Tips for Recovering Alcoholics and Drug Addicts

Many tips to aid recovering alcoholics and recovering drug addicts in pursuing a more healthful, balanced life will be presented by the supportive, experienced addiction recovery instructors during the eight-week outpatient addiction treatment program at The Right Step.

You will be provided with examples to help you to more thoroughly comprehend the large amount of information presented to you while you progress through the series of educational sessions in your treatment for a substance abuse addiction.

Examples of the Effect of Diet on the Recovering Addict

One of these examples may be of a woman named Jayne who was a recovering alcoholic and was in the habit of eating a large quantity of ice cream every night. She often talked about the craving for it she felt and believed that by eating it she was reducing a craving for alcohol. The next morning she always felt sluggish and irritable.

Throughout the day her stress increased until it was relieved by the ice cream. When her counselor suggested that she remove the ice cream from her diet, she felt she could not get along without it. When she and her counselor examined her diet they found that she ate no breakfast and was not getting adequate nutrition throughout the day.

She agreed to try eating a balanced diet and to eliminate the ice cream on a trial basis. She discovered that when she ate a balanced diet and ate regular meals and several nutritious snacks throughout the day her craving for ice cream disappeared and she could easily eliminate it from her life.

You will also learn in your outpatient addiction treatment program that caffeine also causes nervousness and restlessness. It may interfere with concentration and the ability to sleep. Loss of sleep or irregular sleep causes irritability, depression and anxiety, which are not helpful to individuals attempting to maintain a healthy state of long-term sobriety.

Addiction Treatment Locations

Residents of local Texas and New Mexico cities including Fredericksburg TX, Kerrville TX, Killeen TX, LaGrange TX, Navasota TX and San Antonio TX often receive treatment for their addiction to drugs or alcohol 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.