I am looking for some help for my drug addiction or alcohol dependence, and two of the treatment programs I am considering are Promises Treatment Centers and Cirque Lodge. Can you give me more information about drug rehab and alcohol rehab as well as their other drug and alcohol addiction related services at Promises Treatment Centers and Cirque Lodge?

No problem. You should first be commended for seeking help for yourself or for a loved one. Let’s start with Promises. Promises Treatment Centers maintains two locations for drug and alcohol rehab in California located in Malibu and West Los Angeles. Promises puts forth cutting edge and compassionate recovery treatment for drug and alcohol rehab. Since Promises places a maximum of 24 clients at each of their two locations, Promises helps ensure that each client and patient gets the best customized, personalized, and individualized drug and alcohol rehab treatment. Each of the two Promises locations provides a serene and peaceful surrounding that helps effect personal healing, positive life changes, and breaking addictive behaviors.

Promises Treatment Centers for drug and alcohol rehab employs world class professionals at the pinnacle of their respective fields for medicine, nursing, psychiatry, psychology, counseling, therapy, and detox to provide the best environment and support for your drug and alcohol rehab process. Many of the staff have also faced the problem of addiction in the past and with their experiences of having gone through drug or alcohol rehab helps gives the staff perspective on how best to help the addiction clients.

The rehab treatment care at Promises Treatment Centers for drug and alcohol rehab starts off with an initial assessment to determine each patient’s personal and specific needs. Promises Treatment Center then tailors a personal treatment plan for each client’s drug or alcohol addiction to meet all their medical, personal, and any psychological needs. The staff most involved with the core addiction treatment portion for drug and alcohol rehab at Promises are the clinicians, therapists, and detox specialists.

Another important aspect of the drug and alcohol is the 1 on 1 therapy where the client works through personal issues by having someone listen, counsel, and educate. Full time therapists focuses on drug and alcohol rehab and pertinent personal issues at Promises conduct these 1 on 1 sessions. This aspect of having personal needs met and addresses for alcohol and drug rehab also involve the support groups, therapy sessions, and discussion groups at Promises Treatment Centers.

The drug and rehab treatment continuum at Promises Treatment Centers also involves family counseling sessions, family education, off campus activities, and continuing care of a personalized discharge plan.

Thanks for that information. What about Cirque Lodge?

Cirque Lodge for drug and alcohol rehab and recovery leverages their extraordinarily scenic and tranquil location of Sundance, Utah and being high in the Rocky Mountains. Cirque Lodge provides highly individualized treatment modalities configured to meed the personal, medical, and mental needs of each individual client in dealing with drug and alcohol addiction. Cirque Lodge actually maintains two primary centers for drug and alcohol rehab, each with distinct focus, environment, and facilities. The two locations at Cirque Lodge for drug and alcohol rehab are the Lodge and the Studio.

Prior to starting any drug and alcohol rehab treatment programs at Cirque Lodge, the patient or client might be in need of a detoxification period to remove the addictive substances from the body, and Cirque Lodge runs one of the world class cutting edge detox programs (with a recognized cutting edge detox protocol for heroin). Once the patient is ready for the rehab treatment for drug and alcohol dependence, Cirque Lodge assesses the medical, psychiatric, spiritual, psychological, and mental needs of each client and tailors an individualized and customized treatment plan to meet all those needs as needed.

Cirque Lodge is also specialized in working with dual diagnosis addiction cases where the patient has a substance dependence along with a psychiatric problem. By addressing the psychiatric problems in these cases during drug or alcohol rehab significantly improves prognosis since self medicating to address psychiatric issues is a significant contributor to drug and alcohol addiction in these cases. Cirque Lodge is equipped to deal with mood disorders and psychiatric problems in drug and alcohol rehab patients.

A significant part of the drug and alcohol rehab treatment program at Cirque Lodge is leveraging the environment and location of the program in their experiential therapy. Experimental therapy at Cirque Lodge involves indoor and outdoor activities designed to reconnect the body, spirit, and mind of each patient. Doing these experiential therapy activities with the beautiful backdrop of the Rocky Mountains really helps add to the therapeutic release and stress relief for the drug and alcohol rehab patients. More specifically, these activities may involve rock climbing, rope courses, challenge courses, hiking, snowshoeing, and scenic helicopter rides.

Cirque Lodge is accredited by the JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations) for their drug and alcohol rehab programs for abuse, addiction, and dependence.