Alcohol Rehab with a Family Program

Alcoholism has a far reaching impact. Family members can also feel affects of their loved one's alcoholic behaviors. To help the individual and family, Cirque Lodge provides a caring drug rehab and alcohol rehab facility. In this private and safe place, people can come to terms with alcoholism, and learn ways to manage their impulses to drink. Help and healing is available for individuals and families suffering from alcohol abuse. For more on our alcohol rehab and alcoholism program, call the Cirque Lodge today at 1-877-997-3422.

Family members can also be suffering from their alcoholic loved one. This problem can persist without treatment for them. Even if their loved one enters into an alcohol rehab program, the family member can still struggle with things. A part of Cirque Lodge is a highly effective family program, made up of a number of treatment and educational elements. The family program has shown to have a profound impact on the recovery process, as well as the support of the family within the home. The alcohol rehab and drug rehab program is geared around our frequent family element.

Family Week in Alcohol Rehab

The Family Program is a designated week every third week of treatment and integrated into our alcohol rehab programs. Family Week runs from Tuesday thru Friday, and consists of a day full of treatment elements, workshops and activities. Cirque Lodge residents are encouraged to invite their close family members to come to the alcohol rehab facility and participate. For some family members, it is a chance to see how their loved one is doing. Some are amazed at the changes that their family member is experiencing when they are no longer a slave to the bottle. It can be seen in their physical appearance and attitude.

Family Week gives the family of our residents a chance to experience first hand some of the elements to the Cirque Lodge alcohol rehab facility. Breakfast and Lunch are provided. Family gets the chance to experience our culinary program. Also, family can enjoy in a number of our experiential activities while here. Experiential therapy plays an integral part in our exclusive alcohol rehab program. It should be a part of our family element as well. An element to the effectiveness of Cirque Lodge is the experience. Family members can have such experiences while here for their alcoholic loved one.

Helping the Family to Understand

Many of the problems the family can have can be based on the behaviors of alcoholism. Family members can have a number of misconceptions when it comes to their loved ones drinking. A part of Family week is to provide lectures on the nature of addiction. Lectures and workshops can educate the family on behavior. A lecture is provided that discusses the concept of the disease of alcoholism. Family specific workshops help family members understand what they can do to avoid these problems in the home.

Support can be a vital element to overcoming alcoholism. Support within the home can be an imperative piece of this. Workshops are provided to help family members better understand their role in supporting their loved one. After alcohol rehab is completed, the impulses to drink require management each day. To help individuals, 12-step programs are available to provide support for recovery as well. A workshop is provided to inform the family on the need for aftercare, once the individual leaves the alcohol rehab facility.

Family Therapy in Alcohol Rehab

Some of the issues that have come from alcoholism can run deep emotionally. These strains can affect the relationships of the family as a whole. Family Week consists of therapy elements to help with some of these problems. Therapy sessions and process sessions are a venue for family to come to terms with problems that were caused by alcoholism and to begin the process of healing. Addiction builds up walls. Therapy can help to tear down these walls and begin honest and open lines of communication.

For young children whose parents are struggling with alcoholism, a specialized therapy venue is provided. The sand tray room is a unique therapy room filled from floor to ceiling with items. These items are used to help the child with description. A young child doesn't have the emotional capabilities to express their feelings like an adult. The sand tray room gives them a chance to share their feelings by selecting toys and trinkets that symbolize specific things. It can be a sobering thing to see that a father's drinking is selected as a dragon or something scary.

Family Week can begin the process of healing for those who are struggling. For the Cirque Lodge resident, it is a just a part of the intensive treatment needed to overcome the disease. For the family member, it can be a means for healing and learning what is needed to continue this healing within the home. At Cirque Lodge, a number of residential alcohol rehab programs make up our addiction treatment facility. The family element is an effective part of our highly effective program.

For more information or help for an alcohol problem with yourself or a loved one, please visit our main Alcohol Rehab page, or call us at
1-877-997-3422.