The learning and discovery that the addict himself can gain during recovery is enhanced and shared with the family, allowing each person to experience the recovery process together and engaging the support dynamic early and often in the recovery process.Just as an addiction takes its toll on the relationships in an addict’s life, those family and supporting relationships are an important part of a recovery program for addiction treatment. In fact, the best addiction therapy programs will allow the family to play a key role in helping the addict fully realize recovery. Above average programs will support the family’s need for therapy as a group, bring together resources for ongoing meetings and personal therapy, and will consider the needs of the dynamic institution that is a family unit in the modern world.
While some addicts wish to design their recovery program around an isolated or individual model of treatment, an increasing body of scientific evidence builds the case for an inclusive Family Program in recovery treatment to be the better route. The learning and discovery that the addict himself can gain during recovery is enhanced and shared with the family, allowing each person to experience the recovery process together and engaging the support dynamic early and often in the recovery process. It’s not necessary to stage the rebuilding of key supportive and loving relationships after the close of addiction recovery therapy. In fact, when the relationships are rebuilt and pain points addressed during recovery, the safety and security the patient feels inside the recovery program can be used to enhance and speed the recovery process overall, for all family members.
A well designed family recovery program is going to focus on learning about education first, so that the family gets the same level of knowledge the patient themselves can gain in recovery. Understanding addiction, then understanding the true person hidden beneath the addiction, can go a long way toward freeing a family of shame, guilt and other negative feelings brought about by the experience. Some family addiction recovery treatment programs also involve the early and frequent use of family therapy by a trained and licensed family therapist. This benefit allows for a safe and secure environment in which family members can all share their experiences and their new knowledge.
In the framework of this family group therapy model, the individuals can be themselves, and practice and demonstrate new behaviors that they have learned as a result of the family program’s knowledge-based training. They can also air out issues that may impact the addict’s return to the home environment, as some families have fear that a relapse might occur. Allowing each individual to take ownership for a part of the addict’s recovery is a great gift given by world-class addiction recovery programs.
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