Veterans Drug Rehab in Maryland | Affordable Addiction Treatment for Vets

Veterans Addiction Treatment

Drug and alcohol dependency hit the military community especially hard. With the traumas endured during active duty and the unforeseen adjustments that need to be made back home, life can feel overwhelming and impossible. Many veterans turn to substance abuse to dull the pain or numb personal disappointments. Maryland Recovery has a better plan for you.

Reintegrate Into Civilian Life, Drug-Free

No one will ever tell you that it’s easy to get beyond the past, though it’s crucial to fully experience the good in the present and envision the future. Our licensed therapists and compassionate counselors will help you get there, through an assessment of your emotional and physical challenges. From there, we can identify what’s working for you, what isn’t, and come up with a plan that not only supports long-term recovery but is more easily attainable.

Often times we meet patients under the care of other healthcare practitioners who have been prescribed pain medications as part of post-surgery care or as treatment for an injury or to calm emotional turbulence. With the recent escalated rates of opioid overdose and suicides, Maryland Recovery is committed to finding healthier options for you.

Through evidence-based research and holistic treatments put into practice, we have found that many of our patients don’t need the medications they were prescribed, unleashing new ways to live life to the fullest.

While abstinence from drugs and alcohol is our goal, we understand that medication might be needed to help reduce withdrawal symptoms or help balance mood and behaviors, in addition to the treatment of dual diagnosis*. In these instances, we can utilize a harm-reduction model for addiction treatment, known as medication-assisted treatment or MAT. Some of the medications used are Vivitrol and Suboxone. With this type of treatment protocol, we can help bridge the gap between loneliness, pain and addiction relapse, to realize successful recovery. Even with a MAT program, abstinence is the ultimate goal.

*Please note that we currently do not offer mental health services in-house. However, we hope to bring them back soon. In the meantime, we are working with a local provider. Please contact us for more information.

Why Military Veterans Are Especially Vulnerable

Maryland Recovery has many treatment options for active and retired military personnel, though we do advocate extended care, such as a 90-day program. The reason we feel strongly about recommending a longer treatment program is from the case studies and other research findings that show a direct correlation between short-term addiction treatment and an increased rate of drug and alcohol relapse.

The experience of active duty and seeing combat will continually engage the body’s natural fight-or-flight response. Military service members in the Army, Navy, Air Force, National Guard, and Reserves know this all too well. Over time, this body/brain response will overcompensate, with the intent of keeping a military person ready at a moment’s notice. The heightened continuous state of fight or flight is too much and can lead to the development of PTSD, post-traumatic-stress-disorder. Without the proper diagnosis and associated professional medical treatment and supervision, further mental and physical decay will result.

30 Days Isn’t Enough

Near 50 to 66 percent of those with PTSD also have a drug or alcohol addiction and together, they make each condition worse. The initial phase of addiction treatment entails alcohol or drug detox, when the body and the brain are slowly brought to a drug-free state. This process can be difficult as internal systems undergo a cleansing in an effort to rebalance at healthy levels.

As the mind begins to clear, physical, emotional and spiritual repercussions from addictive behaviors and mental health issues will become more evident. More than likely, each patient is already at their 30-day mark in recovery. But there is much more work to be done. This is the point when we can reassess and accurately configure the best path towards recovery and begin to rework relationship skills and personal accountability.

Once the detox phase has been completed, traditional medical practitioners and holistic therapists will lead and guide each veteran through an integrated approach of treatment that includes:

Individual counseling
Group therapy
12-steps (or other spiritual-based, or non-denominational) teachings
Life skills
Vocational or volunteer training or reintegration
Relapse prevention

The Difference 90 Days Can Make*

Positive life change doesn’t happen overnight for anyone. But with a 90-day program to support each facet of the addiction recovery process, getting with the program and actually “getting it” go hand-in-hand. We understand that sometimes the hardest part about recovery is taking what’s learned in treatment and applying it into real life circumstances.

To help ensure you have the tools to handle sobriety down the road, we ask that each patient in our extended care program agrees to either volunteer or obtain employment, bringing addiction recovery into a working relationship, literally.

*Please note that we currently do not offer extended care services. However, we hope to bring them back soon. Please contact us for more information.

Tiered Approach to Treatment Is Life-Changing

The right addiction treatment program for military veterans includes a wide array of treatment options that can be easily adjusted based on recovery progress or unforeseen setbacks, without judgment. Drug and alcohol addictions are recurring diseases, and can return.

We can facilitate addiction treatment in a way that meets your needs, offering:

Partial hospitalization (PHP)
Intensive Outpatient (IOP)
Outpatient
Aftercare

No matter where you are in the recovery process or if you’re going to enter into this for the very first time, know that Maryland Recovery has a special place in our hearts to help you see it through.

In fact, it would be an honor to serve you.

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