Addiction affects people mentally, physically and spiritually; if any one of these areas goes untreated the person will surly relapse. Most Addiction Treatment Centers treat the patient mentally and physically but seem to be at a loss when it comes to the patient’s spiritual well being. Our Florida Christian Rehab is well suited to treat all aspects of a patient’s addiction. The Christian Therapist overseeing our Christian Program is a graduate of seminary school and understands the spiritual needs of a patient broken by their disease. We believe that spirituality is a deep often religious feeling and belief, including a patient’s sense of peace, purpose, connection to others and beliefs about the meaning of life.
Self-centeredness is at the core of the disease of addiction. As a person succumbs to their addiction they start a downward spiral where their belief system starts to change to allow for those behaviors necessary to continue their self abuse. Behaviors become anti social and they start to avoid family and friends. Judgment becomes clouded by the affects of prolonged drug use and the only goal becomes to stay intoxicated. Peace of mind is replaced by turmoil and the addict losses direction and feels there is no longer any meaning to life. This describes our patients as they are admitted to our Florida Christian Rehab.
As the patients begin to clear and start to interact with staff they feel the patience, tolerance and respect that has been missing in their lives. The therapist help the patient examine their recent past and then as the bond is made they look at their remote history and the underlying problems that often precede the addiction. Patients in our Florida Christian Rehab attend groups where they study scripture and learn from examples that closely resemble their own experience. The patients start to feel better about themselves and find new meaning through their closer relationship with God. The patients re-establish severed relationships with the help of our drug rehab staff. Before the patient leaves treatment the void they once felt is filled with a positive spiritual awareness. There is still work to be done but the patient’s confidence has been restored and they have a good start on their life of recovery.