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Able to Change Recovery is a CARF- Accredited in-network, Orange County alcohol rehab and drug treatment center specializing in substance abuse, alcoholism, dual-diagnosis and addiction recovery. Our program includes Partial Hospitalization, Intensive Outpatient and Outpatient phases. Partial and Intensive Outpatient treatment is usually an alternative to inpatient or residential therapy. A typical treatment episode will include some or all levels of care and can range from anywhere from 30 days to 6 months. In addition we offer highly structured supportive living for clients that need a safe place to stay for their duration in treatment. At Able to Change Recovery, clients are also able to have the use of their cellphone, electronic devices and vehicle with no blackout period.
We believe that one of the most vital functions of our alcohol rehab and drug rehab program is the care planning (Bridge to Home Program); it is the individual’s road map to recovery. The individual, person-center, interdisciplinary care plan is a practical, understandable tool that the individual, his/her family, and our team of clinicians utilize to steer the course throughout the journey of recovery.
It is the focal point of each session with the individual and includes personally defined goals along with realistic objectives that address the issues and causes of one’s addiction.
What is Outpatient Treatment
Outpatient addiction treatment is a less restrictive level of clinical care, one that allows for more flexibility and personal freedom than a traditional inpatient program. At Able to Change, our outpatient addiction treatment program meets between 6 and 3 days a week for between 36 and 9 hours altogether. Our professionally developed program provides clients with a wide range of proven therapeutic modalities and additional recovery-related services. We treat men and women of all ages and walks of life who have either completed a higher level of clinical care and are looking for additional support, or who have chosen outpatient treatment as a standalone option for one of several reasons.
Outpatient treatment is divided into three phases, PHP, IOP and OP. The first is phase is treatment engagement and the second is early recovery. During the treatment engagement phase, a person meets with a counselor to discuss their substance abuse. In addition to assessing the severity of one’s substance abuse, a counselor also asks questions about a person’s support network and daily abilities to function. The counselor will review with the person the overall goals for treatment and the expected duration of the therapy.
Our program is specifically designed to help those who struggle with addiction and those who have mental health problems as well. Examples can include depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Our outpatient program incorporates medication management for mental illnesses as part of their program’s component.
Partial Day Program
- Individualized Treatment Plans
- Certified Counselors
- More Intense Programing
- Individual and Group Therapy
- Vehicles and Electronics Allowed
- Partial Day Programing
- 36 hours per week
Intensive Outpatient Program
- Certified Counselors
- Individual and Group Therapy
- Group Outings
- Flexible Daytime Schedules
- Evening Schedule Option
- Vehicle and Electronics Allowed
- 15 hours per week
Intensive Treatment Program
- Exit phase
- Certified Counselors
- Individual and Group Therapy
- Transition Planning
- Minimal Supervision
- Live on or off site
- 3 to 6 hours per week
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Learn About Addiction
Addiction is characterized by:
a. Inability to consistently Abstain;
b. Impairment in Behavioral control;
c. Craving; or increased “hunger” for drugs or rewarding experiences;
d. Diminished recognition of significant problems with one’s behaviors and interpersonal relationships; and
e. A dysfunctional Emotional response.
Addiction is more than a behavior disorder
Addiction is more than a behavior disorder. Features f addiction include aspects of a person’s behaviors, cognitions, emotions, and interactions with others, including a person’s ability to relate to members of their family, to members of their community, to their own psychological state, and to things that transience their daily experience.
Behavioral manifestations and complications of addiction, primarily due to impaired control, and include:
a. Excessive use and/or engagement in addictive behaviors, at higher frequencies and/or quantities than the person intended, often associated with a persistent desire for and unsuccessful attempts at behavioral control;
b. Excessive time lost in substance use or recovering from the effects of substance use and/or engagement in addictive behaviors, with significant adverse impact on social and occupational functioning (e.g. the development of interpersonal relationship problems or the neglect of responsibilities at home, school or work);
c. Continued use and/or engagement in addictive behaviors, despite the presence of persistent or recurrent physical or psychological problems which may have been caused or exacerbated by substance use and/or related addictive behaviors;
d. A narrowing of the behavior repertoire focusing on reward that are part of addiction; and
e. An apparent lack of ability and/or readiness to take consistent, ameliorative action despite recognition of problems.
Emotional changes in addiction can include:
Emotional changes in addiction can include:
a. Increased anxiety, dysphoria and emotions pain;
b. Increased sensitivity to stressors associated with the recruitment of brain stress systems, such that “things seem more stressful as a result; and
c. Difficulty in identifying feelings, distinguishing between feelings and the bodily sensations of emotional arousal, and describing feelings to other people (sometimes referred to as alexithymia).
The emotional aspects of addiction are quite complex. Some persons use alcohol or other drugs or pathologically pursue other reward because there are seeking “positive reinforcement” or the creation of a positive emotional state (“euphoria”). Others pursue substance use or other rewards because they have experienced relief from negative emotional states (“dysphoria”), which constitutes “negative reinforcement.” Beyond the initial experiences of reward and relief, there is a dysfunctional emotional state present in most cases of addiction that is associated with the persistence of engagement with addictive behaviors. The state of addiction is not the same as the state of intoxication. When anyone experiences mild intoxication through the use of alcohol or other drugs, or when one engages non-pathologically in potentially addictive behaviors such as gambling, or eating, one may experienced a “high”, felt as a “positive” emotional state associated with increased dopamine and opioid peptide activity in reward circuits. After such and experience, there is a neurochemical rebound, in which the reward function does not simply revert to baseline, but often drops below the original levels. This is usually not consciously perceptible by the individual and is not necessarily associated with functional impairments.
Addiction Is A Chronic Disease
Over time, repeated experiences with substance use or addictive behaviors are not associated with ever increasing reward circuit activity and are not as subjectively rewarding. Once a person experiences withdrawal from drug use or reward and the recruitment of brain and hormonal steps systems, which is associated with withdrawal from virtually the emotional “low” associated with the cycle of intoxication and withdrawal. Thus, in addiction, persons repeatedly attempt to create a “high”–but what they mostly experience is a deeper and deeper “low”. While anyone may “want” to get “hight”, those with addiction feel a “need” to use the addictive substance or engage in the addictive behavior in order to try to resolve their dysphoric emotional state or their physiological symptoms of withdrawal. Persons with addiction compulsively use even though it may not make them feel good, in some cases one after the pursuit of “rewards” is not actually pleasurable. Although people from any culture may choose to “get high” from one or another activity, is is important to appreciate that addiction is not solely a function of choice. Simply put, addiction is not a desired condition.
As addiction is a chronic disease, periods of relapse, which may interrupt spans of remission, are a common feature of addiction. It is also important to recognize that return to drug use or pathological pursuit of rewards is not inevitable.
Clinical interventions can be quite effective in altering the course of addiction. Close monitoring of the behaviors of the individual and contingency management, sometimes including behavioral consequences for relapse behaviors, can contribute to positive clinical outcomes. Engagement in health promotion activities which promote personal responsibility and accountability, connection with others, and personal growth also contribute to recovery. It is important to recognize that addiction can cause disability or premature death, especially when left untreated or treated inadequately.
How To Achieve Sobriety
Addiction professionals and persons in recovery know the hope that is found in recovery. Recovery is available even to persons who may not at first be able to perceive this hope, especially when the focus is on linking the health consequences to the disease of addiction. As in other health conditions, self-management, with mutual support, is very important in recovery from addiction. Peer support such as that found in various “self-help” activities is beneficial in optimizing health status and functions out coms in recovery.
Recovery from addiction is best achieved through a combination of self=management, mutual support, and professional care provided by trained and certified professionals.
