| Holistic has become a bit of a buzz word, a | | | | Alternative therapies |
| catchphrase broadly intuited to mean natural or | | | | Holistic rehabs will combine individual, group and |
| alternative, and is generally considered with positive | | | | cognitive therapies that give us mental strength and |
| associations. But when people use the term holistic | | | | awareness to recovery with yoga, a therapy that |
| rehab, what exactly are they talking about? | | | | combines mind body and soul, and has been tested |
| What does holistic rehab mean? | | | | effective for relapse avoidance. |
| Firstly, the term is used to describe residential rehab | | | | Holistic rehabs will combine medical observation, good |
| programs in two very different ways. It may be used | | | | nutrition and pharmacological interventions against |
| to describe a program of residential rehab offering only | | | | relapse with meditation that unites the body with soul, |
| alternative, completely natural, and non clinical therapies; | | | | and does reduce relapse provoking stress, as it |
| but much more commonly it is used to describe a | | | | enlightens us to our true natures. |
| form of rehab in which you are treated as the sum of | | | | Although treatments such as yoga, karate, meditation |
| your mind body and soul, and where comprehensive | | | | or equine therapies may sound like a waste of |
| treatments are used to address the problems of all | | | | precious recovery time, they have all shown great |
| parts of your being. | | | | effectiveness, and although science has trouble |
| Fundamentally, we do exist on three levels, and | | | | explaining why, rigorous clinical studies have clearly |
| although the problems of the body and mind are more | | | | shown that these therapies do help, and seem to work |
| easily studied and quantified, we ignore our spiritual | | | | about as well as group therapy when given alone. |
| selves at our peril, and there is no denying the influence | | | | No one form of therapy works well for everyone and |
| of the soul. | | | | when you receive a broad range of therapies you |
| No one form of therapy works well for all in recovery, | | | | have better odds of getting something that's going to |
| and to earn the best chance at a better life of | | | | work for you, and that is going to keep you sober |
| sobriety, rehabs need to offer us a comprehensive | | | | when nothing else will. |
| mix of programs. Holistic rehabs combine what has | | | | Holistic rehabs offer a lot. They take the best of a |
| proven effective in conventional rehabs in the | | | | conventional rehab experience and add in alternative, |
| treatment of addiction through the body and mind, with | | | | but proven effective strategies; giving you additional |
| alternative therapies shown to have benefit on the | | | | tools that you'll very likely need in the long and relapse |
| spirit. | | | | provoking months of initial sobriety. |