Addiction Recovery: Techniques for Stopping Substance Abuse

As your progress in your drug addiction and alcohol addiction treatment at The Right Step during the eight weeks of Outpatient substance abuse treatment program, you will be provided with the opportunity to become thoroughly familiar with thought stopping techniques that you can use to prevent an addiction relapse after achieving sobriety.

By this point in your educational Session, you will have learned about using visualization to help stop your thoughts of drug use or drinking alcohol. Now you are going to be learning about certain behaviors that you can employ to help yourself stop thinking about drinking or using drugs.

You will learn about the methods of snapping, prayer and relaxation. Snapping is when you tie a rubber band loosely around your wrist. When you are experiencing thoughts of drug or alcohol use, you simply pull the band around your wrist and snap it lightly against your skin, while saying “No” to the drug or alcohol use thoughts.

Once you have done this, use the visualization technique that you previously learned about to replace the dangerous drug using thoughts with positive thoughts that will not lead you toward addiction relapse.

Prayer and Relaxation in Addiction Recovery

Prayer is another way to replace the thought stopping techniques with positive thought. You may also work on relaxing with breathing techniques. Supportive, licensed instructors will help you understand that feelings of hollowness, heaviness, and cramping in the stomach are cravings for drugs or alcohol.

Breathing in deeply (filling the lungs with air) and breathing out slowly can often relieve these symptoms. Do this three times. You should be able to feel the tightness leaving your body. Repeat this whenever the feeling returns.

Locations for Addiction Treatment

Residents of local Texas and New Mexico cities including College Station TX, Byran TX, Brazoria TX, Galveston TX, Eagle Pass TX and Katy, TX often receive treatment for their addiction to alcohol or drugs through the Intensive Outpatient Programs at one of 20 convenient Right Step locations.

Outpatient Alcohol Treatment and Outpatient Drug Treatment programs are offered in Baytown TX, Austin TX, Beaumont TX, Conroe TX, Dallas TX, Euless TX, Plano TX, Houston TX, Clear Lake TX, Ft. Bend TX, Pasadena TX, The Woodlands TX, San Antonio TX, Wimberley TX, Albuquerque NM.

Residential Treatment centers in DFW, Houston and Austin are also provided for recovery from addiction disease, attracting individuals from Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Arizona and other areas of the United States to participate in recovery programs at The Right Step.

Drug Treatment and Alcohol Treatment Resources:

Roadmap for Recovery: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment

Drug and Alcohol Addiction: Stages of Recovery

Affordable Outpatient Addiction Treatment

Addiction Treatment: Initial Treatment Sessions

Roadmap To Recovery: Biology of Addiction: Structure in Recovery

Roadmap To Recovery: Beneficial Activities in Addiction Recovery

Addiction Recovery: Dealing with Scheduling

Withdrawal from Drug and Alcohol Addiction: Roadmap to Recovery

Addiction Recovery During Early Abstinence from Drugs and Alcohol

Roadmap for Addiction Recovery: Addiction Relapse

Substance Abuse Associations: Addiction Triggers