Medical drug therapy through a treatment provider is the best way to recover from addiction to substances. Substance use disorder (SUD) is a prevalent disorder that can develop in people, regardless of the type of substance they misuse. For example, prescription medications can lead to physiological dependence, just the same as illicit street drugs. Our licensed therapists and counselors will work with you to uncover the deeper reasons behind your addiction. Through therapy and counseling, you can find healing and make lasting sobriety a reality.
What Is Drug Addiction?
Drug addiction is a fast result of abusing substances, regardless of whether they are prescription medications or illicit drugs. Although people don’t often realize it, drugs are highly addictive. Significantly, substances target chemical messengers in your brain to create a pleasurable effect that triggers the body’s reward system. Because substance use feels enjoyable, relaxing, sharpening, or euphoric, you want to continue taking drugs. Quickly, your body develops tolerance, so you must take more to get the original effect. Before long, you can become dependent in order to function normally.
There are multiple reasons why someone might become addicted to substances. These include genetics, predisposition, environment, history of mental illness, and family situation, among others. The DSM-5 is the United States’ classification system for mental and substance disorders. Substance use disorder (SUD) is included in the DSM-5 as a serious and prevalent issue.
What Drugs Are Addictive?
It’s a common misconception that certain drugs can’t lead to addiction, such as doctor-prescribed medications. In reality, most substances have the potential to be addictive. As mentioned, much of the process is determined by you as an individual and your risk factors. Prescription medications are addictive when misused outside of their prescribed use. Illicit street drugs are also highly addictive. Further, nicotine, marijuana, and alcohol are all substances that are included in substance use disorder research. As such, they can also lead to dependency that requires medical treatment.
Opioids
Opioids are pain relief drugs that can quickly lead to opioid addiction. Some forms of opioids are medical and can be prescribed by doctors, while other forms are created illegally in labs.
Stimulants
Stimulants are drugs that increase brain activity to create effects like mental clarity, focus, energy, and increased mood. They are often prescribed for ADHD but can be misused or sold illegally. Unfortunately, many people develop a stimulant addiction because they desire extra alertness in their brain.
Prescription Drugs
Prescription drugs include painkillers, stimulants, and sedatives. Using prescription drugs outside of your prescribed dose or sharing medications is illegal and dangerous. Sadly, many people don’t realize how addictive prescription drugs can be and the life-altering effect they can have.
What Is a Drug Addiction Therapist?
Drug addiction therapists are experts at treating people who are battling substance addictions. Counseling for drug addiction includes a focus on both mental health and addiction because the issues are closely connected. Notably, a drug addiction therapist is a licensed therapist who specializes in providing healing for SUD. Addiction counselors work with individuals and groups, such as peer group therapy sessions. They can also meet with families and spouses to help them navigate through the pain of drug addiction as a unit.
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Speak With Our Admissions TeamHow Does Drug Therapy Help with Sobriety?
By using evidence-based therapy techniques, drug addiction counselors lead clients to explore the underlying causes of their addiction. Through conversations, they will gather information about the client’s background, family life, environment, and behaviors. They will explore the severity of their client’s condition, as well as their mental health. Together, individuals engage in psychotherapy to understand their negative patterns. Then, clients work with their counselors on healing techniques and practices. Therapy for drug addiction is an incredible step towards recovery. Even the act of talking through the emotional and physical grief of drug abuse is an effective piece of substance abuse therapy.
Evidence-Based Psychotherapy for Drug Abuse
As an important part of treatment, all clients attend psychotherapy sessions, both in an individual and group setting. Psychotherapy includes behavioral therapy, such as cognitive behavioral therapy for drug addiction. As part of psychotherapy, clients explore how to improve their negative patterns of thinking and behaving, emotional management, and the roots of their addiction.
Holistic Therapies for Drug Abuse
Holistic therapy for drug abuse is a whole-body treatment approach that provides mental, physical, and spiritual care. Through therapeutic activities and experiences, clients alleviate stress, learn new coping mechanisms, and enjoy activities they can continue after rehab.
Case Management for Drug Abuse
Each client is assigned a case manager who helps them work towards their recovery goals in concrete ways. Case management is a valuable tool to guide individuals toward a better treatment outcome. For example, your case manager will help you identify and achieve your needs, such as financial, resume, job, and housing help.
Aftercare for Drug Abuse
The final and extended stage of treatment is aftercare. Essentially, to some degree, treatment lasts as long as you want it to. This is because you are a member of Aliya’s supportive community for life, even as an alumnus. Individuals can graduate into Sober Living communities, attend regular peer support groups, and keep in touch with their case managers.
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Check Your CoveragePaying for Drug Addiction Therapy
Unfortunately, paying for drug addiction therapy can present a large roadblock in the process of healing. We aim to make paying for treatment as possible as it can be. We’re happy to break down expected costs and help you understand your insurance. Additionally, we can speak with you about resources to help with payment outside your insurance.
Using Insurance for Rehab
Many of our clients are able to use their insurance to pay for treatment because we accept most major providers! If you aren’t sure what your policy includes, we would be happy to take a look on your behalf. Our intake team can verify your insurance and advise you on which expenses are covered and what you’d pay out-of-pocket. Simply call our admissions team today!
Private Pay
If you don’t have insurance or your policy doesn’t cover rehab services, rest assured that you can pay privately. We aim to remove any barriers to care that we can, so treatment is an option for everyone. Thus, we can recommend options for raising funding and exploring grants, scholarships, and Employer Assistance Programs (EAP). Also, we can walk you through payment plan options.
Other Options
As mentioned, we can advise you on additional options when it comes to funding your rehab. Above all, it’s important that every person who needs help can enter drug therapy. Please reach out with any questions today!
