I'm Timothy Harrington and for the last 10 years we have been developing our strength based, recovery management, whole health and wellness approach.
We strongly believe treatment graduates returning home also deserve a valuable, thoughtful, and comprehensive recovery management approach that protects and respects the treatment investment.
We are going to fully address the very real health and wellness challenges clients face on the day they leave treatment or as we like to call it, "DAY 31". This approach will dramatically increase ones chances at long-term recovery success and hopefully keep them out of the very expensive treatment go round.
Our 1 to 1, 24 hour/day, personalized and totally focused, reintegration strategy includes, encouragement, sustained monitoring, education, recovery mentoring and, if necessary, re-intervention.
We strongly believe treatment graduates returning home also deserve a valuable, thoughtful, and comprehensive recovery management approach that protects and respects the treatment investment.
We are going to fully address the very real health and wellness challenges clients face on the day they leave treatment or as we like to call it, "DAY 31". This approach will dramatically increase ones chances at long-term recovery success and hopefully keep them out of the very expensive treatment go round.
Our 1 to 1, 24 hour/day, personalized and totally focused, reintegration strategy includes, encouragement, sustained monitoring, education, recovery mentoring and, if necessary, re-intervention.
"I promise that we will help you do whatever it takes
to complete your transformation toward full recovery that began in treatment"
- Timothy Harrington
to complete your transformation toward full recovery that began in treatment"
- Timothy Harrington
What do leaders in the treatment world have to say about the state of aftercare?
Janelle Wesloh, Executive Director, Recovery Management, Hazelden: We need to keep doing what we’re doing, but do it better in regard to the things we do with people after treatment. In many cases, it’s horribly difficult for a person leaving treatment to return to their home environment. Things that were messy and awful when they left are still there. If they don’t have the support that they need, any continuing care plan goes in a drawer because life hits them full in the face.
If someone’s not calling them to connect, check if they’ve made appointments, and ask if they’re meeting up with alumnae, all the things we did in treatment were a waste of time. I know that’s a provocative thing to say, but you spend all this time doing all this great work in treatment, then basically throw them to the wolves.
We need to set them up in a supportive way and not leave them to figure it out for themselves. We don’t want to set up barriers for our clients, we want to remove them. That’s where we’ll see our outcome rates change because these things do make a difference. But we need to figure out ways to make it work, ways to get reimbursed for it—especially for treatment centers that don’t have as many resources.
Sure Haven admissions director, Elizabeth Perry: Putting someone in a program for 30 days and removing all outside contact, and then setting them loose doesn’t do much for long-term recovery. You structure their days for a month, and then say, ‘Time for sober living, good luck,’ [that] just sets people up for failure. Reintegration serves as the program’s cornerstone, says Perry. I know from my own experience that stopping drinking and using was difficult, but learning how to live without it was a lot harder. You have to relearn life skills.
If someone’s not calling them to connect, check if they’ve made appointments, and ask if they’re meeting up with alumnae, all the things we did in treatment were a waste of time. I know that’s a provocative thing to say, but you spend all this time doing all this great work in treatment, then basically throw them to the wolves.
We need to set them up in a supportive way and not leave them to figure it out for themselves. We don’t want to set up barriers for our clients, we want to remove them. That’s where we’ll see our outcome rates change because these things do make a difference. But we need to figure out ways to make it work, ways to get reimbursed for it—especially for treatment centers that don’t have as many resources.
Sure Haven admissions director, Elizabeth Perry: Putting someone in a program for 30 days and removing all outside contact, and then setting them loose doesn’t do much for long-term recovery. You structure their days for a month, and then say, ‘Time for sober living, good luck,’ [that] just sets people up for failure. Reintegration serves as the program’s cornerstone, says Perry. I know from my own experience that stopping drinking and using was difficult, but learning how to live without it was a lot harder. You have to relearn life skills.
Who do I serve?
Anyone placing their recovery and health above all else!
Those looking for a creative and customizable, 1 to 1, recovery management approach to bridge the gaps people face in traditional treatment/recovery plans. To us, "DAY 31" is the most important day in the recovery continuum.
Those looking for a creative and customizable, 1 to 1, recovery management approach to bridge the gaps people face in traditional treatment/recovery plans. To us, "DAY 31" is the most important day in the recovery continuum.
Why does an assertive continuing care plan, matter?
A treatment program offers the individual struggling a chance to get clean in a safe environment. Often the client becomes reliant upon the monitoring within this environment to keep him or her from returning to her former using behaviors. Once this monitoring is removed, many clients find that they are not sure how to fend for themselves or how to get themselves into a regular, drug-free, recovery routine.
Also, most everyone who stops drinking and doing drugs still, even after 30, 60, 90 days of treatment, experience cravings, mood swings, depression, anxiety, and other drug- and alcohol-induced symptoms that play havoc with recovery.
As stated in the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s (NIDA) “Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment”, “Scientific research and clinical practice demonstrate the value of continuing care in treating addiction…For many patients, a continuing care approach provides the best results.”
Also, most everyone who stops drinking and doing drugs still, even after 30, 60, 90 days of treatment, experience cravings, mood swings, depression, anxiety, and other drug- and alcohol-induced symptoms that play havoc with recovery.
As stated in the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s (NIDA) “Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment”, “Scientific research and clinical practice demonstrate the value of continuing care in treating addiction…For many patients, a continuing care approach provides the best results.”
What should you do?
While many can do it alone, many others can't. If you have a client or a loved one that you feel can't do it alone when they go home, we at Sustainable Recovery provide 1 on 1, professional services that help a person sustain the gains they made while in treatment.
What do we do?
We offer a 3, 5, 7, 14 or 21 day, 1 on 1, comprehensive reintegration and recovery managment approach that will respect and protect the treatment investment. This includes 6 months of continued mentoring support by phone, email, SKYPE and text.
We can also collaborate on a customizable program, recognizing the clients' uniqueness, hopes, wishes, dreams and aspirations, and meet their very specific needs.
In more detail we...
We can also collaborate on a customizable program, recognizing the clients' uniqueness, hopes, wishes, dreams and aspirations, and meet their very specific needs.
In more detail we...
- facilitate the transition from treatment to recovery in the home environment;
- complement and reinforce prescribed continuing-care plans;
- create personal accountability and responsibility, increasing the potential for long-term sobriety;
- expedite the return to work or school;
- provide third-party validation and compliance documentation;
- educate and support the family or workplace on their role in the recovery process;
- remove family members and workplace supervisors from the role of monitor; and
- are time- and cost-effective.
What does it cost?
More affordable than you think compared to, another intervention, detox, treatment, more lawyer fees, lost sober living deposits, not to mention the cost associated with of a lot more heart break, pain and suffering.
Why start over, ever again?
Sustain recovery! Call, 323-804-5555, today for a free recovery assessment. All candidates for our approach are required to have an interview (via telephone, Skype or in person) to determine eligibility. If accepted we would like to meet with the client before they leave treatment to build trust and if warranted even accompany them home from treatment to create a more thoughtful and fluid transition.
