There are many people in society that make a decision to get sober and start living a clean, healthy life in recovery.  Once this decision is made, there are many paths that people can take to reach their goal.  The choices can seem like a maze with road blocks and dead ends.

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While some will attempt to detox on their own and quit “cold turkey,” others will go for a professional, medically-supervised detox.  Once you reach detox, there are new treatment options – outpatient, residential or none.  For some who opt not to go to treatment, but feel that they need some sort of support network, 12-Step recovery meetings provide yet another option.

For many people, simply going through detox (alone or supervised) and attending 12-Step meetings is not enough to establish a firm foundation in recovery.  Addiction is a complicated disease and learning how to manage it generally takes intense counseling so the client can re-program thoughts and beliefs.  Often, there are underlying factors that led to the initial substance abuse and until these issues are resolved, the possibility of relapse remains high.

Treatment provides clients with counseling services, teaches about the disease of addiction as well as coping skills and the development of relapse prevention plans.  Attending and participating in 12-Step recovery meetings is part of the relapse prevention plan.

Pathways Florida provides a comprehensive 28-day residential substance abuse treatment program.  Compassionate, caring counselors at Pathways are trained in the latest evidence-based techniques and will work with you to develop a treatment and aftercare plan that works.  For more information, please call 855-349-5988.