Christian Counseling emphasizes addiction must be dealt with today, each today of your life. You have to wake up today and say that today I choose not to participate in active addiction. One excellent way to do that is to start off each day with prayer. At “A New Life” Christian Drug Rehab the clients start the day by telling God you know you have a problem, and you want him to deal with it.

Clients may be away from home and their church but continue to hear the word. Those in Christian Rehab will learn whatever their addiction, Paul says instead fill yourself with the Holy Spirit. We believe the scripture teaches that the Spirit is the word of God, it follows that the more you apply that word in your life, the less you will participate in your addiction.

Using Scripture that directly relates to the clients immediate situation in life allows them to use The Bible in conjunction with traditional therapy to increase their chances of long term recovery.

Inpatient detoxification for Christians is not very prevalent, but is now available in a inpatient rehab called A New Life at Lakeview. It is not like inpatient detox ification for Christians is medically different  from other inpatient detox programs, just that a spiritual component is added to assist in the detox process.

Inpatient detox for Christians incorporates prayer, scripture study and pastoral counseling when the patient is medically and emotionally ready to particiapte. This usually does not transpire in the first day or two as the patient is still quite unstable, but is still available to him or her if they feel up to it.

Christian Drug Rebab can make a difference in a clients acceptance of the 12 steps. Most Drug Rehab Centers incorporate the 12 steps in their programs because they increase the probability of continued sobrity once a client is discharged. When the steps begin to mention “HigherPower” many clients suffering with an addiction, bristle at what appears to be a synonym for God. In a Christian Treatment Center, those clients that come to the center already beliveing in God, their acceptance and ability to work the 12 steps is relatively easy. The clients that have an aversion to any mention of “Higher Power” and struggle with certain steps can actually witness the difference between clients in the Ttraditional Track and the Christian Track. At this point the client has the option to transfer to the Christian Track if they feel it will better serve their recovery.