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Steps Recovery Center recognizes how vital the mind, body, and spirit are in their connection to the whole person. We take a holistic approach to addiction that includes treating the whole person, and find that it tends to be more successful, especially since addiction affects every aspect of a person’s life. With a customized and individualized program, a holistic approach just makes sense. It affords an opportunity to meet the patient’s physical and psychological needs and allows them to engage physically, emotionally, and mentally.

Yoga

An ancient Hindu physical, mental, and spiritual discipline, yoga attempts to integrate the mind and body to fashion a harmonious whole. It includes breath control, simple meditation, and the implementation of specific bodily postures for well-being and relaxation. Benefits of yoga include:
  • Decreased stress levels
  • Increased physical
  • strength, flexibility, and endurance
  • Improved self-awareness and mind-body integration
  • Strengthened immunity
  • Better able to manage emotions
  • Enhanced ability to live in the moment Better restful sleep

The great thing about Yoga is daily practice can help the recovered addict to cope with challenging situations and stress.

Meditation

Another ancient practice used for thousands of years, beginning with the Hindus, meditation helps people find calm, clarity and increased concentration. Research shows how powerful mindful meditation can be to improve various mental health disorders, along with giving relief to those suffering from addiction withdrawal. Being aware and present allows your mind and body to rest and relax, focusing on deep breathing and releasing tension.

Benefits of Meditation include:

  • Decreased anxiety
  • Increased emotional stability
  • Reduced blood pressure levels
  • Improved mind-body connection
  • Increased serotonin production
  • Returned sense of energy
  • Improved ability to deal with stress
  • Enhanced cognitive function

As you learn mindfulness through meditation practice, you increase the skills of developing the confidence of your own body’s natural healing ability.

Physical Fitness

After rehab, it’s important to establish a daily exercise routine to help build up your body and increase your immunity. Your cardiovascular, muscular, and skeletal systems can benefit from exercise and instill a sense of well-being. There are many other benefits to daily exercises, such as:

  • A healthy alternative to substance abuse for coping mechanisms
  • Better sleep
  • Reduced anxiety and depression
  • Improved strength
  • Increased self-worth and esteem
  • Decreased tension
All of these benefits are great for someone going through the process of rehab since recovery can take a toll on your body.

Using Holistic Methods for Substance Abuse Treatment

Some holistic approaches we use for alcoholism include the 12-step program that utilizes spiritual principles that even non-religious people find immensely helpful in their recovery. We incorporate other holistic drug rehab methods, including health, wellness, nutrition, medicine, daily mediation, mindfulness, and education groups.

These holistic techniques support addiction treatment in several ways:

  • Reduced physical symptoms of addiction and withdrawal, such as anxiety or muscle aches and pains
  • Better emotional balance
  • More spiritual grounding
  • Healthier eating habits, resulting in a neurochemical balance
  • Less environmental toxins or contaminants
  • Stop the addiction earlier
  • Cope with triggers through visualization, thought disruption, and relaxation
  • Find alternatives to drug abuse

According to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), 34 percent of adults in the U.S. use some form of complementary and alternative therapy (CAM).

Holistic Technique Effectiveness

A study conducted in 2017 by the National Health Interview Survey (NIHS) and released at the end of 2018 stated a significant increase in American adults and children using yoga and meditation. Here are the results:
  • 14.3 percent of U.S. adults use yoga, as compared to 9.5 percent in 2012
  • 14.2 percent of U.S. adults use meditation (4.1 percent in 2012)
  • 8.4 percent of U.S. children practice yoga (3.1 percent in 2012)
  • 5.4 percent of U.S. children practice meditation (0.6 percent in 2012)
Although there is not a lot of research into this field of addiction treatment, the upward trend suggests it works, and therefore more addiction centers are implementing it in their protocol.

The Joint Commission National Quality Association certifies Steps Recovery Centers, and we believe that you and your loved ones deserve the right care at a price that you can afford, so please contact us today for assistance.

Drug Addiction Treatment

There are effective treatments for addiction, but the first step on the road to recovery is to recognize there is a problem. Sometimes, when a person denies they have a problem, families and concerned friends may stage an intervention for prompt treatment—particularly if the addicted person is harming themselves or others. It’s important to get a physician’s assessment and diagnosis, then a treatment plan can be formulated, whether that means outpatient rehab, inpatient, or at-home treatment.

Rehabilitation often includes medications used to control drug cravings and therapy that can help addicted individuals understand their motivations and behavior, develop better self-esteem, cope with anxiety and stress, and address other mental problems.

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