Overview
The Awakening Recovery Center program has been developed by Dr.
William B. Duke, a respected leader and innovator in the substance
abuse treatment field for more than 20 years.
Awakening is committed to helping people change their lives
by helping them overcome their addictions and by developing the
necessary skills to prevent relapse.
Awakening provides a supportive, real-life program that assists each
person in their quest to learn a new way of life, free from the
bonds of addiction. The
program is designed to help individuals whose addictions have
rendered them unable to stop the alcohol or drug use that is
threatening to destroy their family, is placing their job in
jeopardy or has created legal problems.
We have years of experience
working with EAPs, SAPs, and Company HR persons as a part of a
team to get the addicted person back on track to be a productive
member of society once again.
Awakening understands that addiction can be managed when cravings
are reduced, motivation for change is enhanced, techniques to manage
cravings and urges are developed, and a healthy lifestyle is
maintained through exercise and proper nutrition. At our Center, we
utilize motivational enhancement and cognitive-based therapy to help
each person moved through the
Stages of Change necessary
to begin to develop a new way of living.
We also encourage each person to utilize available 12-step
sober support systems such as
AA or
NA
or others to develop a safety net for
them to use following treatment. Our entire program is designed to
help the addicted person develop solid relapse prevention skills. We
utilize a similar relapse prevention approach as the one developed
by
Gorski
In addition to utilizing
cognitive based
therapy to change destructive
thinking and to learn to manage life's problems in a more effective
manner, we work closely with Dr. Amit Vijapura, a board-certified
psychiatrist, to assess the need for craving-reduction medications
(sometimes called anti-addiction medications).
The medications that Dr. Vijapura may recommend reduce
cravings associated with early abstinence.
Many patients have reported a reduction in cravings within a
few hours a beginning medication.
In addition, we strongly recommend a variety of nutritional
supplements that address the
nutritional improvements
necessary for early recovery.