Follow-up counseling. A number of centers invite their “graduates” to return for additional therapy once the core program is complete. This follow-up counseling is a “tune-up” that keeps the recovery engine running at peak efficiency.
Sober living. Sober living homes allow patients to ease back into the responsibilities of their daily lives. In sober living, recovering alcoholics live with other individuals who are in transition – sharing responsibilities and rebuilding the self-sufficiency that they possessed before they began abusing alcohol.
Follow-up medical care. If co-occurring mental disorders or chronic physical ailments were diagnosed or treated during alcohol rehab, it is important that the patient leave with the tools to successfully maintain those standards of care at home. In some cases, the patient may live too far from the rehab to continue services at the facility. When this happens, a full list of referrals for services in the patient’s hometown should be secured prior to the end of treatment
