better able to get treatment that will be useful for you. We take pride in helping people to recover from all sorts of substance abuse issues. 

If you are in need of inpatient treatment solutions that will work, we’ve got the track record to prove it and can help you get your life back in order. 

When you’re in need of the best addiction treatment around, contact us online or get in touch by calling 1-(866) 319-6126.

More Support For Holistic Treatment

Posted on | by Brittany Polansky, MSW, LCSW

Specialists in addiction treatment, from alcohol rehabs in Pompano to leading academic researchers, know that holistic treatment is the best approach to help a person cope with substance use disorder. The best substance abuse treatment Florida offers know that oftentimes addiction comes hand in hand with untreated mental health issues and can also be influenced by environment and even genetics. Recently, researchers discovered there’s about a twenty five percent overlap of people with chronic addictions and people with undiagnosed attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Finding more links like these strengthens the case to make addiction treatment required to address mental health for a full holistic and, more importantly, effective treatment for patients who put their faith in their south Florida rehab centers.

In Ohio, Lorain County is attempting to make inroads not only in the public understanding the inherent complexities of addiction, but also ensure that the more effective approach to treatment and therapy is the one that is most deployed. Every other county in the state has merged their boards for mental health and alcohol and drug addiction services due to the evidence that they are often related and now Lorain County is to complete their merger soon.

“Let’s change the daily conversation of one group only talking about mental health while another group only talks about addiction. Let’s make the daily mission about working together by sharing knowledge and resources to better serve our community,” said Commissioner Matt Lundy.

The public and, indeed, even medical professionals, especially physicians, still hold very outdated views about addiction, which often include moral judgement and championing the idea of ‘choice’ as both the indictment of and solution to addiction. Judgement itself often leads to people suffering from substance use disorders to not seek treatment. Even mental health itself, separate away from addiction, is also stigmatized to a degree, as well. Whether the macho manliness of not wanting to share emotions or cry in front of others, or the idea that other people will think a person is crazy for being diagnosed with rather common mental illness issues that don’t really make that person psychotic or crazy, mental health is also looked at some crooked scheme for people to take advantage of one another or worse.

With Ohio’s symbolic merger of these two fields into a singular field, it means that the conversation is indeed going forward and people are discovering that there’s more to substance abuse than things like choice or even the substance itself in many cases, that mental health issues like depression, anxiety, trauma, and other conditions like ADHD and post traumatic stress disorder can fuel addiction as well as provide a risk for trying controlled substances.  

The opioid crisis has proven that addiction can happen to anyone for any reason and that it’s a serious issue that requires professional treatment and holistic approach because it’s not something that can simply be given a magic cure-all pill.  Maybe one day, but for now, this is the best approach and hopefully more states and counties countrywide will follow the suit of Ohio if they have not already.

Addiction is a serious chronic illness that requires professional treatment from counselors that specialize in substance use disorder. Call First Step Behavioral Health at (866) 319-6126 if you or someone you know might be struggling with addiction.

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Posted on | by Brittany Polansky, MSW, LCSW

People seeking help for substance abuse like alcohol treatment in Pompano, often have to go through social gauntlet of misrepresentation, mistreatment and general hostility and guilt tripping. Substance abuse disorder, even within much of the medical community, is seen as a moral issue almost exclusively. Snap judgements are often put upon the person looking for south Florida drug rehab options. People making these instinctive assessments often think they helping the person, but studies show that it typically has the opposite effect.

Consider the term ‘guilty pleasure’ and what it implies and how it ends up becoming a source of guilt in the first place. If you’re seen as a very manly-man, for instance, and are supposed to like ‘manly things’ like working out, playing football, etc. then you probably would not want to reveal to anyone that one of your favorite things is to watch sappy romantic comedies and your favorite one makes you cry every time you watch it. It’s something you’re going to hide from everyone in order to appease society’s expectations upon how you project yourself in public and even among close friends and family members. You may never tell anyone about that thing, even though there’s no real consequences. A guilty pleasure isn’t even a serious thing to worry about, but there’s consequences you are afraid of for revealing something that’s incredibly harmless.

Now consider substance use disorder and the social consequences of being seen as an addict. So many aspects of what an addict does creates a situation where someone who wants help won’t even seek it for fear of society’s viewpoint of what kind of person they are, regardless of their circumstances for ending up with the condition in the first place. The assumptions frequently made about an addict is that they’re liars, thiefs, criminals, junkies, losers, etc. It’s so ingrained into society to have these beliefs that most don’t even realize that many addictions begin under innocuous circumstances such as receiving pain medication from a complete legitimate hospital visit.

Now, if many people’s guilty pleasures remain hidden and are often extremely mundane activities, then it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy for someone with an addiction to hide it. Once a person has developed severe addiction, self reporting becomes less and less of an option. Depending on the kind of addiction a person suffers from, it may affect them deeply in the financial area of their life and they have to steal money to feed it. They’ll lie to friends and family about they’re physical condition if caught under the influence of the substance they cannot break free of. They’ll ultimately choose to self destruct rather than ask for help, creating a cycle that leads to them turning into the thing people thought of them before they even had a chance to ask for assistance in getting well.

It’s a tragedy as studies show that an incredibly large amount of people end up falling into this trap.

Don’t hide your suffering from fear of judgement. Call First Step Behavioral Health at (866) 319-6126, which offers many treatment options including residential detox.

Yelp For Treatment?

Posted on | by Brittany Polansky, MSW, LCSW

Whether it’s an alcohol rehab in Pompano or a drug rehab in Ft. Lauderdale, people seeking substance abuse treatment in Florida have the daunting task of having to research a company, maybe get lucky by seeing a phone number on a billboard to even know that one exists or take the Google Russian Roulette method of searching and hoping to not get taken advantage of.

After all, a person suffering from substance use disorder seeking treatment is often a person desperate for help. The current setup of treatment centers nationwide is primarily privatized and profit driven. In fact, recently, a study was released specifically for investors to speculate on how much money they can make by throwing money into treatment centers in hopes of making millions, rather than having a real desire to help people.

In this kind of climate which is likely only to get worse, one state is trying something a little different, but proposes its own set of challenges to ensure that people seeking treatment for their addiction aren’t simply taken for a ride and drained of their savings before being sent out to the world maybe even worse off than before. Massachusetts is trying out a ‘rating system’ for addiction treatment centers which will examine data from three primary sources; insurance claims, provider surveys and consumer experience surveys. The results will be ‘graded’ and be used to rank centers based on these three points.

However, as noted earlier, there’s a high likelihood of a lot of new money-hunting players and they rarely play fair. Even in your regular news outlets, there’s things such as ‘paid content’ which these days does not even have to identify itself as such and often influences the appearance of the subject in the article. While this isn’t precisely a social media operation, being run by a non-profit called Shatterproof, and headed by real estate and hotel mogul multi-billionaire Gary Mendell, it’s a far cry from the more appropriate approach to addiction treatment which is to tackle a lot of the shortcomings through policies from different states to address their own regional issues.

Likewise, just how a company can possibly forge a positive view even within this particular method of ‘rating’ treatment centers, it can be used to create a negative view of others. In organizations fighting for a profit, often times there’s a large incentive to promote what used to be called ‘attack ads’, which is to say by diminishing the competition, whether legitimately or illegitimately (often attack ads feature lots of ad hominems and dishonest framing), will make the originator of such an attack seem a little better and thus more ‘appealing’. It has yet to be seen how effective this method will be, but it’s not manipulation proof nor is it guaranteed to make things any easier for people seeking treatment.

For now, First Step Behavioral Health is a respectable treatment center with experience in all kinds of addiction and therapy methods.  Call (866) 319-6126 for more information.

Psychological Tolls of Substance Abuse

Posted on | by Brittany Polansky, MSW, LCSW

Just about anyone reading this can remember a time in which they didn’t realize they were being a complete belligerent jerk, where they were so short sighted in their actions they either severely embarrassed themselves or even were just a pig headed fool that permanently ruined a relationship. It was possibly over something nearly meaningless. If you haven’t experienced such a situation, maybe therapy for sociopathy should be considered as no one is perfect and we all make mistakes, especially if you’re an alcoholic considering alcohol rehab in Pompano.

For someone suffering from substance use disorder, this event may even be daily. Recovering from addiction comes with it a necessary requirement to really come to grips with the history that has developed around the abuse of a substance. This may be quite obvious with, say, an alcoholic who becomes an obnoxious loudmouth who says very venomous things randomly while intoxicated to people they would normally never think of being mean to, or less obvious such as secretly stealing funds from a relative or friend to make purchases to support their addiction. Regardless of what these actions may take the form of, they will exist and they can make recovery very difficult to even face.

Just thinking about hypotheticals, just imaging trying to reconstruct friendships and make apologies for, say, yelling at friends because they don’t understand what you do, that grass is always red and then learning later you were the one in the wrong, this can be a devastating experience. It can completely change the entire context of your existence with just a single realization. It is worse when you realize that there could be a large portion of events like this, where arguments and dramatic relationship altering events happened that can’t even be remembered, have to be faced possibly for the first time.

These unfortunate actions that result from substance use disorder can be even more savage psychologically to examine and repair. A parent coming to grips with the damage they may have done to their child’s psyche can often be a weight that will forever hang around their neck. Likewise, everyone is someone’s child and having to face one’s parents to apologize, even for the smallest mistakes, can be like chewing on glass, and so having to face a parent after terrible actions under the influence of a substance might seem undoable.

For those who have friends, family, children, parents, whomever that is trying to recover from their condition of substance use disorder, it’s okay to be angry and hold the person accountable, but be sure that you consider the opening paragraph here, that we are all fallible, no one is perfect and that it’s likely that you already have done something that didn’t even have the layer of substance abuse to blame. Offering understanding and forgiveness and support for a recovering addict can be the difference between not only their success at staying clean, but also at simply repairing a real connection that maybe should have never been severed.

Detox in Broward County as part of south Florida alcohol treatment is available for those seeking treatment. Call First Step Behavioral Health at (866) 319-6126.

The Art of Recovery

Posted on | by Brittany Polansky, MSW, LCSW

South Florida alcohol treatment, when it takes a holistic approach, offers a wide variety of techniques to reverse the reliance on alcohol in people suffering from alcohol use disorder. While not all south Florida rehab centers are created equal, the better ones will offer various forms of activity and creative based therapy to assist the behavioral therapy. One of these is using art to overcome some of the habits, cravings and emotional damage that comes with alcoholism.

One recovering addict in Mission, Kansas named Patrick Pribyl recently talked about his use of art to help him emotionally cope with his illness.

“I started using the red, when I started talking about addiction,” Patrick said when he referenced a time when he was ‘unrecognizable to himself’.  “There’s a smile on my face, but I wasn’t happy. I was just dead at that point.”

Patrick had suffered from alcoholism putting him in a downward spiral with ‘a total loss of control’, prompting him to see treatment for his condition. Prior to entering, he had not attempted to draw or paint anything since grade school.

“I knew I couldn’t draw a stick figure,” he said of his skills prior to entering rehab. “The second I started, I felt a wave of calm,” he said of his first days learning to pick up a brush. His personal technique is using colors to bring forth the feelings onto the canvas. For him, blue and white are hues displaying peace and serenity, while yellows and oranges portray energy. The reds, as mentioned before, represents his depression and days of addiction.

The paintings have lead to new opportunities for him post-treatment and post alcohol use disorder, with a gallery in New York displaying some of his paintings soon. His hopes are that the paintings resonate with audiences. “I hope someone will see it and say, ‘That makes me feel something,’” he comments.

Even though he’s still in treatment and currently undergoing a residential treatment plan, he’s busy with exploring the outer limits of what can be achieved to create emotion from a canvas and offering some of his works on an Etsy store that he’s been putting a lot of his time into. He also works at a local theater, further working on expressing himself rather than self-medicating his issues with alcohol.

Often times, people turn to substance use disorders because of undiagnosed issues to begin with. Research has shown that many people who enter treatment often have untreated depression and anxiety, while others have more acute forms of mental illness that has been undetected. For instance, a little over 25% of people with substance use disorders also have undiagnosed attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Holistic approaches use a combination of treatments that can include medication assisted treatment, emotional therapy, behavioral therapy, and other forms of rehabilitation that not only seek to treat the physical components of addiction, but also the mental health components.

If you or someone you know is seeking alcohol rehab in Pompano, First Step Behavioral Health offers a treatment options. Call (866) 319-6126 for more information.

James Bond Should Not Be an Inspiration When It Comes to Drinking

Posted on | by Brittany Polansky, MSW, LCSW

A new study by public health experts from the University of Otago in New Zealand has found that the fictional character James Bond showed signs of alcoholism throughout the more than 24 movies centered around him over the years. In total, the report, which was published in the Medical Journal of Australia, found that Bond could be seen drinking on 109 separate occasions in the films. Bond films from all the way back to 1962 up until the present were analyzed for the study.

A “Severe” Drinking Problem

Throughout the report of the study, Bond’s drinking issues are described as “chronic” and “severe.” Additionally, Bond is noted to have found himself in rather risky situations shortly after drinking. These high-risk scenarios involve driving vehicles, contact with dangerous animals, and much more.

According to the study, Bond meets more than half of the criteria for alcohol use disorder, which is a type of mental disorder. Perhaps the most amazing example of Bond’s problematic drinking came in the form of the consumption of 50 drinks during a single day in one of the Bond books. That level of consumption in a single day would have the potential to kill just about anyone.

As far as his highest level of consumption in a film, the study found that, in “Quantum of Solace,” Bond drinks at least six Vespers, which is his own creation that includes a mixture of gin, vodka, and wine. According to the researchers, this would raise Bond’s blood alcohol level to a level almost high enough to induce a coma or even cause death.

The report also pointed out an instance in the “Die Another Day” film where a doctor tells Bond that his liver is not looking too good.

Seeking Help

The health experts behind the report also provided some suggestions for how Bond could potentially limit the risks associated with his drinking. Going to alcohol rehab in Pompano, would be a safe option for Bond to choose, and it would also allow the MI6 operative to enjoy the Florida weather.

As a light-hearted solution, the report indicates that Bond should avoid drinking with sexual partners who make decide they want to capture or kill him. The report added that Bond should avoid drinking on the job, especially when he is taking on complex tasks such as fighting on helicopter gunships or deactivating weapons of mass destruction.

Finally, the report also adds that Bond’s employer should take a more active role in the agent’s life and make sure he is able to contribute to the organization over the long term. Specifically, work-funded counselling services are mentioned as an area where MI6 should be able to offer assistance. Additionally, the report adds that Bond could be dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder due to all of the people he has killed in the movies throughout the decades, which may have led to his abuse of alcohol in the first place.

To get help with your or a loved one’s alcohol addiction, contact us at your earliest convenience.


Genetic Links Between Alcoholism and Psychiatric Disorders

Posted on | by Brittany Polansky, MSW, LCSW

In a new report published in Nature Neuroscience consisting of over 50,000 case studies analyzed by a large group of scientists internationally have possibly found a link between genetic disposition leading to high risk of alcoholism and psychiatric disorders such as ADHD, schizophrenia and depression. The study’s senior author Arpana Agrawal, Ph.D., a professor of psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis did make it clear that “the gene we identified has a protective effect, but by no means is it the only thing affecting risk of alcohol dependence. We know environmental factors also play a role. We also think the genetic susceptibility to alcohol dependence stems from the small, cumulative effects of a very large number of variants across the genome.”

 

A Problematic Gene

The gene identified as the contributor to risk of alcoholism is the ADH1B gene and regulates how the body converts alcohol to a substance called acetaldehyde. The gene’s natural variation within people created a correlation with the ability of the boy to convert alcohol to acetaldehyde. The people who’s genetics lead to quicker conversion created a ‘protective effect’ leading to less drinking overall. The effects of this gene are also targeted by some medications designed to treat addiction such as Disulfiram (Antabuse).

The study compared genetic variants from nearly 15,000 individuals diagnosed with alcohol dependence to nearly 38,000 people who did not have that diagnosis. The research group found that the risk factors related to alcohol dependence also were linked to risk for other psychiatric disorders, such as depression, schizophrenia, ADHD and the use of cigarettes and marijuana, but were quick to point out that more research from a larger sample size is needed to create a stronger link and support a causation relationship between the two. The study included primarily subjects of European and African descent. “In the future, we need to study much larger numbers of people from non-European populations because we don’t know as much about genetic factors that affect their risk. As our study showed, these factors can differ from population to population” according to  Dr. Agrawal.

 

Further Research Required

While the study provided progress towards suggesting a angle to prescribe treatment, Agrawal remained clear that this study was by no means the end of research into the risks into alcoholism developing in drinkers. “The risk conferred by the ADH1B gene is one of the strongest single-gene effects seen in people with a psychiatric illness, but overall, it explains only a small proportion of the risk,” Agrawal said. “Many additional gene variants are making small contributions to alcoholism risk, but to find them, we’ll need to study more people.”

If you or anyone you know is suffering from alcoholism or drug addiction, contact 1st Step Behavioral Health at (866) 319-6126 for treatment options in Southern Florida.

 

Alcohol Deaths On The Rise

Posted on | by Brittany Polansky, MSW, LCSW

While media attention centers on the ‘opioid epidemic’, it’s obscured another addiction that is claiming an increasing number of lives. Alcohol kills more people than overdoses of opioids through both accidents while under the influence and health effects of prolonged alcohol use such as cirrhosis, cancer, pancreatitis and suicide. The increase of alcohol related deaths between 2007 and 2017 has risen 24%, according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington.

Among the most affected of this increase are women. The rate of alcohol related deaths in women rose by 87% during this period. While teen deaths dropped 16%, the deaths are increased along with age due to the prolonged use of alcohol leading to chronic illness. State restriction on the substance typically had a negative correlation to the death rate. Alabama, for instance, has very strict laws around alcohol purchasing yet was ranked third in states with the most deaths. In fact, southern states, like Florida, had higher death rates due to alcohol related reasons responsible partially to the level medical care in the region. Southern states rate lower overall in areas related to overall health care. The only difference in consumption between states with stricter alcohol policies was lower overall amounts of binge drinking.

 

Studying Binge Drinking

A study into binge drinking conducted by research reported in the February 2018 journal issue of Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research an increase in women ending up in the emergency room, mostly middle-aged. The complications of prolonged drinking, along with binging, would lead to complications of dealing with multiple issues at once; pumping the stomach, draining trapped fluid from the stomach due to cirrhosis and emptying their lungs of vomit to prevent drowning. Other complications included brain hemorrhaging or internal bleeding due to alcohol’s effects on the blood which prevents clotting while thinning the blood itself. With age and continued drinking, women are falling ill to dementia, heart failure and immune suppression resulting in infections that spread rapidly.

While the opioid epidemic claimed around  70,000 lives in 2017, alcohol claimed 80,000 but still being largely unnoticed as an epidemic itself. One of the causes of this oversight comes with the fact that alcoholism’s propensity to lead to so many other health problems that end up being the final ‘reason’ reported as a death. A person who dies of heart-valve disease isn’t seen in the public eye as an alcoholic or alcohol related death. Combined with the legality of the substance, it makes overlooking its effects on Americans, especially women, at this scale quite easy to miss.

If you or anyone you know could be suffering from alcoholism, call 1st Step Behavioral Health at (866) 319-6126 for more information about South Florida alcohol treatment and to find out more about treatment options in Pompano for you or a loved one.

Work And Addiction Recovery

Posted on | by Brittany Polansky, MSW, LCSW

Drug addiction can affect many parts of a person’s life including their work history and ability to get a job after being treated. Employers may require immaculate work history and criminal record that is nearly impossible depending on how a person’s addiction illness has played out. Many addicts end up homeless from their substance abuse or can end up in jail due to their use and simply possessing the drug they use. Simply getting rid of the substance abuse behavior many times does not create a straight path to recovery and restoring a person’s life. Finding and keeping a job can prove to be even more of a struggle for a recovering addict itself.

Federal statistics show approximately 22 million Americans are in recovery. The Recovery Research Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital in 2017 conducted a study which discovered that the rate of unemployment of people in recovery from addiction is 3 times higher than average unemployment rate. This can be discouraging for those on the road to recovery.

 

Researching Work and Sobriety

Research has shown that working helps keep people sober giving them a renewed purpose, but if finding that job is difficult, that recovery can turn into relapse. The situation isn’t hopeless for those who have had addiction impact their lives in more significant ways such as criminality and work history. Some companies are operating as a support system themselves and welcome the recovering addict. In New Hampshire, for instance, an employee owned company called Hypertherm which builds industrial machinery for heavy manufacturing plants has ingrained within its company environment an addiction assistance framework. This includes medical leave and financial assistance for those who may fall into relapse and offering extra pay for volunteering after-work programs for recovering addicts to stay sober. Employees find a purpose within the work itself which builds loyalty to the other employees and the ideal goal of being productive and staying sober.

Once sobriety is achieved, becoming stable both socially and financially becomes all the more important. While the statistics point to a greater challenge to overcome for addicts who are in recovery, it’s always helpful to have tools which can minimize these issues. Using resources to find recovery friendly workplaces can mean the difference between a relapse and successfully staying sober. Recovery friendly work sites help place workers into positions in which the employer helps contribute to the community affected by addiction, much like Hypertherm. Knowing the options available for assistance is half the battle.

 

Getting Drug Treatment for Opioid, Alcohol, or Heroin Addiction in Broward County

Addiction to substances like alcohol, opioids, heroin, or anything else is a serious illness that can lead to physical damage and even death. If you or someone you know is suffering from substance addiction or abuse in the south Florida area, the trained professionals at 1st Step Behavioral Health can help treat the underlying causes that lead to drug and alcohol abuse. Call us at (866) 319-6126.