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ADDICTION AND FAMILY COUSELING: __________________________________

This is the beginning of change and it starts with education.
The impact of the disease of addiction is far reaching. Many, many people are influenced and damaged by its effects. The first step in healing its impact in your life is to become educated about the disease and seek whatever help you need to grow back into
wholeness and recovery from damage done.

Therapy is an effective tool for those who wish
to grow past the impact of addiction on their
lives. Research tells use that a combination
of individual and group process is the most
successful way of treating family and friends
of alcholics and other drug related addictions.

At Recovery Connections we offer two types
of therapy: INDIVIDUAL & GROUP THERAPY.

INDIVIDUAL THERAPY:
• What you should expect
• Tests
• What are your goals
• How to identify a good therapist
• Alcoholics and other drug addicts
• Family, individual family members

GROUP THERAPY:
• What is group therapy
• What you should expect
• Tests
• What are your goals
• Is group therapy working for you
• Recovering alcoholics and addicts
• Codependents
• Families
• Couples
• Children 6-10
• Children 11-17

EVALUATIONS:
• Independent and thorough
• Alcoholism and other drug addicts
• Co-dependency
• Families
• Couples

NORMAL RECOVERY SYMPTOMS EXPERIENCED BY THE RECOVERING INDIVIDUAL
Recovery from alcoholism and other drug addiction is a life-long process of adaptation and growth that involves the emergence of a new and positive lifestyle. This growth is beautiful but not without some pain.

Recovery involves a number of social, psychological and physical changes or symptoms, some of which are pleasant, while others may be disturbing to the individual, loved ones and friends. Being familiar with the symptoms can reduce or eliminate the anxiety associated with them.

The symptoms may be experienced well into recovery, that is, for several months and even up to two years following the onset of sobriety. A minimum of a year is usually required for the physiology of the body to return to normal. At least two years are required for the emotional or psychological modalities to return to a normal state, assuming that an on-going growth and recovery program is utilized.

There is probably no way to accelerate recovery of the body and thereby relieve the symptoms earlier; tincture of time is the most important ingredient to relief. The symptoms are most likely a product of the body's slow return to a normal physiologic state but they may also be encountered in important disease states that may or may not be related to alcoholism or other durg addiction.

Repsect for the symptoms is indicated and competent health evaluation is needed to diagnose and, when indicted, initiate adequate treatment for coexisting diseases.

Please click on the following links for documents about:
• PHYSIOLOGIC RECOVERY SYMPTOMS
• ALCOHOLISM: A MENTAL, PHYSICAL, AND SPIRITUAL DISEASE
• SYMPTOMS OF RECOVERY BASED ON THE JELLINEK CHART
• ALCOHOL: WHAT IS IT AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THE BODY?

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