Drug Rehab Blog

Sometimes the drinking and the drug abuse are masking a more deeply rooted issue. The abuse of these substances can provide a self medication for dealing with internal issues such as trauma or grief. However, they also provide a compounded struggle with chemical dependency and addiction. At Cirque Lodge, caring therapies are offered to help individuals with the struggles of traumatic experiences and dealing with grief. Support is also provided throughout to help individuals in rebuilding their lives through the recovery process.

Each resident of the Cirque is provided a treatment counselor for their stay in drug rehab. The counselor oversees the resident’s personalized treatment plan and provides personalized therapy for individual. This one-on-one environment is used to address the more personal areas of the struggle. This includes the struggles of traumatic experiences and dealing with grief or loss. Caring counselors provide support and help for these issues. Programming is tailored to help the individual with proper support and recovery programs for their struggles on all levels.

Overcoming these internal struggles can also be a process, just like recovery from addiction. Continuing with therapy and programming after rehab is oftentimes a positive step toward a long term solution. Prior to leaving Cirque Lodge, these options are discussed and prepared with a Continuing Care Plan. This can provide a long term solution and therapy for dealing with these internal struggles. This is coupled with programming for recovery and support for alcoholism or addiction. These treatment options can supply a positive solution for such problems without the use of addictive drugs or alcohol.

A number of different activities and outings play a part in the Cirque Lodge alcohol and drug rehab facility. In addition to the traditional and clinical pieces of addiction treatment, an experiential program is used to help with vital spiritual experiences. The Big Book of AA tells us that such experiences displace the ruling forces of alcoholism or drug addiction with new concepts. The different types of programs and outings provided at Cirque Lodge can offer many different opportunities to have such an internal shift and spiritual awakening.

Years of alcoholism or drug addiction can have the human spirit at pretty low ebb. Nature and the mountains are used as venues at Cirque Lodge for enlightenment and rebuilding one’s spirit. Residents of our facilities can use these activities as a place for meditation and reflection. It provides a chance to do some soul searching in a very serene and healing environment. Residents also use this venue for connecting with a higher power. These experiences can influence an internal and spiritual change.

A vital change doesn’t just come on the mountain it is process. Such experiences can come in group, a personal counseling session, or even in working with one’s family. The purpose is to give residents every opportunity to have an internal shift and find recovery for themselves. All the while, members of the Cirque Lodge staff are there to provide guidance, counsel and support along the way. Recovery is a process and it can take some time to accomplish. These experiences can provide a solid foundation for continuing on and enduring the process.

While every client of Cirque Lodge is in treatment for drug addiction or alcoholism, their struggles and vulnerabilities can be very specific to the individual. A personal approach to drug rehab is taken to address each client. This is spelled out in a treatment plan that is carried out and adjusted throughout the rehab stay. The personal approach is carefully monitored by members of our clinical team, which are assigned to the case of the individual and their treatment experience.

A bevy of different drug rehab programs, therapies and activities are used to address the client’s vulnerabilities at Cirque Lodge. Members of our caring staff are always available to help address client needs in many capacities. The breakthroughs in the recovery process aren’t always found in the same place and the same time. At Cirque, they can be had in therapy sessions, or with the family program.  Many residents have even found a changing moment through one of the many different experiential outings on the mountain. It is a focus to provide residents with every opportunity to experience an internal change and a solution to their vulnerabilities.

The Cirque Lodge staff is an integral part to all of this. Each resident is surrounded by individuals who can help them in addressing their alcoholism or drug addiction. Influential people can play an imperative role in finding a means to long term recovery. At Cirque, residents are provided with a staff that is committed to supplying the highest levels of care and a solid foundation for a successful sobriety.

The Cirque Lodge Guesting Privilege is a relapse prevention tool provided alumni. This privilege allows graduates of the Cirque to return to the alcohol or drug rehab facility up to 96 hours for additional treatment and recovery help. For the individual who is facing the possibility of relapse, this privilege allows them to return and refocus their efforts on sober goals. It is lifetime privilege for the resident who has stayed clean and sober. The chance to return and refocus can be a helpful tool in dealing with the struggles of a new life in sobriety. From individuals who are pretty fresh out of rehab, to those who have been sober for a while, this privilege is available to help in time of need.

The Guesting Privilege is a great help for those who are struggling, but this privilege is available to all graduates of the Cirque Program. Many former residents use guesting as an opportunity to celebrate a mile stone in their sobriety, or simply as a chance to reconnect with the facility and staff. This privilege is free of charge to all alumni who have successfully completed treatment. Guesting is based on room availability and only those who have remained sober are entitled to this privilege.

Alumni of the Cirque Program who do not feel the need to Guest can take advantage of a lifetime Family Week privilege. Family Week takes place every three weeks and provides a number of different lectures, workshops and recovery based activities. Alumni can use this as a chance to reconnect with the serenity of the mountains and reeducate themselves. These privileges are just additional tools to help alumni as they work their recovery process. It can help them to reconnect to their higher power and recall the powerful experiences they had within this mountain based drug rehab program.

Cirque Lodge provides a number of different experiential activities for those in drug rehab. The warmer weather means the opportunity for a number of mountain based recovery activities. Each day, a different experiential learning activity is provided the residents of our drug rehab program. These experiences have many different purposes and the mountain is used in many capacities. Different hiking, biking, fishing, river rafting, and rock climbing activities are all used as a part of this unique mountain experience.

The mountain is also a place for spiritual answers for alcoholism and drug addiction as well. The mountain is a spiritual place and residents can use this venue for connecting to a power greater than their own. An experiential activity in the mountain can be capped of with a chance to meditate and a 12-step message from one of the experiential staff. These fun activities also provide a fun alternative to the destructive behaviors that come from alcoholism or drug addiction. They can help to replace the despair with the joys of living life.

A lot goes into the alcohol and drug rehab program at Cirque Lodge. It is the combination of traditional programs, effective therapies and experiential activities that has helped so many find a lasting and meaningful sobriety. If there is someone in your life who is struggling with drinking or the use of drugs, time in the mountains can provide solutions. There is serenity and healing here that can not be described, and the residents of Cirque Lodge have many hands on experiences with these serene mountain places.

Alcohol or drug rehab is just the beginning of a recovery process. Rehab provides treatment to put the disease of addiction into remission. It also lays the ground work for what the individual must do to obtain successful recovery. The controlled environment within a rehab facility can provide a safe haven and starting point for embarking on this process.  At the Cirque, the alcoholic/addict is surrounded by a caring treatment and support for the life changing decisions. It is our hope that the individual will take great strides while in treatment and use the tools they developed for long term sobriety.

Alcoholism and drug addiction can bring many negatives into an individual’s life.  They become subject to seeking and using their drug of choice. The means to a productive life is all too often hindered by the need to use or drink. Chemical dependency can bring a lot of hopelessness and despair. At Cirque Lodge, alcohol and drug rehab is intended to bring back the joys of life and restoring the hopes and dreams that come from productive living. This is done with personalized treatment, the 12-step program and experiential programming intended to awaken the fallen spirit.

Finding a lasting recovery from alcohol or drugs is a personal commitment. It is still up to the individual whether they continue to work the steps and continue to stay active and involved in their recovery. At Cirque Lodge, it is a commitment to provide the individual with opportunities for a vital spiritual experience. Such an experience can create a displacement internally. The ruling forces of alcoholism and addiction as cast aside for new concepts of recovery. This is not event. It is a process. It takes work and goals. However, from the beginning of drug rehab through working the steps, there is help, support and care for that individual.

At Cirque Lodge, we can help you if you are struggling with the abuse and addiction of prescription drugs. Many individuals in society are falling prey to the addictiveness of certain medications. Over time, the need for a treatment program and drug rehab becomes a life saving measure. At Cirque, treatment for prescription pills begins with a personalized approach to the individual. The program is created to address their needs with the proper forms of clinical treatments and caring support.

Prescription drug rehab at Cirque Lodge also incorporates a family program. This can help to educate family members on the nature and behaviors of addiction. An in depth treatment is placed on the family system and on ways to avoid enabling and the struggles of codependence. Balanced into treatment is also experiential work that helps to drive home many points of the recovery process. This can help the individual with coping strategies as they strive for long term sobriety goals.

Aftercare and outpatient programs can also be needed when prescription drug rehab is completed. Prior to leaving Cirque Lodge, clients are provided a Care Plan which consists of additional elements of aftercare, therapy and support groups. Alumni of Cirque’s facility can also return for Guesting when they need a refresher course on treatment and the recovery process. For those who are struggling with prescription medications, time within a residential program and addiction treatment can be a means to overcoming this struggle. At Cirque Lodge, we are committed to providing the utmost in a facility and care for the malady of prescription drug addiction.

The process of getting a loved one into treatment can be easier said than done. The addict/alcoholic can have a stigma built up in their mind regarding their drinking and using. This can result in a lot of push back and resistance, especially when alcohol or drug rehab is the topic of conversation. The addicted individual can go to great extents to protect their habits. An intervention can the medium for getting that loved one into a treatment program.  There are resources for intervention, and one of the most effective resources, professional intervention services.

An interventionist provides experience. They have experience with many different situations in addressing alcoholism and drug addiction. The interventionist has also dealt with the many erratic behaviors and situations that can arise when the addiction is challenged. Interventions are usually carried out in a very caring and loving manner. Individuals are allowed to be honest in addressing their fears and struggles when it comes to their loved ones behaviors. A successful intervention also greatly increases the probability that the alcoholic/addict will agree to treatment.

Intervention services also can provide families and individuals with different recommendations on treatment centers. Many provide monitoring services while the loved one is in treatment, and some even still provide counseling and aftercare services when treatment is completed. The intervention service can provide a solid foundation for the recovery process. At Cirque Lodge, we work with a number of leading interventionists.  You can find out more about them on our intervention services page.