Why We Prioritize Family Involvement During Treatment

Addiction and substance abuse include patterns of behavior that are unhealthy. These behaviors often harm a person’s life in many ways, derailing both personal and professional relationships. However, many aspects of a person’s life also impact their challenges with addiction and their road to recovery. As a result, treatment for addiction at Reviving You Recovery prioritizes family involvement, which helps individuals build a healthy support system that they can rely on both in treatment and after while healing the entire family as a system.

Family Involvement in Addiction

Addiction is a mental health disorder where an individual struggles to control their substance use, is preoccupied with substance use, and continues to use substances regardless of their negative impact on their life.

Many issues with addiction and substance abuse occur with multiple members of a family. Having a family member who struggles with addiction or substance abuse puts an individual at a higher risk for similar issues.

In addition, many individuals struggling with addiction or substance abuse have dysfunction in their family system. These difficulties are unique for each individual. However, they often include manipulation from one or more people in a family, an unhealthy power dynamic, or past harm that has not healed. Regardless of the specific issue at hand, these dynamics play a role in continued substance abuse. In order to heal, it is necessary to find a way forward out of dysfunction and heal the system that has contributed to substance abuse.

Value of Family Involvement in Treatment

Family is a primary attachment in a person’s life. Regardless of a person’s age, family is the combination of individuals to whom people are tied most closely. This can be highly beneficial and provide a high level of support. However, this also means that each individual is impacted significantly by their family. Family involvement in treatment is helpful as it gives individuals and their loved ones a way to heal as a system. In addition, family involvement means that a person is supported both in treatment for addiction and in recovery.

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Healing the Family System

The impact of substance abuse is felt by the entire family, regardless of who is struggling with addiction. Each family member is impacted in a unique way. However, substance abuse causes issues with development, lack of family connection and support, and harm from violence that often occurs as a result of substance abuse. Healing the family system after addiction is challenging. However, with the help of family involvement in addiction treatment, individuals and their loved ones have the opportunity to take a step forward toward a new start.

Family dysfunction is common for individuals struggling with addiction. While some of this dysfunction is a result of substance abuse, substance abuse can also be impacted by family dynamics. Healing the family system requires that each person takes responsibility for their role in any family dysfunction. Then, each person takes steps towards interacting with their loved ones in a different way. By healing the family systems, individuals struggling with addiction learn new coping skills. They also improve their understanding of what has played a role in their struggle with substance abuse.

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Family Support in Recovery

There is not a one-size-fits-all solution to hearing from addiction. However, family support often plays a role. Families can help a person feel like they are not alone, and family support keeps an individual on the path to building a new life. In addition, families provide care, attention, and connection for individuals. These are all vital in making any changes. They are especially vital in healing from a challenge like addiction, which has a strong hold over how a person feels, thinks, and acts.

However, family involvement is only helpful when it is supportive. Involving family in the treatment process helps improve their support. This is because loved ones do not always know how they can help. Being a part of the treatment process helps them to learn the best way to provide support. In addition, it gives loved ones a better understanding of addiction and what plays into a person’s challenges with substance abuse.

Family Involvement at Reviving You Recovery

When a person is undergoing addiction treatment at Reviving You Recovery, their family is involved in multiple ways. First, loved ones are informed about a person’s progress. This helps loved ones to understand the journey they are taking. However, it also gives individuals the knowledge that their family cares and is taking notice of their healing. In addition, Reviving You Recovery offers family days on a weekly basis. Family days are a way for the loved ones of clients to learn through education at Reviving You Recovery. However, loved ones are also encouraged to stay for lunch. This way, they can spend time with the one they love who is struggling with addiction.

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Family is a part of every person’s life. However, family can impact a person both negatively and positively. At Reviving You Recovery, we believe that family involvement plays an important role in many of our client’s healing journeys. As a result, we encourage families to participate, learn, and support their loved ones while in treatment and after. We offer a safe space for individuals and their loved ones to take the first steps to healing, building a new life, and reconnecting with each other in a healthy way. If you know someone who may be a good fit for our treatment center or have any questions, reach out today at (951) 723-7598.