The following list are basic tenets used by East Coast Recovery
Services in the development of our programs and services:
- Chemical dependency is a primary disease
process inclusive of all mood altering chemicals and as
with any disease process, affects individuals with different levels
of severity. For some the severity of their addiction will have a
high cost for the addicted individual, their family and their
friends. The ultimate cost is someone's
life!
- Co-Occurring disorders or extremely poor coping
skills may have a negative impact on the addicted
individual's ability to sustain the changes necessary for on-going
recovery. These individuals need more help not more
rejection!
- Someone does not have hit "bottom to get help.
If someone is in denial about their problem they are not capable of
making a rational decision, they need help. Most of the
recipients of our intervention techniques are grateful for the
intervention and continue to work with us or others to
maintain their recovery.
- We can intervene on people before they are ready to ask
for help. We can intervene on the relapse process.
Chemically dependent individuals may relapse and it does not doom
them to "having to hit bottom", they can get help quickly.
Preventing and intervening on relapse is not accomplished
by individual effort!.
- Any family member, and the addicted individual, will do
better with long term recovery if they are willing to gain
insight into their own behaviors and how the family works as a
system. The addicted individual is not the only person
negatively impacted by addiction!
- Helping an addict recover from addiction
requires long term support for the addicted individual and
those close to the addicted individual. Relapse can be intervened
upon with the proper support and open communication. The
more support an addicted individual utilizes in their recovery
efforts the greater their chances for long term
recovery.
- The only guarantee with addiction is that left
untreated or mistreated, problems will increase leading to painful
demoralizing consequences such as jail, institutions, or death. We
can all make a difference by addressing this serious problem by
fully supporting early intervention and prevention
techniques that are proven to help those afflicted with this life
threatening disease!
- We can reduce the relapse rates by accepting the
importance of on-going support and accountability. Anyone
{including family and friends } who utilizes a program for support
in sustaining changes has a far greater chance of
successfully maintaining changes in their life and within the
family. The use of a professional Recovery Coach is
just one more tool to increase the chances of a positive
outcome!