Holistic Addiction Rehab + Detox
Holistic rehab is often extremely effective in treating addiction. Holistic rehab is often customized to meet the needs of the individual and it involves treating the whole person, including the mind, body, and spirit. At Detox ATL, we guide you through the treatment that best fits your needs. Our holistic rehab services are individualized and provide numerous holistic options to provide a mind, body, spirit connection to recovery.
What is a Holistic Rehab?
Holistic rehab consists of a variety of non-medical methods to help people overcome substance abuse. Holistic methods can complement traditional treatment or drug detox and offer alternative ways for patients to heal. These methods can include nutrition, exercise, art therapy, writing therapy, and meditation. All practices within holistic rehab combine and heal the mind, body, and spirit.
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How Holistic Rehab Works
Holistic rehab works by improving a person’s well-being and mental outlook. As a person goes through holistic healing, they reduce their anxiety and worry which can lead to relapse. Combining exercise, better nutrition, and meditation has significant proven health benefits and holistic therapy incorporates these areas. There are valuable skills to be learned within holistic therapies and tools to develop to help address cravings and triggers. Those who incorporate holistic therapies as part of their rehab and recovery treatment plan often find it easier to maintain their sobriety long-term.
Types of Holistic Therapies Used
1 .Tai Chi
2. Yoga
3. Guided meditation
4. Nutrition
5. Exercise
6. Massage therapy
7. Spiritual therapy
8. Acupuncture
9. Creative / art therapy
Are Holistic Rehabs Effective?
Holistic rehabs are effective because it treats the whole person as opposed to just the symptoms of addiction. There are five components that encompass holistic healing, the body, the mind, the spirit, the social, and the emotional. All five of these are imperative to the person recovering from addiction for the following reasons:
The Body: substance abuse affects the body in several different ways, which can include not being able to sleep, forgetting to eat or eating unhealthy foods, experiencing body aches and pains, and having physical symptoms like headaches, nausea, and vomiting. In teaching one how to take care of their body physically, they are able to help heal and restore balance to the body within recovery.
- The Mind: substance abuse directly impacts mental faculties and the mind. Various substances can make it difficult to concentrate, speak, focus, and make informed decisions. In rebalancing the mind and promoting better health and well-being in holistic rehab, one becomes more mentally clear in their recovery.
- The Spirit: Within holistic therapies, the spirit relates to your ability to understand yourself and to relate to the world around you. As one becomes more addicted to substances, one becomes more disconnected from the mind and body. In focusing on the spirit within holistic rehab, one is able to reconnect with self in recovery.
- The Social: this involves restoring the social connections you once had with family and friends. Your addiction can directly impact the relationships within your life the most and in taking time to heal and deepen those relationships through holistic methods or family therapy, one has more support and happiness.
The Emotional: when you are ready to seek help for your substance abuse, it is equally as important to heal emotionally. It is common for one struggling with addiction to feel guilty and embarrassed about how one behaved, but holistic healing gives you a safe space to reconnect and work through the separation of one being in active addiction and one being in recovery. Holistic therapies help to heal the negative emotions from your addiction.
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Benefits of Holistic Rehab
There is a magnitude of benefits to holistic rehab. As one works on their physical health, they create positive and self-reinforcing habits, they can recover quicker and are mentally prepared to overcome mental disorders. One gains self-confidence through holistic rehab because they are being taught how to take responsibility and control of their life.
Meditation within holistic rehab teaches one to focus on their breath, bring them back into their body, and improve their ability to focus. There is also a reduced appeal to drugs in holistic rehab because they are healing the whole person and the underlying need to flee or escape can be minimized.
