The New Year always brings with it the social and cultural focus of resolutions. Resolutions present opportunities to make lasting changes starting in January and representing how you want to live for the rest of your year.
Nearly half, 45%, of all people across the United States make a New Year’s resolution.
Unfortunately only 8% of those actually keep their resolution. In fact, of the people who fail, 88% of them fail before the end of January.
If you have made a commitment for your New Year’s resolution addiction recovery to either get help, get another type of help, or stick with your sobriety, there are several things you can do to stay committed.
Staying Committed to a New Year’s Resolution for Addiction Recovery
Staying committed, in many cases, requires finding help.
Getting Initial Help
The first type of New Year’s resolution for addiction recovery is an individual who recognizes they are struggling with an addiction to drugs or alcohol and they need professional help.
Let’s look at Tim.
Tim has finally realized that he is addicted to cocaine. Last year, his wife separated from him and took their son with her. His brother has been telling him that he needs to get help, but Tim believed for the longest time that he didn’t really have a problem and that if he needed to quit, he would be able to at any time.
Now, Tim is under scrutiny at work because his performance has changed, and losing his wife and child has helped him recognize that it’s time to get help from an addiction treatment center.
With someone like Tim, admitting that you need help is a great step forward, and a professional treatment center is the right place to find help and stay committed to a New Year’s resolution addiction recovery plan.
Getting the Right Type of Help
Now, let’s look at Alex.
Alex has had addiction problems in the past but thought that he was clean. He participated in a short inpatient program when he was a teenager but struggled with ongoing relapse. Since then, he has also sought help in the form of an outpatient program that meets once a week.
When he was a teenager, he didn’t complete the inpatient program. As an adult, the outpatient program didn’t give him the level of support he needed. Moreover, as Alex puts it, “There is something wrong with me, inside”, meaning he likely struggles with a mental health condition.
For someone like Alex, a New Year’s resolution for addiction recovery might be to finally get the right level of care and to recognize that sobriety is a lifelong journey, during which time he may continue to relapse. However, he can also reach out for additional help from viable treatment centers and support groups when those moments happen.
Getting Ongoing Help
Now, let’s look at David.
David recently completed a partial hospitalization program for alcoholism. A few years back, he realized that he was drinking excessively during the holidays, so he would do a dry January to compensate. But inevitably, January would end, and he would immediately celebrate by drinking.
Over the last two years, David found that he was drinking habitually, almost every night, to get himself to sleep, with dinner, or to celebrate. Soon, he wasn’t able to sleep without alcohol, and it was starting to impact his finances and other relationships.
Now that he has completed his program, David has made a New Year’s resolution to stay sober and not let his attempt at recovery be as short-lived as dry January.
With David, participating in a good program will offer services that prepare him for what comes next: sober living.
Keeping Your New Year’s Resolution Addiction Recovery Plans with SDC
If you need help sticking with your new year’s resolution addiction recovery goals, Sequoia Detox can help. We offer an inpatient drug rehab program, PHP, IOP, and traditional outpatient plan. With our flexible schedules, you can find a range of care, pick a treatment plan that meets you where you are, and help you make or keep New Year’s resolution addiction recovery plans.
We can help people like David set themselves up for long-term success by participating in support groups and outpatient programs during the course of a partial hospitalization program or any other level of care. Building this foundation and familiarity with support groups makes it easy to transition into community-based support groups where he lives.
If you are like David or Alex, we can help you with your initial consultation to determine which level of care would be a better fit, given your history with addiction or recovery. It’s not uncommon for people who are placed in the wrong level of care to find that they relapse. Equally common is for individuals with co-occurring mental health disorders like Alex to simply treat one part of their condition, the addiction, and not treat the mental health aspect, which makes it more likely that they will relapse.
Contact us today at help@sequoiadetoxcenters.com or by calling 1-866-824-0709.