Experiential Work and Recovery
Part of alcohol and drug rehab at Cirque Lodge is our experiential program. We use indoor and outdoor activities to promote recovery and enhance the connection of body, mind and spirit. A challenging ropes course, art, nature, horses and even a helicopter are all used in providing a therapeutic and instructive recovery element. It also helps to make alcohol and drug rehab a little more of enjoyable and life changing experience.
We offer many different types of experiential activities. They are designed to help individuals within the terms of their own physical conditioning. As the recovery process continues, the overall health of individuals can also improve. We introduce new and more challenging experiential work. Some of these activities are intended to teach skills for the recovery process. They challenge the behaviors that were developed with addiction with behaviors conducive to the concepts of recovery.
We’ve talked of how experiential work helps with body and mind. Most importantly experiential therapy provides experiences for the spirit. The alcoholic/addict can be at quite low ebb spiritually when they enter alcohol or drug rehab. We use nature as a healing element and concepts of the 12-step program to promote a spiritual recovery. These activities can influence vital spiritual experiences. These create an internal shift and great emotional displacement. The ruling forces of addiction are replaced with new concepts of recovery.
