Holistic therapy is available for those who are struggling with addiction and who want to get sober using a personalized, whole-person approach to treatment. A holistic recovery center can help you or a loved one get safely through drug and alcohol withdrawal using treatments and therapies aimed at improving your overall health physically, psychologically, and spiritually.
Here’s a closer look at how holistic addiction treatment works, and how you can find a holistic addiction treatment program in your area.
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Holistic therapies are therapies that take a person’s entire well-being into account when working to restore their health. Holistic therapies examine your body, mind, emotions, social state, and spirit to identify the root, underlying cause of health problems — including drug or alcohol addiction. The root cause of your addiction is then treated using therapies aimed at enhancing your overall health without causing harmful side effects, such as those caused by some prescription medications used in conventional drug detox treatments.
Holistic therapies help you overcome addiction as a whole by focusing on the root cause of your addiction instead of just the symptoms. For instance, if you started using alcohol as a way to cope with stress, stress management training may be used as a holistic therapy to teach you healthier ways to deal and cope with stress.
A holistic-based treatment center uses meditation, exercise, and nutrition therapy to help you manage withdrawal symptoms and achieve improved physical, mental, and spiritual health.
A holistic addiction treatment program will help you establish a new daily routine filled with healthy lifestyle practices that deter you from using drugs and alcohol. The skills you learn from guided meditation, exercise therapy, and nutrition counseling can be incorporated into your normal daily life long after you experience holistic addiction recovery.
In addition to meditation, exercise, and nutrition, holistic addiction treatment centers offer countless other therapies proven effective at boosting your overall health. Acupuncture helps relieve physical pain caused by withdrawal and is becoming a more widespread practice in the U.S. as a higher number of treatment centers are using acupuncture to fight the opioid crisis and reduce both cravings and relapse. Massage therapy can help regulate brain chemistry affected by drug dependence while also reducing insomnia, anxiety, and agitation.
Other types of holistic therapies used in addiction treatment:
The best holistic addiction treatment center will develop a unique, customized treatment program just for you or your loved one. When researching your options, ask about the types of holistic therapies offered, and how they work to treat drug or alcohol addiction. If you or your loved one suffer from any other health disorders aside from addiction, such as depression or bipolar disorder, ask at a holistic treatment center about therapies that can also treat these co-occurring disorders.
Look for treatment centers that use holistic evidence-based approaches, or that can provide data and evidence to back-up certain health claims and therapies you may feel curious or skeptical about. Since many holistic therapies are not generally practiced as part of conventional medicine, it’s normal to question whether these therapies really work. A great holistic treatment center will answer all your questions, and help you choose a treatment program that works best for you.
For help with finding holistic substance abuse treatment in your area, call our 24/7 hotline at (877) 633-0053 to speak with an addiction representative. Addiction to Sobriety will perform an insurance verification check and help you find a holistic treatment center that offers all the therapies you or your loved one needs to safely and successfully achieve better health and lifelong sobriety.
Charles F. has been an active part of the Florida recovery community for over 5 years. He began as a behavioral health technician at an addiction treatment facility in Ocala, Florida and has since begun training as a Licensed Addiction and Chemical Dependency counselor in Boca Raton. Charles’ passion involves the promotion of recovery and helping spread the hope of recovery to as many readers as possible!
