Healing Begins Here
Do I Have Alcoholism?
You will be able to tell if you have alcoholism by how it is impacting your life. To determine if you struggle with alcohol addiction, take a hard look at whether it’s affecting your:
- Health
- Career / School
- Finances
- Important relationships
If your drinking is negatively impacting one or more of these vital areas of your life and you still drink, then you are abusing alcohol. Another way to identify that your use has become alcohol abuse is in the words you use. If you ever say the following statements in relation to your drinking, you may have a substance use problem:
- “No one understands what I’ve been through.”
- “I can quit any time I want.”
- “I’m not as bad as that OTHER person.”
- “This is the only way I can wind down.”
- “Don’t tell me how to run my life.”
- “You knew what I was when you married me.”
- “You smoke cigarettes (drink, gamble, etc.). Who are you to judge me?”
Even if you followed the statement by a “just kidding”, this kind of language suggests that when you really look at the situation, you know something is not right. Crestview Recovery, your alcohol addiction treatment center near Hillsboro, can help you take that closer look at what is really going on. When you face it, you begin to process the feeling that manifests as statements like these. And processing your experiences is the first step to real and lasting healing.
What to Expect in Our Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center Near Hillsboro
First of all, going to rehab does not put you in a room with a bunch of people in lab coats. Instead, you will attend most of your therapy sessions and treatment with people similar to you who are working to overcome addiction. If you are in a gender-specific program, then you might spend most of your time with just men or women.
In each group, you will usually have one or two addictions professionals leading you through exercises that help you develop skills you need to manage addiction and your life. You learn through doing in therapies like:
Additionally, you will have individual sessions of evidence-based treatments with an addiction professional where you can begin exploring traumas and pent-up emotions that may be contributing to continued addiction. Additionally, you will also look at negative habits and thinking patterns that are bringing you down through cognitive-behavioral therapy. You can then begin to replace them with more productive ways of thinking and doing.
You might attend sessions like these and others in a partial hospitalization program, an intensive outpatient program, or regular outpatient. At our alcohol addiction treatment center near Hillsboro, we also offer a 90-day extended care program for people who need more time and support in a 24/7 supervised setting. Our treatment center is Joint Commission-accredited to deliver high-quality care to each guest.
