Important Topics for Recovery
During your time in an addiction treatment center, you’ll learn about yourself as well as addiction. While in treatment, you’ll build sober friendships with others in group therapy. These friendships can provide support and encouragement when you face challenges on the road to recovery. In addition, you’ll develop healthy coping skills that can help you avoid relapse in the future.
Other important topics you will learn about in your time in treatment include:
- Powerlessness
- Codependency
- Enabling
- Compulsive behavior
- Denial and blaming others
- How shame may play a role in addiction
- Neuroplasticity
- Self-esteem
- Healthy relationships
- Returning to work
- Financial repair and wellness
- Repairing family relationships
- positive thinking
- Motivation
- Nutrition
- Having a healthy sleep schedule
- Daily routine
- How to avoid triggers
- How to face cravings
- Making sober friendships
- How to have fun without substances
- The power of choices
- Breaking old habits
- How to stay inspired
- Support network
- Why connection with others matters so much
- Patterns of substance use
- How to avoid drinking at a social event
- Spirituality
- Surrender
Learning about addiction and the patterns that contribute to it can help you make different choices in life. For instance, if you recognize that you tend to feel powerless in certain situations, you can try to stay empowered in that situation in the future. Although this might not happen on the first time, continuing to consciously make that change can bring great feelings of inner power and strength. Preventing relapse by recognizing these triggers helps you resist the cravings of addiction.
Resources for Learning More About Addiction and Recovery
If you’re interested in learning about addiction treatment, therapy, and recovery, there is a wealth of knowledge about addiction online. However, one caution is to be sure that the sites you’re visiting are trustworthy. There is a great amount of misinformation online that might steer you in the wrong direction. A few sites that can be trusted include:
- Psychology Today
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- American Psychiatric Association
Another great resource for learning about addiction is through reading texts and books on addiction. You might go to the library and borrow some books on addiction that speak to you.
Recovery isn’t simply about detoxing from a drug; it’s also a process of detoxing from the thoughts and behaviors that contribute to continued use of the drug. And becoming educated on various topics can open up a whole new world. Education can open the door to knowledge, and knowledge is power. In this case, education on recovery gives you the power to change your life!
Reach Out to Westwind Recovery® Today
If you are struggling with an addiction to drugs or alcohol, reach out to our team for help. Westwind Recovery® is an addiction treatment center in Los Angeles, California that is committed to helping our clients learn about addiction and recovery while in treatment. We offer a variety of therapies, including life skills therapy, to help our clients heal. Reach out at 855.340.8832 or contact us online to learn more.
Dr. Deena is the Chief Clinical Officer of Westwind Recovery®, an award-winning outpatient treatment center in Los Angeles where she oversees the clinical and administrative program and treatment methods. Dr. Deena is a doctor of psychology and licensed clinical social worker since 1993. LCSW #20628. Originally from the East Coast, Dr. Deena has worked running treatment centers, worked as a therapist in psychiatric hospitals as well as school settings and currently has a thriving private practice in the LA area. Dr. Deena has appeared regularly on the Dr. Phil Show as an expert since 2003. She has also been featured on many other TV shows, podcasts and has contributed to written publications as well as podcasts.
