Bullying and Intimidation has No place in Treatment

If there is such a thing and a place for a "jail house mentality" we believe it would be in jail or at least in primary treatment.

As alcoholics and drug addicts most all of us suffer from a 100 forms of fear and self-delusion.

Addicts and Alcoholics fear their past and fear the future. We are riddled with fear.

We are a Extended care facility not a primary treatment center

By the time people get to us they have been to detox or come door to door from a primary facility.

It is essential that a client feels safe in the present, to be able to deal with fears of the past and or future.

 Here at our treatment center, we try hard each day to prevent possible speed bumps for our clients through education and also streamlining an environment that is conducive to recovery in every conceivable area in their lives. Bullying or intimidation and or any type of violence has zero tolerance here. We are hyper sensitive in this area for numerous different reasons, we are hyper sensitive in other areas as well separating our level of care. Though few are near as important as a client feeling safe.

We want everything to be in their favor from the minute they wake up to the second they fall asleep. We want our clients to feel safe enough so that they can communicate honestly without ego or pride destorting things, so they can learn who they are and stay clean and sober long enough to build a foundation and pure self awareness they can take anywhere anytime in the world.

The fears real or imagined that patients or clients have worldwide are sometimes an excuse to try something different.. these fears are minimized through SLBTS ability to foresee possible challenges we have learn from in the past 25 years.

Having a treatment center with so much freedom in a vacation. Paradise is a delicate balance..with  a whole lot of testing. UA and otherwise.

The combination is unique and special and hard fought.

To recover in a vacation paradise and learn to take that feeling of hope and selfworth after time any where in the world.

Is like being "rocketed into a fourth dimension of existence."

It is what most of us have dreamed that life could be.

It is truly a wonderful recovery recipe.

Peace (at mind) and Pure Love. – Bam!
- Kelly K

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From Entitled Brats to Ladies and Gentlemen

How long do you think it will take a spoiled brat to become a lady or a gentlemen?

Before you answer that question... I would also like to add in the equation that he or she is now hopelessly addicted to drugs or alcohol.


I know for myself it was a rude awakening to realize at 38 years old, I was nothing more then a spoiled rotten little brat with huge entitlement issues (and yes, hopelessly addicted to drugs and alcohol).

Although "they" had been recommending long term rehab (or extended care) "for over 20 years, I was able to "figure out another plan" that allowed me to stay sick. Whether I did it intentionally or not - that is what I did.

I will spare you the details of my sordid [ast up until 10/5/03 and just assure you I lost everything- and I mean everything.

My message to you is simple: if you or a loved one comes to the conclusion that you may have a problem with alcohol or drugs, please consider my first question very seriously.

As alcoholics and addicts we suffer from childlike emotions, If we really knew how to live life,  we would have grown up a long time ago.

The longer people stay in treatment, the better their chances are they will get to grow. I have seen miracles.

The process requires taking part in contrary action - call it "tough love" if you want. Loved ones who "co-sign" the sick decisions of an addict in need of recovery cause the problem to get worse, not better.

I had been doing band-aid jobs on a gaping cut my whole life. I almost died.

Please, as painful as it may be, ask yourself if question number one applies.

And if it does, be rigorously honest when you answer it.


Anonymous

Helen Keller Quote and Recovery Tool - Accept Lmitations

Four things to learn in life:
To think clearly without hurry or confusion;
To love everybody sincerely;
To act in everything with the highest motives;
To trust God unhesitatingly.
 - Helen Keller

I hear talk of the "weak willed" alcoholic, but I am one of the strongest-willed people on earth! I now
know that my incredible strength of will is not enough to save my life. My problem is not one of
"weakness," but rather of direction. When I, without falsely diminishing myself, accept my honest
limitations and turn to God's guidance, my worst faults become my greatest assets. My strong will,
rightly directed, keeps me working until the promises of the program become my daily reality. 
From Daily Reflections

The Path with Least Resistance

Kelly Kettle is an amazingly kind and enthusiastic staff member who writes often about his experience working in the field of addiction treatment.

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From the beginning, take away every opportunity to defocus- it is common for new people to go into treatment and start picking everything apart.  This concept is to make everything so appealing that the people receiving treatment want to make changes in their lives because they they are enjoying their surroundings and life in a way they had never experienced it before.  Ideally, they would think to themselves, "Wow staying clean and sober can be a exciting and new, I want this thing and eventually I must have it."

If I was asked to try and describe the ultimate rehab this is how I would describe it?

It would have to be at the beach or very close to the beach. It would be Co Ed.

I would want to feel like I am in a safe environment, there would have to be structure, though at the same time, I would like to have a lot of freedom to go to the beach by myself or with friends or go out with my wife or go to lunch or dinner.
I would have some responsibilities so that I would get in the habit of making the right decisions on my own. I would like it to be where the rules and the staff are not so strict that I get in to trouble for every little thing and I would want to be treated like an adult.  I would like to be treated with dignity and respect at all times and expected to treat others the same way.

I enjoy eating what ever I am in the mood to eat so I would like to be able to do my own shopping at the market. It would be nice to ride beach cruisers all around - even to meetings and such. I would be able to watch the sun set into the ocean every evening.

The rehab would have meetings on the beach, and be staffed primarily with people that are in recovery that I could identify with. I would want around $150.00 a week to buy groceries and coffee and lunch, and be taken shopping if I really needed something big like a surf board or clothes.

There would be private rooms available and no more then two people in a room. If for any reason I wanted to take a day off (mental or sick) I could with permission from my case manager. I would want to be able to go to the gym at least 5 days a week and maybe even golfing or surfing and go to the movies and other activities even get a message or go tan.

These are a lot of things I feel that normal people get to do and I want to recover from alcohol and drug addiction though at the same time I want to feel normal.

It blows my mind on a Dailey Basis that I get to work at a treatment center that in my mind is the ultimate rehab:

Sober Living by the Sea – 23 years of developing a daily routine that has strategically placed:

• Structure
• Freedom
• Activities
• Therapy 

in a way that is healthy and attractive – for a new and lasting lifestyle – clean and sober!

 - Kelly T. Kettle