Drug Rehab Blog

Sometimes getting away from the situation is what is needed to overcome the struggles of alcoholism or drug addiction. Drug rehab at the Cirque Lodge allows the individual to get out of their environment and find healing and serenity in the mountains. Residential facilities provide a safe haven away from the struggles of addiction. Cirque’s facilities also provide a very comfortable and private addiction treatment stay. The alcoholic/addict can come to terms with their struggles and begin a life in recovery.

Residents of the facility function as a community. They can work together as they undertake different elements of the recovery process, as well as different challenges of experiential learning. As a community, residents can also help to support one another as they take the steps towards successful sobriety. Members of staff are also available around the clock to provide support, therapy and care.

Overcoming the struggles of alcoholism or drug addiction isn’t an easy process.  For some, it may be the toughest thing they will ever undertake.  Nice facilities and caring treatment can help to ease some of these burdens.  Cirque is a high end alcohol and drug rehab facility. Residents enjoy nice things during their stay. Amenities can help to reduce some of these stresses. A comfortable bed can make it easier to sleep at night. And the caring support of fellow residents and dedicated members of staff can be a means to dealing with these struggles. In this time away from home, one can develop the skills needed for a successful recovery.

People have a lot of different ideas when it comes to treatment in an alcohol or drug rehab. Working with horses usually isn’t one of them. At the Cirque Lodge, this is very much a reality. As a part of our unique experiential program, residents have the chance to learn profound lessons on recovery. Some experiential work involves horses and what we like to call “equine therapy”. Time spent with the horses can be a very eye opening endeavor. It can teach the recovering alcoholic/addict behavioral things that can be used as tools for sobriety.

Equine therapy can be quite the process as well. Some individuals have never even seen a horse, let alone have ever interacted with one. Horses are also naturally creatures of flight and acutely aware. The bigger, stronger and faster animal is not always will to obey commands. The process of gaining the trust of the horses can be a difficult one at first. Our horse trainers are there every step of the way to work with residents and help them in establishing trust with the horse. When a connection is made, this can develop into a powerful bond. The individual learns a different way to present themselves, communicate and ask for help.

Equine therapy is just a small part to our powerful experiential piece to drug rehab. Horses, the mountain, a ropes course and even art/pottery are used to teach recovery lessons. When this is balanced into the more traditional forms of alcohol and drug rehab, you have unique and effective program. It is an experience that can be a foundation for long term recovery.

Just shortly before leaving alcohol or drug rehab at Cirque Lodge, a client begins to make preparations for the recovery process. The aftercare department works with the client in preparing a Continuing Care Plan.  This is the plan of action for recovery. It involves additional programs, therapy and sober elements to help during the initial months after rehab. There are many forms of programs and recovery efforts available. Aftercare helps clients to find programs that are close to home that can help them with relapse prevention.

Many clients choose to stay local and remain close to the Cirque Lodge facility. The Studio hosts a number of outside 12-step meetings and even an aftercare meeting each week. Cirque Lodge associates with a number of local sober living houses and recovery programs. Aftercare works with each client in making the right decisions in continuing recovery efforts close to Cirque Lodge.

Central to all of this is continuing the work of the 12-step program. Alcohol and drug rehab begins the process of recovery. It is the efforts of the individual in working the 12-steps that helps them find a lasting sobriety. The Continuing Care Plan also stresses an active involvement in a 12-step fellowship. Aftercare works with each client in finding the 12-step groups within their communities prior to leaving rehab. The initial months of recovery can be the most critical. Following the Continuing Care Plan can be an influential piece to relapse prevention.

All individuals are different.  We all have different hope and fears, as well as different struggles in life. In an alcohol or drug rehab setting, individuals do have the similar struggle of chemical dependency, but can also be suffering internally from other things. Cirque Lodge uses a personalized approach to its recovery program. This is a program that is geared to meet individual’s needs and address their struggles in a caring and therapeutic manner.

There are many things that can be fuels to substance abuse. Psychiatric disorders, social disorders, trauma, and grief can all be at the heart of chemical dependency. Personalizing an alcohol or drug rehab program can help the individual in addressing these problems in their lives. It can show them ways to cope and deal with these conditions without the use of addictive substances. At Cirque Lodge, we use one-on-one therapies for addressing the more personal elements of addiction struggles. Group therapies are then used to supply support for the recovery process.

Each individual can also require different levels of care.  Some may instantly take to the drug rehab program and others may be a struggle. Some can require a lot of personalized clinical care and one-on-one time for addressing their struggles, while another may find what they need from attending 12-step meetings.  At Cirque Lodge, the program is tailored constantly to address individual’s needs as they begin the recovery process. It is a program that seeks to meet individual’s needs through thorough assessment and bevy of treatment modalities.

Alcohol and drug rehab at Cirque Lodge is so many things, both common in addiction treatment and unique. It is based on the traditions of the 12-step program. Effective cognitive and behavioral treatments and therapies are used in helping individuals with addiction struggles. The experiential program provides a unique approach to learning skills for recovery. The focus of all of this is the needs of the individual. Each and every day provides a different experience and learning for long term sobriety.

On other days, residents can enjoy different unique elements to our program.  In the art room, they can learn the intricacies of pottery. Residents can spend free time working with a personal trainer and improving their health. Time is also given to residents out in nature for reflection and self meditation. Cirque Lodge is an experience.  It is our hope that the experience is one that creates an internal change and invokes a long term recovery. Each individual who comes to alcohol and drug rehab can require different forms of care. The balance of effective and unique elements at Cirque provides an arsenal of treatment and recovery options.

A helpful thing to have through the recovery process is an influential example.  For those in drug rehab, that example can come from a counselor/therapist or a fellow individual in recovery. At Cirque Lodge, residents can find the example of successful recovery from many members of staff. This positive influence can be used as a strategy for the struggles of overcoming the influences of alcoholism or addiction. One can look back at their time in rehab at that example and follow in that path.

After alcohol or drug rehab is completed, an influential person can be found in a 12-step fellowship, most importantly a sponsor. Sponsors are a great example of successful recovery, and both (individual and sponsor) benefit and grow from working with each other. The positive recovery influence of a sponsor can keep that individual focused on sober goals and making the steps towards a vital spiritual experience. 

Family members can also be a positive example for the recovery process. Cirque Lodge offers a family program to better educate members of the family on how to be this positive influence. Attending Alanon meetings can also be a positive example for family members working with a loved one in recovery. Individuals who have had years of recovery can still remember those who were positive examples that helped them along the way. This can be a person from their drug rehab program, or someone influential who helped them obtain that successful recovery.

Treatment and drug rehab at Cirque Lodge is provided by a caring and committed staff. The staff is available 24/7 to meet resident’s needs and provide support. It is a staff made up of a number of unique individuals who look to exceed expectations for residents. From admissions to aftercare our staff is dedicated to helping clients throughout the recovery process.

A number of Cirque staff is in successful recovery from their own addiction struggles. They can help individuals find the same through a caring and healing approach. These members of staff work with clients on the 12-step program and help them in making needed changes in their life. Each resident is also assigned a primary counselor. Counselors are licensed addiction counselors and therapists. Those in drug rehab are provided individual, group and even family therapies during their treatment stay.

Other members of staff help to provide the very best recovery experience. The housekeepers ensure the facilities are nice and exceed expectation. The kitchen staff provides the very best in gourmet style meals for individuals seeking addiction treatment. Our experiential staff provides individuals with fun and therapeutic ways to help them through the recovery process. A large portion of the success and effectiveness of Cirque Lodge is due to its caring staff. It is a staff that has worked tirelessly in helping many to find a lasting recovery.

Cirque Lodge offers a very private and comfortable facility for those seeking recovery. The alcohol or drug rehab program is based on the 12-steps and traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous; one of the key traditions being anonymity. Cirque residents benefit from a personal and confidential recovery program. This consists of a balance of effective therapies and life impacting experiential activities. At the core of all of this is a strict adherence to resident confidentiality.

Our alcohol and drug rehab facilities naturally provide individuals with privacy. Outside influences are at a minimum and clients can find peace and solace in the mountains. The facilities also provide the recovering alcoholic/addict with high levels of comfort and a homelike atmosphere.  Residents seeking the highest levels of confidentiality can even request a private room before they are admitted into the drug rehab program.

Resident confidentiality is just one of the many elements that go into the addiction treatment facilities of Cirque Lodge. It is the combination of the comfort, treatment, activities and privacy that have helped many find an effective and long term sobriety. It truly is an experience for those seeking for solutions to their addiction struggles; a safe haven away from the influences and problems of the world.

Coming to Cirque Lodge begins with a call to admissions. Our admissions staff is very helpful and can answer any questions you may have about alcohol or drug rehab. We understand that entering you or a loved one into an addiction treatment program can be quite a process and our admissions staff strives to make this transition as easy and painless as possible. They can help with information regarding the facility, detoxification services, or even finding an interventionist.

You can sense the enthusiasm that our admissions team has regarding our facility. That is because they are all alumni who found successful recovery through this alcohol and drug rehab program. They can tell you all about it. The admissions department is also quite professional and can offer help in confidence and dignity. Making the decision to enter a rehab program is a difficult one. The admissions staff can provide you support in making this very important decision.

One phone call to Cirque Lodge can be all that is needed to begin the process of recovery for you or a loved one. It can help to determine if this is the facility is for you. If not, we are more than happy to help with alternative solutions, as long as it is a means to recovery for you or a loved one. Make that call today.

Part of the Cirque Lodge is spiritual recovery.  In our alcohol and drug rehab, spiritual recovery is left up to the individual and many concepts are used in teaching this. Spiritual recovery is not always intended to be a ‘religious’ experience. As said before, we use a number of concepts. Within the Cirque Lodge facility is a Native American teepee and we use concepts of Native American culture in teaching individuals about spirituality. This is coupled with the highly effective elements of 12-step recovery.

One of these unique elements is a drum circle. Cirque Lodge has a number of different Native American style drums they use in this activity. A visiting professional takes residents on a journey through the legends of Native American tribes. Stories are shared and experiences are gained as residents learn things they never knew possible.  These things can help them with healing. They also have a lot of fun banging on drums.

The Native Americans of this region called this land Timpanogos (the same name as the mountain that looms over Cirque Lodges alcohol and drug rehab facilities).  It was considered a holy place of healing. For those who are suffering from alcoholism or drug addiction this can also be a place of healing. Time in the Cirque Lodge can provide a spiritually rejuvenating recovery experience.