When guests at Royal Life Centers come into treatment for the first time, they are in a lot of pain. It may seem obvious that the abuse of drugs or alcohol is the primary issue facing people with addictions. However, there are often a plethora of emotional and mental disorders that accompany addiction. Some guests have been in active addiction for so long that they no longer recall what led to their addiction. These people just want the pain to stop.
Monitoring Guests in Early Recovery
When they have had some time to stay clean in treatment, many of the deep-seated emotional and mental disorders resurface. These disorders are often hard to separate from just how hard early recovery is for most guests. However, just labeling all emotional and mental turmoil as symptoms of early recovery can be very detrimental. Not to mention that it is just plainly not accurate most of the time. Early recovery is challenging, but having the dual diagnosis of addiction and some other mental disorder is even more challenging.
At Royal Life Centers, we make sure to constantly monitor and evaluate our guests for any mental and emotional disorders. These disorders are often unbeknownst to our guests themselves, and previous healthcare providers have often misdiagnosed them as well. While this is not always the case, oftentimes doctors lack expertise in addiction. Not to mention, it is almost impossible to accurately diagnose someone when they are in active addiction. Guests have a significantly better chance of recovery when these disorders are caught early in treatment. In fact, receiving quality psychological and psychiatric assistance in early recovery is one of the best actions, besides working a 12-step program, for maintaining sobriety.
Research has proven that clinical help in the form of cognitive behavioral therapy and non-narcotic medication aids in recovery. Although we recommend this in conjunction with a 12-step program, we understand not all guests have success with these programs. Even though 12-step programs have the most proven long-term success, they are not the only option for treatment.
The Relief of Understanding
A lot of guilt and shame is alleviated when guests realize how their emotional and mental issues contributed to addiction. Unfortunately, society still stigmatizes addiction. As a result, people are not aware that addictions are mostly a result of genetic and environmental predispositions. This guilt and shame experienced by people in early recovery is tremendous and often one of the biggest obstacles to people seeking help. When our guests are made aware of the fact that they are not responsible for the creation of their addiction, this can be an enormous load off of their shoulders. Shame and misinformation are two of the biggest obstacles for most addicts and alcoholics seeking an effective recovery plan.
Royal Life Centers ensures that each guest is informed with the most recent and accurate information regarding our understanding of addiction. Our guests are educated about how addiction is often a family disease or caused by traumatic events that are hard to cope with. At the same time, many family members are often passing down Mental and emotional disorders to their children. Not to mention how some traumatic events and environments can cause an emotional or mental disorder to develop in the first place. We make sure to communicate this with our highly trained medical staff. Our staff then communicates to our guests that they are not responsible for their addiction and disorders; instead, they are responsible for their recovery.
Start Your Recovery Today
Our job is to empower each guest to focus on what is in their control. They have control over whether they put in the effort necessary to recover. At Royal Life Centers, we make sure each guest knows that they should only be focusing on recovering from their addiction while in treatment. It is not helpful to beat themselves up so much about what they did in their active addiction. If you or someone you know needs help with their addiction problems, reach out to us today. End the cycle of addiction now!
