Release & Relapse:

The State of Alcohol Rehabilitation in the US Today

Keeley Giblin

Key Definitions

Substance Use Disorder

Rehabilitation

Key Definitions

When the recurrent use of alcohol and/or drugs causes clinically significant impairment

The action of restoring someone to health or normal life through training and therapy

Substance Use Disorder

Rehabilitation

What words come to mind?

Preferred Terms

What are some alcohol use disorder (alcoholism) risks?

Physical health problems

• High blood pressure
• Heart Disease
• Cancer
• Weakening immune system

Mental health issues

• Depression
• Anxiety
• Memory problems

Social problems

• Family conflict
• Job related issues
• Unemployment

What causes it?

What are some kinds of recovery programs?

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AA

(Alcoholics Anonymous)

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SMART Recovery

(Self-Management and Recovery Training)

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SOS

(Secular Organizations for Sobriety)

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Over 90% of American treatment centers are based on the twelve step program (AA)

What percentage of people who do the AA program remain sober?

Write down your answer

5%-12%

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What is AA?

Why is it problematic?

How other treatments are different

• Science vs. spirituality
• Self empowerment vs. submitting to higher power
• Interpretation vs. strict rules
• Moderation vs. abstinence

How accessible is treatment?

Vintage Senior Living

Betty Ford

Rehabilitation Center

1. One bedroom apartment
2. Meals
3. Utilities, housekeeping, and laundry services
4. Professionally trained staff
5. Access to medical professionals
6. Music therapy
7. Art therapy
8. Memory therapy
9. Specialized therapeutic exercise classes
10. Fitness facilities
11. Transportation services to doctors appointments and enrichment activities.

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1. Private room
2. Meals
3. Utilities, housekeeping, and laundry services
4. Professionally trained staff
5. Access to medical professionals
6. Meditation therapy
7. Relapse prevention lecture therapy
8. Small group lectures
9. Individual therapy
10. Fitness facilities
11. Transportation to outside AA meetings

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Total cost for 30 days

Vintage Senior Living

$4,005

Betty Ford Rehabilitation Center

$53,000

WHY?

WHY?

What needs to change?

What needs to change

• Stigma
• More accessible/longer treatment
• More training for medical professionals
• Doctors being able to see the signs of addiction earlier on
• Different types of treatment available

Research

What you

can do

Reducing Stigma

ABUSE

MISUSE

Attend

a

Meeting

“Take what you need and leave the rest”

Al-Anon

Montclair Monday Night AFG

Monday 7:30 PM

First Lutheran Church of Montclair (On Zoom due to COVID)

• Al-Anon
• Friends, Families, and Observers Welcome!
• English

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Montclair Tuesday Night AFG

Tuesday 8:00 PM

First Lutheran Church Of Montclair

• Al-Anon
• Friends, Families, and Observers Welcome!
• English

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Saturday Morning Back To Beginnings AFG

Saturday 10:00 AM & 10:30 AM

First Lutheran Church of Montclair (On Zoom due to COVID)

• Al-Anon
• Friends, Families, and Observers Welcome!
• Beginners
• English

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Alateen

Wayne Tuesday Night Alateen

Tuesday 8:00 PM

Preakness Reformed Church (On Zoom due to COVID)

• Alateen
• English

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AA

Vauxhall Beginners Group

Tuesday 6:30 PM

On Zoom

• Open
• Beginners

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Little Falls New Beginnings Group

Tuesday 7:00 PM

United Methodist Church

• Open
• Beginners

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Lodi Thursday Noon Group

Thursday Noon

Faith Reformed Church

• Open
• Speaker
• Discussion

SMART Recovery

Friends and Family

Thursday 6:30 PM

On Zoom

• All welcome
• English

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4-Point

Saturday 11 AM

On Zoom

• All Welcome
• English

Thank You! :)

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My name: Keeley

Subject: Rehabilitation

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