This episode begins with a brief and helpful review of the Phases of Addiction Recovery Model, then Matt Finch provides with you very detailed examples of people going through these phases. Each example is unique and in-depth and helps you to gain insights into how this system works and how you can use it for yourself in the most efficacious way possible.
Overview of the main topics in this episode:
- Brief Review of Part 1
- What is addiction? An exhausted resource
- What is addiction recovery? The process of going through the phases of addiction recovery and achieving wellness from addiction
- What are the Phases of Addiction Recovery?
- In this Part 1 you learned the roadmap, blueprint, and sequence for the phases, and in this Part 2 today, you will be provided with detailed examples of people going through the Phases of Addiction Recovery step-by-step including their demographics, psychographics, addiction severity indexes, and resources and treatments used while going through the process
- Review of the Phases of Addiction Recovery
- 1 – Preparation (Prephase) – Learning/Researching/Planning: 1 day to a year or longer
- 2 – Detoxification (Active Phase) – 1) Getting substance out of body 100% and 2) detoxing body in general; 1) cold-turkey or 2) taper; 1) at home 2) treatment (inpatient or outpatient and mainstream or alternative – 3-4 days to 14 days or longer
- 3 – Repair (Active Phase) (Rest, Rejuvenate, Restore, Rebalance, Recharge) – 2-6 weeks, 8-12 weeks, or longer
- 4 – Rewire (Long-Term Phase) – 6-12 months or longer
- 5 – Recover – Not a phase rather a finish line and the turning of the chapter in life, completion, transcendence, outgrowing of addiction, no more healing to do
- Mike’s Example of going through the Phases of Addiction Recovery
- Cora’s Example of going through the Phases of Addiction Recovery
- Examples of Phase 1 – Preparation strategies
- Reading articles, studies, books, magazines
- Watching videos, podcasts, documentaries, docu-series,
- Listening to podcasts, audiobooks
- Talking to people you know
- Calling treatment programs
- Studying websites
- Scheduling detox start date
- Buying supplements, and groceries, doing laundry, cleaning the home, getting a babysitter scheduled, scheduling time off work/kids/school
- Getting prescription med(s) and/or OTC medicines
- Examples of Phase 2 – Detoxification strategies
- Taper off painkillers at home over 3 month period
- Taper off benzos at home over 9-month duration
- Quit alcohol cold-turkey at home
- Quit alcohol at inpatient medical detox for 4 days doctors providing intravenous and oral medicines and micro-nutrient infusions
- Quit alcohol at outpatient NAD+ infusion therapy 5-day treatment consisting of oral comfort meds and NAD+ high-dose infusions
- Quit methamphetamine cold-turkey at home
- Quit Xanax at inpatient medical detox where they give you pregabalin and other comfort meds for 6 days
- Examples of Phase 3 – Repair strategies
- Supplements (multi, vitamin C, vitamin D, cal/mag/zinc, omega-3’s, amino acids, CBD oil, whey protein powder)
- Exercise (walking, weight training with free weights/machines, calisthenics, cardio machines, jogging, yoga, stretching, qigong, tai chi, hiking, bike riding, rollerblading, gardening, sex, sports)
- Diet (Pro-Recovery Diet and Nutrient-Rich Diets combined)
- Environmental Medicines (Sunlight, Grounding, Thermal Stress hot/cold)
- Bodywork (massage therapy, acupuncture, reiki)
- Breathing exercises, binaural beats, isochronic tones, neurofeedback, meditation, hugging, laughing, playing music, listening to music, nature immersion)
- Examples of Phase 4 – Rewire strategies
- Physical strategies:
- high-intensity interval training (HIIT)
- intense exercise
- lithium orotate supplement
- Psychological strategies:
- personal development
- reading
- journaling
- coaching
- counseling
- therapy
- mindfulness practice
- gratitude
- compassion
- Spiritual strategies:
- spiritual growth and evolution
- spiritual seeking
- reading religious or spiritual texts
- meditating
- prayer
- faith
- acceptance
- will
- Physical strategies:
- Phase 5 – RECOVERED!
- A new chapter of life
- You are the writer, the director, and the lead role actor
- Other challenges in life are certain but being recovered from addiction you can no longer fit in the addicted personality due to such a big identity transformation and so much psychological maturity and spiritual growth
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Disclaimer: This episode is for informational/educational use only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult with your physician if you believe you may have a health condition.
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