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Today, we continue our 12-part series, Reclaim Your Life.
Overcoming addiction is not easy, but the healing can begin in a specialized program
as I found out when I visited Transformations Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center in Delray
Beach, Florida where important life skills are being developed to support ongoing recovery.
Transformations treats adults.
So, really anyone from the age of 18 up into their 70s.
We've had clients as old as 75-years-old here.
We very much pride ourselves on being a holistic and team approach to treatment.
We individualize our care with every single client.
We provide a psychiatric evaluation on every client, something that while it's not required,
we make it a requirement.
We're really working to get them drug-free and understanding what's going on, how has
addiction impacted their whole life.
As Director of the PHP, Partial Hospitalization Program, Linda Posner oversees all aspects
of treatment at the Transformations Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center in Delray Beach,
Florida.
It's not only a place where healing begins, but also where lives are transformed so that
life can truly be enjoyable again.
So, how do you go about transforming someone's life?
I mean, what does that actually mean?
What does it look like?
I liken it switching a light on inside the client to illuminate all of the hidden issues
that they haven't been dealing with and haven't addressed.
And we turn that light on both in individual therapy and in the group process to help them
really look at what's been going on, how has addiction really impacted your life, and they
get to see, "Hmm…you know, my family members are angry and I'm finally recognizing why.
It's because of the behaviors that I engaged in that my addiction created."
Rock bottom for me was, started off by me just pretty much being lonely.
I pushed my family and my friends away.
My main thought process was the next way I could get a drink or a drug.
I was willing destroy anything or anybody in my way of getting my drink or my drug.
I woke up deathly sick, you know, I had really insane thoughts in my head, dangerous thoughts.
It really got to a point where it was either I was going to try to get help or I was going
to take my own life.
We just heard from one of your clients who had the courage to share their story.
Is this story typical or addiction and how do you individualize each program based upon
their addiction?
It's very typical.
Most of our clients are hitting rock bottom and that's why they're coming into treatment.
So, they've lost their job, maybe they've lost several.
Their spouses have left them or they're threatening to do so.
Often, there are some legal charges.
They may have had a DUI as a result.
So, in every sphere of life, including medical, they often have had a physician say to them,
"You must stop drinking or you're going to die."
And so, addiction is addiction.
They are coming in and they're hitting that bottom, and they need the care.
We individualize that care from the first day that they're here.
Linda oversees all of these programs at Transformations that have been designed to overcome addiction
at any stage in life so that each patient can find the right path to recovery.
There are so many programs here at Transformations Treatment Center.
How do they differ and how do you determine which program is best for each client?
So, we have our under 30 and over 30 programs.
We also have first responder program which is for our veterans and also any firefighters
or police officers who have experienced difficulty in the line of work.
We also have a family program that is very important for all of our families to be involved
in.
Also, we have our holistic approach which is delivered by our chiropractor where we
do the nutriceuticals and he also does standard chiropractic, and we have a music studio that
our client loves, especially our younger clients.
And for our clients that are seeking a faith-based approach to treatment, we have our Christian
program.
Linda, how do you know when Transformations has made a difference?
I mean, how do you know when a client is really in full recovery.
When they are taking our recommendations, when they are completing their assignments,
in group they're sharing very openly and actively.
That's one of the best ways that we're going to know in treatment.
Transformations transformed my life by giving me a whole new outlook on life.
It taught me how to go out and just do the things I need to do to be a new person.
It changed my perspective on life.
It's a life journey that everyone shares at Transformations, where healing begins, where
relationships are repaired, and where life becomes enjoyable again.
We hope you'll continue to join us in our reclaim your life series as we show you how
these unique programs which set Transformations Drug and Alcohol Center apart can help those
in addition on the road to recovery.
Next time, we're going to see how their Alumni Program continues to help long after treatment
ends.
Remember, for more information you can go to TransformationsTreatment.Center or our
website, TheBalancingAct.com.
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