Whenever one thinks of programs for recovery one wonders what it means. Programs are associated with input subjects and activities along with exams. Something like school. So when one is looking for a rehabilitation centre, one wonders what it will be like.
Most people who enter a rehab don’t realize that the prime purpose of a rehab is to create an environment where one can safely get sober/clean. This can be done at the rehabilitation centre in India or at a destination of one’s choice. Both have their ways of working and lead to a better quality of life.
Rehab centre programs
Closed rehabs:
In a residential rehabilitation centre the clients are expected to participate in the daily scheduled activities. Usually there is a fixed wake up time which is compulsory. One has to wake up at that time and freshen up for the first activity of the day. This usually follows the early morning tea/coffee. Most rehabs tend to have a physical activity at this early hour. Most would have games like volleyball, running or yoga.
The next activity would be breakfast followed by house/room cleaning. One is expected to participate and engage in whatever cleaning one is assigned. This is done to encourage self sufficiency and an appreciation of the effort it takes. This part of the program is usually followed by free time for bathing and clothes washing.
Now is the time where counselors have their input sessions on subjects related to recovery from addictions. This is where one learns and is exposed to multiple aspects of the disease of addiction. As a part of the learning one is taught how addiction develops, how it affects you and what one needs to do to counter the addiction.
Lunch followed by free time to complete other tasks like written assignments, other household duties and one to one counseling follows. Till tea time one has to complete all this. There is another session post tea and then one is given tasks called Learning Experiences to complete depending on how one has performed during the last 24 hours. These are tough tasks that are given to teach the consequences accruing by ones actions. By this time it is late evening.
There is evening session where one shares about the feelings and thoughts throughout the day. This is to give an idea about the value of ending the day with clearing ones mind of any negativity. This is done in a group and one is expected to share at least 2-3 times a week.
This sort of program is usually for 4-6 months and is fairly successful in habituating people to a disciplined life filled with useful activity.
Open rehabs :
These are the rehabilitation centers which believe in self motivated recovery. Admissions are usually for people who are willing to admit themselves and are agreeable to undergoing a treatment program for their substance use. Usually these centers have a much more relaxed program with minimal structure and are more like a retreat where one is restored to normalcy.
A general day’s program at an open rehab would have 3-4 sessions of meditation. Clients are exposed to a variety of meditation techniques. This helps them choose which technique appeals to them and they choose the one which they would most likely follow even after the rehab.
There would be one input session where different aspects of addiction and recovery would be explained. These would be intense information heavy sessions which would include videos, discussions and group activities. This session would inculcate a reflection on topics that would lead to deep insights and understanding of the consequences of addiction. This would be further aided by one on one counseling sessions with recovery coaches and clinical psychologists.
Written assignments designed to open the mind to new insights and understanding about how ones personality aided in becoming addicted are given and checked in the one on one sessions.
Further time is provided for in-house games like pool, table tennis, chess and other board games for winding down or easing ones stresses in healthy ways. Interpersonal skills are revived and new ways of conflict resolution are learnt.
Over all this sort of a rehab program works through a holistic motivational, non judgmental, supportive environment.
Destination Therapy
This is the most individualized programs available. These are programs for the privacy conscious and are for those who prefer to have total focus on their individual needs without the distraction of other clients.
Here the client decides the location of treatment and has to live in sober companionship with recovery coaches, counselors and the medical team. This program provides clients totally private attention in the location where they are completely comfortable.
Here the program is conducted with the convenience and comfort of the client in mind while also allowing for interaction that can allow the client to express their innermost turmoil and vulnerabilities and work towards the amelioration of those areas which are most troublesome.
In this form of individual therapy, the family could also get involved and simultaneously long standing issues can be sorted out that the addicted person has made the reason to continue to use their substance of choice. This often is the beginning of better understanding and therefore removal of triggers that used to maintain the status quo.
Zorba wellness the best rehab in Mumbai and Pune is well experienced in providing effective and successful destination therapy to clients at their own location or our own secluded places in various locations across the world.