After Opiate Detox
Opiate detox is the necessary first step on the road to a life without opiate addiction. When you follow up with opiate addiction treatment and aftercare services, you set yourself up for a successful future. When you’ve completed your opiate rehab treatment, your focus turns to the details that come with rebuilding your life after addiction and extensive treatment: setting up your home and readjusting to life without drugs, working on getting your career back or starting a new one, and determining which of your old relationships will serve you in recovery and learning how to create new, positive relationships.
Sober living at Michael’s House is one of the best options after opiate detox and addiction treatment. If you would like to tour our facility in southern California, contact us today to set up an appointment.
Setting Up House After Opiate Detox
Reintegrating into your old household or figuring out the dynamics of a new one is often the first order of business after opiate detox and addiction treatment. It can be difficult to figure out where you stand after treatment if you move back home. Many people feel uncomfortable about their past behavior and trying to make amends to the people they care about while also maintaining their boundaries as they continue with aftercare treatment. Those who opt for a whole new home will likely have roommates at first and the dynamic under those circumstances is always up in the air for the first couple months even when addiction and recovery aren’t a part of the equation. Creating a strong support network for yourself is one of the best ways to vent your frustrations as you process through this adjustment period and avoid relapse in the process.
Rebuilding Your Career After Opiate Detox
Making money is the next focus, once you’ve worked out your living situation. Those who destroyed their career with their opiate addiction are faced with three options: try to apply for jobs similar to the position held before opiate detox, go back to school to train for a new career or find an hourly job for awhile. Those without a high school diploma can opt for an hourly position as they get their GED and start back to school for a certificate program or begin work on their Bachelor’s degree. Every step you take that is positive for your education or to add experience to your resume will improve your options and increase your chances of getting into -or back into -the career you want for yourself.
Figuring Out Your Relationships After Opiate Detox
Relationships are tricky. Some are positive and supportive as you learn how to live without relapse and others only enable you right back into your addiction. Keep objective people around you as navigate this highly sensitive area -an AA sponsor, a personal therapist, a couples therapist -and get an outside view as you determine which relationships you want to keep, which ones you’d like to start, and which ones you need to end.
Opiate Detox and Addiction Treatment at Michael’s House
Call 1-877-345-8494 today to learn more about our opiate detox and addiction treatment program at Michael’s House in Palm Springs, California.
