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Teen Alcohol Treatment in Utah

teen alcohol recoveryAddiction is a disease that requires specialized, advanced, and dedicated treatment to provide the best chance possible for a successful recovery. Pathways Real Life Recovery in Utah offers the specialized addiction treatment services that teenagers who are struggling with alcohol addiction problems need. For over ten years, our teen rehab center has been giving teens the tools that they require to reach the root of their addiction issues, overcome them, and stay sober for the rest of their lives. What sets our institution apart is that we treat addiction issues with the compassion they require and treat the patients with the dignity they have earned. We don’t only treat the patient but the family as well to ensure that everyone understands the process.

Teenage Alcohol Use and the Brain

When teenagers drink alcohol, alcohol stimulates many of the same parts of the brain that hard drugs, such as cocaine and heroin, impact. This means that alcohol addiction rewires the brain in the same way that these drugs can. This means that alcohol can impact many parts of the brain including the frontal, temporal, and occipital lobes. If the brain is damaged badly enough, the alcohol can even impact the brainstem and cause the teen to stop breathing. While this is a severe case, most people understand that alcohol damages the brain, particularly in the teenage years. This is what happens when people feel hungover after a night of heavy drinking. The brain has been dehydrated and is struggling to recover.

Treatment Methods for Teenage Alcohol Abuse

Our approaches to the treatment of alcohol and teen drug rehab take an innovative approach to treat not only the medical side of the addiction but the emotional, spiritual, and physical needs of the patient and their family.

  • Core Belief Restructuring: Many teens struggle with addiction because they have a poor self-image. In belief restructuring, those beliefs will be taken and molded into a positive self-image to help improve self-confidence and drive away the negative thoughts that created the addiction issues in the first place.
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Addiction develops because of certain triggers that have been learned and drive addictive tendencies. In CBT, those triggers will be uncovered and those learned behaviors will be undone to help rewire the brain to avoid the creation of addictive triggers and help patients stay sober for their entire lives.

  • Detox Services: Many patients arrive at the program acutely ill. Pathways partners with numerous detox centers in Utah to help patients deal with severe withdrawal symptoms that can develop from addictive behaviors. With the help of these professionals, patients can get through their withdrawal and focus on long-term recovery.

Pathways is a Teen Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center in Utah

The key to treating addiction is to prevent it from relapsing. This means finding out the root cause of the addictive behavior in the first place and making sure that there are changes in the life that will prevent this from recurring. This is the focus of pathways. Learning about the patient as a person will help to identify the causes of addiction and treat the cause permanently. Pathways Real Life Recovery encourages anyone with questions to call 801-895-3006 for a free consultation to learn more about how we can help your teenager with their addiction.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Residential Rehab?
Residential Treatment is a place where clients can live outside of their regular environment in a facility that offers supervision and support and therapeutic interventions for those in early recovery. A client will eat and sleep at the facility. Clients participate in a clinically driven program daily to gain skills to maintain recovery. Residential treatment puts you or your loved one under our care 24 hours per day.
Residential treatment works by removing the person from the toxic environment and putting them in a safe, quiet environment that promotes a healthy and whole place to work on themselves. Clients gain tools and skills that will assist them in addressing core issues that have caused maladaptive coping skills, such as drugs and alcohol use. Inpatient treatment provides support through skilled staff that is available 24 hours per day to assist in the process of healing.
Upon checking into residential treatment, you will see a medical provider to ensure that you clear to begin the treatment program. You will have an intake with trained staff and assigned a room and be introduced to your peers. You will meet with clinical staff for a complete assessment, be briefed on what to expect during residential treatment. You will also be given an opportunity to participate in creating a treatment plan and provide input on areas of your life you would like to work on.