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It's easy to get overwhelmed searching for the right alcohol or drug addiction treatment near Hillfields. But answers *are* available.

Below, we lay out 19 critical Q&A insights into:

  • Pricing - One question that reveals a little known option to reduce costs, still available at many clinics.
  • Rehab .v. Mutual Aid - Which is better?
  • Avoiding Mistakes - Avoid these mistakes to foster the right beliefs and get your recovery off to the best possible start.

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Is Rehab Treatment Really The Answer?

Rehab can and does help, *if* you take an active part, and don't remain passive, or expect everything to be done for you.

In fact, rehab continues to be the best structured approach to tackling addiction at the point when it is needed most. But, rehab will not do everything for you.

Reclaiming responsibility for yourself is necessary to recovery, as it is likely that lack of this is what forms the basis of addiction in the first place.

You should not expect rehab Hillfields to completely “cure” you of all your addictive impulses or feelings.

The dynamics of addiction have taken a long time to establish, and it will take time and understanding for them to be overcome.

All of this takes patience, diligence, and active participation.

The first step on this path is rehab.

What Happens In Rehab Hillfields?

Private rehab is typically a 3-stage overall process, of initial detox, therapeutic help with underlying psychological issues of addiction, followed by aftercare planning, which provides support and resources for the future.

What should you expect in the first week of drug/alcohol rehab?

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KEY TAKEAWAY

In the first week you’ll be resting more than is usual during the physical detox process, as well as getting used to your medication.

This initial detox period, along with the history of addiction of the individual, can vary in length from one person to another, depending on frequency, recency, and amount of use.

What should you expect after the first week of rehab?

Our clinical team will begin to guide you, once you’ve completed your detox, through the start of your therapy. The best way to proceed here may be group sessions or on an individual counselling basis, or both, as a means to unlock the reasons for your original addiction.

Residential programs in Hillfields and Bristol are multi-faceted in general, and will see you participating in mutual aid meetings, complementary or holistic therapies, sharing experiences with other clients, physical exercise routines, and a gradual return to the kind of ordered life that may be regarded as normal for most people.

Most Hillfields clinics have an agenda of daily activities, distributed the night before, detailing the events of the next day, and where you should be, and when.

Once in the final week in rehab, you should expect…

In the last 7 days, if not earlier, if your provider includes it, you should be planning out measures for relapse prevention, and aftercare supports.

You’ll be helped, in this way, back towards your life outside residential care and at this stage you are able to look ahead to plan for the support you may need to prevent succumbing to the addictive triggers which may cause relapse.

Who Is Likely To Benefit From Rehab?

Rehab will help those who come into treatment with the intention of achieving long term recovery from their addiction.

In practice, people will have been trapped in a cycle of alcohol or drug abuse on multiple occasions, have tried and failed to recover, and seek the help to get their lives back on track.

Rehab is for people who know that there is a way through this and who are willing to undertake the effort necessary to achieve this, and who are willing to fully detox then take part in the counselling and therapies which follow afterwards.

Only those who take responsibility for their own lives will gain from rehab, and the great benefits which follow.

Is There Anything That No Longer Works In Terms Of Rehab Treatment?

- Attempting to detox yourself and stop your addictive patterns of behaviour, even though the appropriate help and support is at hand when you need it most.

- Programmes of treatment which are extreme in nature and which tend to be geared towards one form of therapy or approach. A wider approach to the problem of addiction is now in favour across most rehab clinics, and a big difference is the lack of a strict adherence to religious dogma at the heart of recovery.

- A rather dogmatic approach to treatment which tends to leave patients feeling alienated.

At the heart of recovery should be mutual support and a sense of community, with the communal respect that goes with it.

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What Do I Need To Do To Make Rehab A Success, For Me?

  • Come to peace with the idea that the events and patterns in your life are telling you that what you are doing now isn't working. Thus, significant change is needed.
  • If what you’ve done had been of any used you’d have your life back by now – so face up to the fact that you don’t know how.
  • Allow others who are succeeding in their recovery, to guide you to your own recovery.
  • Communicate as effectively as you can with the professional who help you through detox and in the subsequent care planning and therapy.

How Should I Make Plans For My Upcoming Hillfields Rehab Admission?

You will get a confirmation of your booking, and the clinic will also send you details of what you should bring with you when you start the treatment.

Any good rehab clinic will send you details of everything you’ll need before starting your rehab residency.

Check our Bristol page for further pre-admission guidance.

How Should Life Be Different, After Rehab?

If all goes according to plan you might expect to see signs of:

- As long as you’ve accepted what the substance is doing to you, you’ll find that it’s easier to fulfil your need for this in healthier ways, and you should plan for this accordingly.

- By understanding and taking care of these elements, behavioural changes, patterns of communication, and emotions should change, reflecting that basic needs are being met in a functional way, without the presence of the substance.

- You’ll find that once the addictive substance is removed, you’ll be letting all the other things in your life, such as work, family and relationships, expand, to fill the void previously occupied by the addictive substance.

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Tell Me The Top 3 Errors I Should Avoid When Entering Addiction Rehab?

(i) Fear associated with the initial detox phase leading to a desire to leave treatment before it has begun.

(ii) The belief that a little success experienced during the early stages of recovery means that we're “cured”.

(iii) The failure to properly take into account, and prepare for, any unexpected situation which could trigger a relapse back into addiction, and without the support and backup to prevent this from happening.

How Likely Is It That Hillfields Rehab Will Not Work For Me?

If you relapse following treatment, there are a few possibilities:

(i) You didn't follow through actively, on your relapse prevention plan, compiled during treatment.

(ii) You didn't make enough progress on underlying psychological issues prior to experiencing an external trigger.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

You’ll be able to prepare for such situations by:

(i) During your stay, make sure you pay attention to aftercare planning and always fully follow through on the help and support offered.

(ii) To avoid succumbing to trigger events (which are 100% certain to happen) make sure you make continued therapeutic care, your priority. 

Those who relapse, tend to have missed out any one of the above safeguards.

Is It Possible To Stay Sober/Clean Even Without Social Support?

No two people are alike, and each person will have a different calibre of support when they begin their treatment.

Alcoholism or drug addiction recovery is certainly possible even if you don’t have continual support from family members.

  • In the absence of such family support, you’ll need to find something which replaces those family members with people who play a similarly effective role.
  • You need to find out which elements of the family support network would have provided recovery most effectively and then find other ways of replicating this.
  • You need to understand what works for you personally.

Is Recovery Quicker, By Attending Rehab?

Think of rehab as the very first stage of a lifelong commitment.

We can undergo a procedure in hospital (or even detox), but the operation does not exclude recurrences of the same issue, later in life.

Rehab works the same way.

Initial progress should be quicker, as private rehab tends to have a cohesive, structured approach, all taking place in the same clinic.

Later, when returning home, the client must again assume responsibility for their own recovery.

However, they will be armed with far greater understanding of their issues, and substantial supports for the journey.

The path to long term sobriety may be shorter, with fewer relapses, when starting out with professional help in a clinic.

I Did Not Succeed With Alcoholics Anonymous; Why Is Rehab Different?

Rehab does take a different approach, than AA.

Alcoholics Anonymous is useful to have access to, but rehab and AA are not the same.

There have been many success stories with people using only AA Hillfields to resolve their issues.

Others have attended AA in the long term, but felt that certain elements of their recovery were missing.

In hindsight, it may be that the AA meetings, which lack the one-to-one aspect of rehab, failed to fully address the psychological triggers of addiction.

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Rehab .v. Mutual Aid
Rehab Clinic
  • Professional detox
  • Personalised therapeutic input
  • Fully residential
  • Payment required
Mutual Aid
  • Free/donation based
  • Ongoing help
  • Non-residential
  • No professional detox
Key Takeaway:

Mutual aid and rehab treatment co-exist very well together. Whilst they are often used in different ways, or at different parts of the journey, these details come down to each individual's experience, and the order they tackle their issues, along the way.

AA meetings are often taken up by people after they’ve successfully completed their residential rehab programmes.

A good recovery can be produced by both rehab and AA, each together, or at different times, depending on circumstances.

Is AA Alone Likely To Lead To Long Term Recovery?

AA, and other mutual aid groups, are often reported as the drivers behind maintaining long term sobriety and being the provider of hope.

However, AA cannot provide a structured therapeutic framework in which to address the underlying issues which cause addiction, nor do they offer any clinical support.

For this, turn first to a structured residential rehab programme, then later, enjoy the benefits of Alcoholics Anonymous or your chosen mutual aid programme, in Hillfields in the longer term.

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I Want To Stop Using Alcohol Or Drugs Without Professional Help

Going it alone is rarely the answer, and often, is very dangerous.

Going "cold turkey" is something which we do not recommend on serious medical grounds.

There are the dangers of having seizures and blood pressure issues, with serious risk of heart issues.

**You must never attempt withdrawal or any detox without suitable clinical support**.

And If I Cannot Afford That?

Another option can be available to you if the full rehab programme isn’t realistic right now.

There is sometimes a  shorter programme which involves only completing the initial detox, although not available in all cases.

This isn’t because it just costs less, but because this can be associated with lower success rates, or higher risk of relapse.

Here is what we recommend if you want a less expensive and shorter course.

Short-term detox plans are available, ** only ** if you already have plans in place for support upon completion.

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i.e. if a support plan were to be put in place ready to provide for your long term care and recovery.

Supportive family or friends who understand your background, can enable recovery, instead of enabling addiction.

Going in for a detox without having planned support ahead will risk a relapse and hence lower your chances of a full recovery.

How Do I Find The Refund Policy For Rehab?

Each clinic will operate their own refund policies, so ask before your course begins.

If you relapse you should not expect a refund, as the cause of the relapse is down to the client in each case.

How Do I Get Started In Treatment?

  • Upon receipt of your deposit, and having gone through a telephone assessment, your residential treatment programme should begin at your clinic within one or two days.
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What If I Need To Get Started Quickly?

It will only take between one and two days for some basic checks to be carried out for suitability, and the clients can be welcomed by the admissions team for the start of their residential care.

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How Long Has Abbeycare Been Providing Help For Addiction?

Following personal experiences of Abbeycare staff, we started providing rehab care in 2005.

We have grown since then into a well-known care provider and a trusted resource for residential rehab programmes.

Why Is An Assessment Required, Prior To Admission?

Like every rehab clinic, we need to understand clearly that we can look after your needs appropriately, and that we are a suitable clinic for you.

In order to do this we will interview you over the phone and then seek approval from our professional team to admit you.

Abbeycare Provide Free Guidance For Those Seeking Addiction Help In Hillfields.

Abbeycare operate UK clinics providing help for alcohol or drug addiction for those in the Hillfields and Bristol area.

We've worked with thousands from all over the world, and we can probably help you too.

All that experience has helped us assist those with even the most complicated detox and rehab needs.

Our team can even get transport organised too, if needed, from your location (with an extra charge).

Check our independent inspection reports, available on our clinic pages for Scotland, and Abbeycare Gloucester.

Our admissions team will help you navigate the treatment options.

Detox is possible, safely and comfortably, with the help of our medical team.

The Abbeycare therapy team are specialists in helping you identify and work through the underlying triggers behind addiction.

Our clinic team - many of them in recovery personally - are ready to get you started.

Are you ready?

We'll help get things moving. Ring us direct, on 01603 513 091.

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