Reducing Stress in Addiction Recovery through Relaxation

You will continue to learn more about the benefits of relaxation, as well as practical methods for achieving a more relaxed state while you move forward in the outpatient addiction treatment program at The Right Step.

At this point in your addiction recovery session, you will be learning that playing is a necessary form of relaxation that is often neglected. It is difficult to define play because it is not so much what you do as how you do it.

Supportive and experienced instructors will discuss with you the fact that we all need time for having fun, laughing, being childlike and free. There are other “diversions” you can use as natural stress reducers.

Addiction Treatment Information: Positive Methods for Relaxation

Examples of positive methods for relaxation that we will discuss in outpatient addiction treatment will be enjoying the receipt of a body massage, a bubble bath, a walk by yourself or with a friend.

We will also be discussing deep relaxation. You will learn that deep relaxation is a way of relaxing the body and mind to reduce stress and produce a sense of well-being. Deep relaxation rebalances the body and reduces the production of stress hormones.

You will find that what happens when you relax is the opposite of the “fight or flight” reaction. When you relax, your muscles become heavy, your body temperature rises and your breathing and heart rate slow down.

A muscle cannot relax and tense at the same time. It is impossible to maintain tension while physically relaxing. You can learn techniques to allow your body to relax. The distress resulting from thought process impairments, emotional process impairments, memory impairments and stress sensitivity can be reduced or relieved through proper use of relaxation that you will learn more about in your outpatient addiction treatment program at The Right Step.

Addiction Treatment Locations

Individuals who live in local Texas and New Mexico cities including San Antonio TX, San Felipe TX, San Marcos TX, Schulenburg TX, Seguin TX and Temple TX often receive alcohol and drug addiction treatment through the Intensive Outpatient Programs at one of 20 convenient Right Step locations.

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