The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) defines recovery as "a process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential."
Recovery Services
Recovery Support Services
Recovery Support Services
Recovery Support Services
Recovery Support Services
Recovery Services Highlights
Recovery services complement the work you did in treatment adding a layer of accountability, comfort, and support as you begin your life at home and navigate early recovery. Individualized, clinically informed services delivered by caring, experienced Caron staff ensure that you and your loved one have the resources you need to successfully transition from residential care back to everyday life.
Caron’s clinical team will recommend the appropriate level of care for you and connect you to the Recovery Services operations coordinator to create an ongoing care plan, specific to your needs and those of a support person, whether that person is a family member, friend, or another person important to you.
Services are offered virtually. If you did not receive inpatient care at Caron, you may still access our recovery services. Please contact Caron directly for more information.
Recovery Services
My Recovery Connection
My Recovery Connection gives you and your identified support person guidance, coaching, support, and accountability designed to help you both in navigating the path of early recovery. The use of monitoring tools of a breathalyzer and random urine drug screens offers an additional layer of transparency to those in this program
Individualized Support
- Biweekly meetings with you by phone or video call
- Once-a-month support call with you and your support person via phone or video call
- Monitoring via daily use of Soberlink and/or random urinalysis
- Additional availability if issues arise
- Support to set recovery goals, provide encouragement, and monitor progress
- Resources and support recommendations
Intensive Case Management
- Weekly individual case management sessions
- Assistance with creating a weekly schedule that addresses key life areas and supports recovery maintenance
- Assistance with coordinating employment and educational support
- Assistance with coordinating local substance use treatment, like outpatient programming and therapy, and wellness services, like acupuncture or nutrition counseling
- Monitoring progress and communicating with key stakeholders (clinical team, referent, family)
- Connecting you to treatment providers in case of relapse
Family Support
- Bi-weekly family meetings to set goals, establish expectations, and create an action plan
- Participation in a virtual Family Education Program facilitated by Caron staff
- Continued education on substance use disorder, healthy boundaries, and other related topics
- Identifying resources and recommendations for you and your family
What We Ask of You
Caron asks that those participating in our services follow our recommendations for continuing care and actively engage in these recovery-related activities:
- Maintain abstinence from mood-altering substances, including alcohol.
- Communicate with your recovery specialist as agreed when you began the program.
- Report any challenges or difficulties as you walk this recovery path.
- Report use of any addictive/mood altering substance immediately.
- Engage in recovery activities that build connection and support, such as finding a sponsor and going to meetings like AA or SMART Recovery.
To reach a Recovery Support specialist, please complete this form.
Specialized Virtual Recovery Support Groups
Support groups provide community, guidance, and understanding as you and your family deal with the physical and emotional changes that recovery creates so that you can continue to build a strong foundation. Facilitated by expert, experienced Caron staff these support groups are available at an additional cost.
Significant Other Support (SOS) Group offers support for you and your spouse or partner as you both navigate recovery. The group focuses on discussing relationships, trust, and intimacy; developing healthy coping and self-care skills; recognizing relapse signs; and learning about relapse prevention practices.
Women’s Recovery Group offers women in varying stages of recovery a safe place to focus on relapse prevention, share their struggles, and offer one another feedback as they explore the challenges in navigating recovery.
Men’s Early Recovery Group explores, identifies, processes, and develops effective coping skills while transitioning into a healthy sober lifestyle. Members discuss their goals, strengths, and challenges in a circle of peers who understand and can offer support.
The Legacy Group for older adults focuses on creating a vibrant community that places recovery at the forefront. Group members explore how to create meaning and purpose to establish a legacy of recovery. Other topics include family relationships, reparation, acceptance, and the joy of new relationships.
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FAQs
Yes, Caron has support groups and fellowship programs for Caron alumni, families, and friends. Find one close to you.
The most well known is Alcoholics Anonymous, more commonly known as AA. AA’s central tenet is that a person must admit that they are powerless over alcohol. Another foundational tenet is that a person must have faith in a higher power to attain a healthy mind. There are groups for other types of addiction, including Narcotics Anonymous (NA) and several similar groups, as well as Al-Anon and Nar-Anon for family members.
Other types of recovery groups include:
- Smart Recovery, which uses rational emotive behavioral therapy (REBT) and cognitive behavioral therapy to help people maintain their recovery
- Recovery Dharma, which is founded on Buddhist principles to support recovery
- LifeRing Secular Recovery, an abstinence-based, anonymous organization that uses the principles of sobriety, secularity, and self-help to achieve and maintain recovery
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