Intensive Outpatient Therapy
Our intensive outpatient program is an individualized program that can work around your daily career. This program empowers patients to function independently and responsibly while preparing them for the community with skills and abilities to lead successful lives.
Tips to Prevent Opioid Relapse
Opioid addicts need to make major life changes and here at Recovery Ways, we help them accomplish this and maintain a life of sobriety. Our aftercare and alumni programs help patients with their future care and way of life. We also provide workshops and seminars with relapse prevention techniques.
Make sober friends and find sober hobbies. Boredom is one of the most common complaints from recovering opioid addicts readjusting to life without the drug. The best way to combat this boredom is to find friends to join in productive activities.
Medications are important. People who are prescribed medications like buprenorphine should continue taking the drugs until a doctor advises it’s safe to stop. Stopping these medications can lead to the emergence of post-acute opioid withdrawal symptoms and cravings. Withdrawal often leads to relapse.
Continued counseling and meetings help alleviate temptations. Opioids have lasting effects on the brain reward system long after the drug is out of the body. One day of stress can tempt people to use, but support from a therapist or a 12-step meeting can drastically help.
Be careful with new prescriptions. Some people relapse because they get prescribed opiate-based pain relievers like hydrocodone. Recovering opioid addicts that have surgery or break a bone should be upfront with their physician about their addiction. There are non-narcotic pain relievers available and physicians can treat pain while minimizing the potential for relapse.