Why Long-Term Residential Treatment is the Best Option – Especially During a Pandemic

Long-Term Residential Treatment is a safe option with a high rate of success.

One reason for long-term residential treatment: The 2020 coronavirus pandemic has increased addiction and complicated recovery.  Achieving sobriety and achieving recovery are two vastly different objectives.  Most people who are addicted to drugs or alcohol can achieve a day or two of sobriety, and some mistakenly believe that since they can do that, they aren’t really addicted, or they can quit any time they want.

In reality, recovery means finding long-term sobriety and it isn’t easy or simple.  Support is one thing that is extremely important.  That is why the old AA model has always pushed for 90 meetings in 90 days.  Those 90 days of meetings were meant to offer ongoing peer support and camaraderie in those earliest and riskiest days of recovery.  The meetings offered the opportunity for conversation, companionship sharing stories, and building relationships.

The 2020 pandemic has changed that drastically.  Now in many places, public meetings are not permitted, and even where gatherings are still allowed, many people are afraid to be around strangers who may or may not take social distancing or wearing masks seriously.  People must consider if going to a meeting is worth the risk of becoming infected with COVID-19.

Many support groups have changed from in-person to virtual. Virtual meetings are certainly better than nothing, but they don’t offer the level of support found during in-person meetings.  Unfortunately, some people just stop going because the virtual meetings don’t feel like the in-person meetings.  Without the needed support,  recovery becomes more difficult and relapse becomes even more common.

For someone looking for recovery, the most logical treatment option might be long-term residential treatment.  In a long-term treatment program, safety concerns are greatly reduced when all residents and staff have been tested for COVID-19 and individuals are tested and must be negative before they are admitted into the program.

In addition to the instant opportunity for camaraderie and peer support, care in a long-term treatment facility offers more intensive, individualized, and focused care than peer-support meetings.

Gulf Breeze Recovery offers long-term residential treatment for individuals with alcohol and/or substance abuse addiction.

With years of experience in helping people with addiction, their rate of success is high.

Recognizing the need for both individualized treatment and the importance of peer support, Gulf Breeze Recovery has licensed mental health professionals on staff for individual therapy.  Group classes are taught by addiction professionals with guest speakers to cover special topics.

Exercise, nutrition, neurofeedback, and spa treatments as well as specialized treatment modalities such as EMDR,  further augment holistic and individualized care.  24-hour medical care is provided on-site to offer safe detoxification if needed.

Gulf Breeze Recovery takes your safety during the pandemic as well as your recovery from addiction very seriously.

Incorporating a holistic non-twelve step treatment program, Gulf Breeze Recovery focuses on the physical and emotional needs of their guests.  Professional medical and clinical staff strive to give every individual the best care and opportunity for long term sobriety.

If you or someone you care about, has an ongoing history of alcohol or substance use and/or relapse, contact Gulf Breeze Recovery or call: 833.551.2356 to speak to an addiction expert to learn more about their residential program, out-patient program, and intensive out-patient program, and which of these can best fit your individual needs.  These programs have helped many people overcome their addiction and embrace their new happy, healthy, substance-free lifestyle.

We help people not just to survive, but to THRIVE!