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Learn how adventure therapy enhances addiction recovery at Rolling Hills Recovery Center through engaging activities that boost mental and physical health.
While they are actively using drugs or drinking excessive alcohol, they feel good. After a limited amount of time, the drugs lose their effects, leaving them in mental and emotional shambles. They will want those “feel good” sensations to come back.
At this point, the person’s brain is no longer functioning at an average level, and they now have a chemical imbalance.
Prolonged drug use can cause weak muscles and bones and a low-functioning body.
Usually, drug and alcohol use is accompanied by feelings of severe hopelessness and helplessness. Most active users are so weighed down and depressed that they may not see a clear way out of the chaos.
Recreational Therapy, also known as therapeutic recreation, is a set of creative, recreational activities designed to assist recovering addicts with their mental, physical, and spiritual well-being.
Recreational Therapy Specialists believe different physical and creative activities can help recovering addicts.
Motor Skills Good health and fitness
Relationship building
People skills
Constructive hobbies and potential passions
Purpose
Confidence
Experience
Healthier stress relief options
Involvement in meaningful activities
Following direction skills
Listening and taking instruction
Problem-solving
Spiritual Health
Rolling Hills Recover Center has added recreational therapy for addiction treatment to our list of program options. There is a qualified Recreational Therapy Specialist who oversees the program.
These specialists will provide a comprehensive evaluation and action plan regarding your overall recovery based on your needs and specific circumstances.
A patient navigator is ready to help. Our team of dedicated professionals are here to help 24 hours a day.
Specialists believe recreational therapy for addiction treatment to be most effective when combined with other evidence-based strategies for overcoming addiction. Everybody participating in a recreational treatment program will receive a comprehensive analysis and an action plan tailored to their recovery needs.
Behind any recreational/creative activity, there are standard procedures: Evaluating the client mentally and physically, documenting any changes in the client before and after the therapeutic recreation—a series of testing. Additional recovery activities are based on the needs of the individual receiving the services.
These recreational activities help people find healthier ways of self-expression, stress relief, and most critical coping skills as they face the stressors of everyday life and addiction recovery.
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Recreational therapy can also help with other illnesses such as eating disorders, bipolar, grief, and many more.
By adding Therapeutic Recreation, the client can access a complete healing experience (mind, body, and spirit).
Therapeutic recreation was created Post WWII to help veterans deal with the WAR trauma.
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Our clinical and medical teams review your personal history and circumstances in order to determine the best treatment plan based on your needs.
During intake you will be asked some more questions about your background & medical history. This allows us to fully formulate your treatment plan.
One of our caring team members will take you around the clinical facilities and introduce you to the rest of our team and current community.
We know that the first day of treatment can be overwhelming for anyone. We work with you to ensure you ease yourself into the treatment process.
Everyone has their way of dealing with traumas, emotional stressors, and strongholds. However, it is usually not the addiction that causes many to struggle with sobriety but the unpleasant emotions that cause us to use them in the first place.
Engaging in meaningful, healthy activities makes you rewire your brain not to need drugs and alcohol. When you involve yourself in activities that you love and that challenge you, you’ll find it easier to replace those old destructive activities with new healthier ones. Your body will find a new venture that feels good, and drugs or alcohol will no longer be necessary to cope with hidden pains and traumas.
Physical movement has also reset the brain to a chemically healthier state. For example, when we struggle with anxiety, depression, and chemical dependency, exercise helps release feel-good chemicals in the body and reset our brain activity.
Dancing, singing, talking out your problems in a group, coloring, drawing, and playing a group activity are all efficient activities in restoring balance. From these activities, we get a sense of feeling normal again. We learn to socialize and solve our problems instead of holding them in or blocking them out entirely with drugs and alcohol.
We also have a way of distracting our minds healthily and focusing on the present moment called mindfulness. Mindfulness can improve how we perceive stressful situations. Mindfulness also helps us problem-solve because we only see things clearly with a calm mind.
Recreational activities are more than just hobbies; they are life-changing, therapeutic strategies. Incorporating some of these creative, physical activities in your recovery plan can drastically change how you view recovery…and life.
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Geoffrey Andaria is an experienced mental health content writer and editor. With a B.A. in English and Journalism, Geoffrey is highly educated in freelance articles and research. Having taken courses on social work, Geoffrey is adamant about providing valuable and educational information to individuals affected by mental health and the disease of addiction.
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Dr. Williams presently serves on the board of Directors for two non-profit service organizations. He holds a Master’s degree in Human Services from Lincoln University, Philadelphia, Pa, and a Ph.D. with a concentration in Clinical Psychology from Union Institute and University. In Cincinnati, Ohio. He is licensed to practice addictions counseling in both New Jersey and Connecticut and has a pending application as a practicing Psychologist in New Jersey.
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