Vistabay Rehab Peer Support

Vistabay drug rehab treatment methods rely on the fact that while enrolled in an in-patient treatment program, clients are surrounded by people trying to better themselves and counselors actively guiding that process. When an individual leaves the program, they are no longer surrounded by so much support on a daily basis. During active addiction, the people who the addict surrounds themselves with are generally very negative and get in the way of a positive and sober lifestyle. This is why the Narconon Vista Bay stresses the importance of choosing to surround oneself with positive people and stay away from the negative.

Addicts always understand on an intellectual level why it is so important to have positive influences in their lives but have a difficult time separating from those drug and alcohol using friends that they are comfortable with. Narconon Vista Bay Rehab devotes an entire portion of their program to this very problem, greatly reducing risk of relapse.

First the individual is taught to differentiate between those people in their lives that want them to do well and those that want them to do poorly. Once this distinction is made, they can then determine how to handle the relationship with those that want them to do poorly. With the help of a counselor, they will usually contact those negative influences and make it clear that they are living a new life. The client will explain what is required in order to maintain the relationship e.g., support the addicts choice to be clean, not to belittle their efforts to stay clean or to change their lifestyle, etc. In the case that these requirements are not agreed to, the addict may choose to sever the relationship temporarily until their friend can change their attitude and become supportive. Usually this requires the other person entering a treatment program of their own in order to stop using drugs and alcohol.

By handling these relationships prior to leaving treatment, graduates are well protected from negative influences and well prepared to nurture more meaningful relationships.