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Family members can also be deeply affected by a loved one’s drug abuse or alcoholism. The erratic behavior of the individual, the blaming and problems can negatively impact loved ones. When the alcoholic/addict goes to treatment this can be a means to helping them, but the family members can still be struggling and in need of help for their problems. A part of alcohol and drug rehab at the Cirque Lodge facility is a family program. Residents of the Cirque addiction treatment facilities can invite their family members to come and participate in a week of workshops and programs geared to help them.

Family program at Cirque Lodge is such an integral part of alcohol and drug rehab treatment. It is scheduled every three weeks to allow each resident and family a chance to attend and be involved. Family members can have a number of questions and concerns when it comes to a loved one’s alcohol or drug abuse. The week of programs consists of workshops and a number of lectures to both educate and help the family members and loved ones in treatment. Special sessions are also scheduled with counselors to allow the family a chance to address aspects of life and recovery where there may be concerns. Time is also scheduled for family members to participate in an experiential activity or two.

Overcoming drugs or alcoholism is a process. It takes time and recovery. For many overcoming addiction, fellowship and support can play a central piece. After alcohol or drug rehab is completed, many individuals find long term sobriety through the community of a 12-step program or similar recovery effort. Family members also have programs in place to assist them. Alanon/Alateen is such a support group for the loved ones of Alcoholics. Codependents Anonymous (CoDA) can also provide a place for support and a program for family members of alcoholics or addicts. With the help of such programs and the Cirque Lodge family program, loved ones of alcoholics and addicts can better understand their role and how to make their home one that is conducive to recovery.

Part of the addiction treatment process at the Cirque Lodge involves education. The struggling alcoholic or drug addict is not aware of what they are doing to themselves and others. Alcohol and drug rehab treatment involves workshops, lectures and activities that instruct more about the nature of addiction, the behavioral struggles of chemical dependency and the recovery process. Cirque Lodge staff, caring professionals and members of the recovery community supply this education to clients during their treatment stay.

As a 12-step based alcohol and drug rehab, help and workshops are provided to instill the foundations of recovery in clients. This combined with the efforts of attending 12-step meetings and even with working with a temporary sponsor while they are here at the Cirque. Of course, the efforts of education are coupled with the very finest addiction treatment aspects, experiential programming and cognitive and behavioral therapies.

During Family program workshops also play an important role in helping family members understand addiction. A respected visiting professional in the recovery community, Dr. Kevin McCauley supplies a lecture on the disease concept of addiction. In this lecture, a much closer look is taken at the brain function, how it is affected by substance abuse and the resulting behaviors of addiction. This is quite instructional for not just the family members who attend, but also the Cirque Lodge resident participating. It is our hope that the information supplied in these lectures and workshops are utilized as a part of long term and successful recovery.

Alcohol and drug rehab tends to be structured for those in need of treatment. This structure is multipurpose in its effort. Part of the structure is to help with daily practices that are tools to staying sober. The other part of the structure is to establish boundaries and responsibilities with the individual. In the struggles of alcoholism and seeking and using drugs, boundaries can be destroyed. In an addiction treatment environment establishing such boundaries can be a central piece to the individual and family members establishing boundaries within their recovery process.

Cirque Lodge residents work personally throughout their treatment stay with a primary counselor that helps with establishing such boundaries and responsibilities with clients. When family members come to Family Week, they are educated with workshops on the dangers of codependent relationships and what it can take to establish such boundaries within the home. Such accountability can be a foundational part of getting and remaining sober.

Residential treatment for alcohol or drug addiction can vary in length of stay. At the Cirque Lodge, it begins with a 30-day alcohol or drug rehab treatment, which can be extended with for a time based upon the individual’s need for care. Studies have shown that a lengthier addiction treatment stay has better outcomes. It gives the individual more time being in recovery and away from the influences of their drug or drink of choice. Many treatment providers have changed their programming to that of a 90-day program. At the Cirque, this decision is left up to the resident and their families. For those in need of a furthering alcohol or drug rehab program an extended care is available.

Extended care continues to provide the proper levels of treatment for residents and the support of a private recovery facility. The resident continues to work on regular basis with a primary counselor as the efforts of 12-step programming are continued through further involvement in the recovery community and with a temporary addiction sponsor. The initial time in alcohol or drug rehab can be used to establish the individual in paths of recovery by working on the first 1-3 steps of the program. Extended care at the Cirque Lodge looks to carry on with that effort by moving on with the steps. A supportive and treatment type environment can be quite helpful in tackling the personal inventory aspects of the recovery program.

Whether it is a 30 days or longer stay, the client of Cirque Lodge is also provided with a plan to continue care after they leave the alcohol or drug rehab facility. A Continuing Care Plan is developed to further the efforts of recovery into the residents own personal community. This can involve continuing work with an addiction therapist, a sober living/halfway house or an outpatient provider. It is intended to help the individual to continually make steps of progress towards successful long term recovery.

Recovery from alcohol or drug addiction can begin with an email or a phone call. Cirque Lodge provides these services for you to learn more about our alcohol and drug rehab facility. When you contact Cirque Lodge, you are put into touch with a knowledgeable member of staff who can answer questions that you may have. Those interested in receiving care from the Cirque can benefit from a phone call into our admissions department. Members of staff are able to provide an assessment right over the phone. They can also help with answers to questions and information about the Cirque Lodge facilities and program.

Prior to coming to treatment one online resource is available to help with the assessment process. The admissions staff can work with you on filling out a pre-intake assessment form. This form is designed to provide additional information for the individual, medical history and the history of alcohol or drug abuse. The confidential information of this form is used in developing a personalized treatment plan for the resident. It is available on the Cirque Lodge website.

Other services can be required when helping a loved one into an alcohol or drug rehab facility. Some can require the assistance of an interventionist. A call into our admissions department can help you with that. The Cirque Lodge works with a number of the nation’s finest intervention providers. Our admissions staff can help supply information and contact resources for such services. Prior to treatment, detoxification is usually needed. A call to the Cirque can also help you with information for local detoxification facilities near our addiction treatment facility. For residents coming to the Lodge or Studio facilities, transportation can also be arranged from the detox facility.

One thing that sets Cirque Lodge apart from other private and exclusive alcohol and drug rehab centers is the care and the efforts of our staff. From bottom to top, the staff is one that seeks to provide the very best in experiences, clinical care and comfort from an addiction treatment facility. We understand that overcoming an addiction or alcoholism is not an easy process. Many of us have been through very similar difficult situations in our own lives. It is our commitment to provide clients and their families the most effective of clinical treatments, combined with unique experiences of experiential programming and needed support for arresting the disease of addiction.

The Cirque staff consists of many individuals. There are those that work tirelessly each day to make sure the facility is nice, operational and clean. The Kitchen Staff provide well balanced meals each day and even prepare things according to the needs of the residents. There is the many individuals in the evening and overnight staff that are available to help clients with any concerns that they may have. The commitment is to provide the very best in a treatment experience. With this, the alcoholic or addict can focus more on their treatment and getting better from their struggles with chemical dependency.

The Cirque Lodge staff is one that continually looks to improve. It is one that meets together many times a day to discuss client needs and to help individuals with what they need for their recovery. Residents work personally with members of treatment staff throughout their stay, and still many other members of staff are available to help with support and aspects of treatment around the clock. There are many aspects and approaches to treating alcohol and drug addiction at the Cirque Lodge. It is the dedication and the caring efforts of the staff that help to bring these approaches together and providing one of the finest experiences for those seeking alcohol and drug rehab.

There are several aspects of drug and alcohol treatment. Many of these approaches require the alcoholic/addict to take an internal look inside. All the drama and struggles that accompany seeking and abusing substances can create a very problematic issue with relationships, self-esteem, and reality. Part of therapy and treatment is to get the individual to open up about these problems in lines of communication. The ability to communicate is an essential piece to working the program and staying sober. Many of the positive tools in recovery and support are founded on such lines of communication.

Coupled in with communication is a foundation of honesty. The alcoholic/addict has got to be able to be honest with others and more importantly themselves for recovery to work. Honesty is a foundation to the program. In drug rehab it begins with being honest with a counselor/therapist. When treatment is completed such lines of honest communication are found between the individual and the sponsor. It is also essential that such communication be established within the home and with loved ones.

Treatment and recovery from addiction is not an easy process. An essential part of this does rely upon a foundation of open and honest communication. At Cirque Lodge, a number of therapies, groups and experiential activities are provided to instill this in those seeking recovery from addiction. Instead of bottling up the struggles and repressive problems on life, the individual will be able to think, talk and feel their way through crisis situations. Cirque Lodge Family Week also allows residents and loved ones to open up and communicate with one another within a treatment setting. This can carry over to recovery after treatment is completed.

People struggling with alcohol or drugs can also be struggling with a number of other things. Family issues can have a hand in abusing substances. The alcoholic/addict can turn to self-medication as a means to numbing the pain and problems of a traumatic past or grieving. Others can self-medicate as a means to addressing a co-occurring problem with a mental health disorder. Co-occurring disorders and substance abuse go hand in hand. Many individuals who abuse alcohol and drugs can be diagnosed as having a co-occurring mental health problem created by extended abuse. Like-wise a mood disorder can contribute to the development of a chemical dependency.

Alcohol and drug treatment facilities have changed greatly in recent years. Facilities have had to alter programming to help those dealing with co-occurring mental health concerns. Facilities that offer treatment for both substance abuse and mental health problems are often referred to as co-occurring treatment or dual diagnosis programs. It used to be that an individual would need separate treatments for such issues, but program have been developed to arrest the disease of addiction. Mental health issues can also benefit from the behavioral health approaches of drug rehab, personalized therapies and the recovery oriented system of an addiction treatment program.

Cirque Lodge is a dual diagnosis facility in the mountains of Sundance Utah. Residents of our addiction treatment facilities are treated through a personalized alcohol and drug rehab program and with therapies and counseling for the needs of a mental health concern. Many times the alcoholic/addict is unaware they have mental health problems. The years of chemical dependency and substance abuse has helped to mask these issues. A personalized treatment and clinical care can help to provide program that offers dual diagnosis and treatments for substance abuse and also mental health concerns. This is offered to each and every resident of the Cirque Lodge facility.

Exercise is considered a positive for many forms of health and life improvement programs. Recent studies have also shown many positives of exercise in conjunction with an addiction recovery program as well. Alcohol and drug rehab programs have followed suit by supplying exercise as an aspect to a residential treatment regimen. Physical activity can be a means to naturally reducing stress. It is prescribed to help those dealing with depression or anxiety; these are all common symptoms of the struggles of alcoholism or of drug addiction. It also allows the body to reward itself through natural means and not synthetic ones.

The residents of Cirque Lodge have many chances to get out and to exercise. Both facilities offer workout venues for clients. Yoga is utilized for both its spiritual and physical aspects at the Cirque. Our experiential program also allows residents to go biking, hiking and participate in climbing activities as well. The focus of the alcohol and drug rehab program at the Cirque Lodge is to provide recovery for the body, mind and spirit. The efforts of exercise and experiential activities within the program definitely assist in the body portion of recovery.

Exercise can also be a relapse prevention tool. One of the things taught in alcohol and drug rehab is to have daily activities that can keep an individual sober. Exercise can be one such activity. Many in recovery consistently attend classes in yoga to help themselves keep their lives, spirits and bodies in balance. The efforts of meditation learned through yoga can also be effectively used in centering each day on goals of sobriety. Exercise can also create a great sense of self-worth and esteem in the recovering addict who can be struggling with identity issues within themselves.

No single treatment has shown to be the effective piece to treating addiction for everyone. In most cases it requires many different styles of treatment and therapy to arrest the disease of addiction. At Cirque Lodge, we utilize a multidisciplinary approach to treating alcohol and drug addiction. This is done through individualized care, group therapies and an effective Family program. It is combined with the efforts of experiential therapy to provide hands on work with recovery and lessons for relapse prevention.

Alcohol and drug rehab begins with the individual at Cirque Lodge. The program is constructed to meet the client’s needs with personalized care from treatment professionals and counselors. Individual sessions with counselors and therapists are scheduled throughout the treatment stay to address the underlying concerns of addiction and to assist the individual with what they need to arrest their disease.

Coupled into the individualized effort are a number of group programs, workshops and the 12-step program. The group effort and working with staff in recovery is ideal for support. When clients are introduced to the 12-steps and become comfortable with them, they can attend locally hosted 12-step meetings for additional support. Workshops help to educate the individual on the nature of alcoholism and drug addiction and life in recovery. Time is also allotted every day for clients to be involved with the many different activities of our experiential program. This unique approach to addiction treatment helps individuals to apply the lessons of recovery and more importantly to have vital spiritual experiences.

Another powerful piece to the Cirque Lodge program involves the family. Family Week takes place every three weeks at the Cirque. It gives residents a chance to invite their loved ones to participate in week of family and recovery oriented workshops and programs. Family members can develop a lot by attending this week of programming. They can receive a needed education on the exact nature of what their addicted loved one is experiencing with alcohol or drug problems. The Family program also helps to prepare those involved for their role in the recovery process and about the support that can be found through programs like Al-anon for dealing with a loved one with a drinking problem.