Addiction Treatment Services: The Goal of Happiness – Outpatient Program

While you are enrolled in the eight-week Intensive Outpatient addiction treatment program at The Right Step, you will have the opportunity to participate in group discussions regarding feelings, thoughts and behaviors.

Information based upon the writings of Albert Ellis PH.D., the creator of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), will be presented and discussed through this effort to help participating alcoholics and drug addicts to begin along the path toward achieving positive change.

The goal of happiness will be analyzed as supportive, licensed instructors guide clients through the process of learning more about their emotions, the source of emotional experiences and healthy ways to cope with these.

Understanding Feelings: Outpatient Addiction Treatment

You will learn that there are many shared aspects involved in the goal of achieving a happy state of mind.  Most people want to be happy whether alone or in the company of others.  Getting along well with others is also a common goal. 

Being well educated, working in an enjoyable job that generates good financial compensation, as well as the ability to enjoy leisure time are all aspects of happiness that many are able to agree they desire.

Progressing in your treatment for addiction at The Right Step, you will learn the ways that the acceptance of reality ties into achieving the goal of happiness, as well as delve deeper into methods for understanding and managing your feelings as an individual with the disease of addiction.