Alcoholism Treatment in Atlanta, Georgia

After deciding to reclaim your life from the grips of alcohol addiction, you are likely to hear that alcohol recovery program is the way to go. Although 12-step treatment programs are by far the most common approach to treating substance abuse disorders, they aren’t the only option. While such programs are effective for many who suffer from alcohol addiction, the truth is that they aren’t right for everyone. If you live in the Atlanta area, are ready to break free from your addiction to alcohol and prefer to avoid 12-step treatment models, mindfulness-based alcoholism treatment in Centered Recovery Programs may be the answer.

Why Mindfulness?

In today’s hectic world, people find themselves moving mindlessly from one task to another, and are constantly caught up in their thinking without even realizing it. All the while, their brains swirl with thoughts of the past and future. Focusing on the past or future takes you away from the present, however, and it can increase the sensations of suffering. For those in active addiction, focusing on the past tends to cause feelings of depression about what they have been through. Focusing on the future can precipitate intense feelings of anxiety and dread. Through mindfulness, you can learn to focus on the present moment and to learn that you are not, in fact, your thoughts.

Centered Recovery Programs provide mindfulness-based Non-12 step substance abuse treatment, including mindfulness-based alcoholism treatment in Atlanta. Through practices like meditation, yoga and mindfulness-based stress reduction, or MBSR, our program arms patients with the tools that they need to cultivate more mindfulness in their daily lives. In turn, they develop and hone skills that allow them to reconnect with their innate inner health. Rather than employing labels and other forms of judgment, personalized models are developed for all patients in this program, which is also completely secular.

Some of the primary ways in which mindfulness can assist in recovering from an addiction to alcohol include:

Learning to sit with uncomfortable feelings and emotions rather than reacting thoughtlessly to them

Cultivating the ability to be less critical of yourself and more accepting in general, which gives you the strength that you need to get through the highs and lows of addiction recovery

Utilizing awareness to understand that you not only aren’t your thoughts but that most of your thoughts aren’t even true and therefore shouldn’t be given any real merit

Reconnecting with your innate health to remember that you possess untold amounts of strength and resilience—recovery is within you, and Centered Recovery Programs can help you find it

Relapse Prevention through Mindfulness-Based Alcohol Addiction Treatment

Two of the biggest predictors of relapse while in recovery from alcohol addiction are cravings and negative emotions. Mindfulness practices like those that are offered at Centered Recovery Programs target these two issues quite effectively. Through mindfulness practice, you will develop a better understanding of yourself and your surroundings. Rather than retreating into your own head when tough emotions strike, you will learn to recognize those emotions and cravings for what they are and how not to react blindly to them. Although mindfulness sounds simple enough, it is something that must be practiced and cultivated continually—and our program arms you with the tools and knowledge that you’ll need to make it a constant part of your recovery and life.

Our Services

It’s natural to be a bit wary of any program that breaks away from “the norm.” However, our mindfulness-based alcoholism treatment Atlanta program incorporates an array of services to ensure that every patient receives the personalized care that they need and deserve. Our services and the immediate network of treatment providers include the following:

intensive outpatient, or IOP, services

partial hospitalization, or PHP, services

relapse prevention

dual diagnosis treatment

interventions

sober living

court-ordered rehab

detox

A Personalized Alternative to 12-Step Recovery

Like many people, you may have good reasons for not wanting to attempt recovery through a 12-step treatment program. Although many aspects of 12-step programs are widely regarded as being absolutely crucial for everyone who suffers from addictions to alcohol or drugs, the truth is that many of them pose problems for people. For example, 12-step programs require those in recovery to rely on a “higher power,” but some folks are not interested in religious-based treatment. Mindfulness-based substance abuse treatment programs like those offered by Centered Recovery Programs are completed secularized.

Another aspect of 12-step recovery that is problematic for many is the idea that alcoholism is an “incurable disease.” Alternative treatment programs, including mindfulness-based programs, are based on the philosophy that people can fully recover from their addictions and can go on to lead full, happy lives without the “addict” label following them around.

If all of this sounds good to you, you may be an ideal candidate for mindfulness-based alcoholism treatment through Centered Recovery Programs. We are ready to help, so take the first step by giving us a call today at (800) 556-2966.