I wanted more than just a 12-step rehab center

I recently got out of a 12-step rehab center in Southern California, and I thought I’d post to the drug rehab blog as a review of sorts. My search for an affordable alcohol rehab had me calling and visiting lots of places. This was not only the nicest looking, but also the most affordable alcohol rehab I came across in my search. While it is a 12-step rehab, I should mention that that’s not the only treatment they offer there.

I wanted to go above and beyond a 12-step rehab center
It’s not that I don’t think the 12-step approach is therapeutic; I know the 12 Steps do wonders for many millions of people. But, I had been to a 12-step rehab center before, with unsuccessful results. If I was going to do this again, I felt compelled to find an affordable alcohol rehab that offered the 12-step method along with some other treatment options. That search led me to an affordable alcohol rehab that offered holistic therapies in addition to the traditional 12-step and psychotherapy approach.

A different kind of 12-step rehab center
After seeing pictures of this place, I was amazed that it was an affordable alcohol rehab. Not only was it in a beautiful home in Dana Point, California (the “Gold Coast” of Orange County), but it also had a wealth of holistic treatment options. From acupuncture to massage, meditation to equine therapy, this place had healing options up the wazoo. Not only did they have rapid medical detox programs—which I needed because the withdrawals from the amount of booze I was drinking might have killed me—but they also had hookups with sober living homes in the area where I could go after treatment. This affordable alcohol rehab was truly amazing, and I recommend it to anyone who’s looking to beat their addiction before it gets any worse.

Orange County sober living doesn’t cost a ton

I found myself in an unfortunate situation a couple weeks ago. I was just about to be released from an affordable alcohol rehab in Orange County. Sober living was discussed with me in many of the counseling sessions throughout my stay at the affordable alcohol rehab. However, I didn’t feel like I needed transitional sober living. I thought that I needed to jump back out into the world and tear off like a bull at all the pent-up issues I had discovered in treatment.

Transitional sober living probably saved my life
Whoops! Good thing I didn’t go too far with this plan. The truth is, transitional sober living was exactly what I needed, even though I was trying to act tough and strong by never taking the suggestion seriously. The second I got back to my home where I lived with my girlfriend, I knew I had made a mistake by not entering the Orange County sober living home my affordable alcohol rehab was affiliated with. My girlfriend was hardly supportive of my desire to get clean and sober. She tried to push booze on me every day I was back at my house.

Newly single, and needing more help, I inquired about transitional sober living
I went back to the rehab and asked to see the Orange County sober living home they were talking about all those times before. Now I know why it’s called “transitional sober living”; it helps me transition back into the stresses and challenges of life at a pace that my recovery can handle. I’ve been in this beautiful Orange County sober living home for men now for a couple weeks, and I feel so lucky that this is my new life. Not only was I lucky enough to find an affordable alcohol rehab, I found one that cared enough about my long-term sobriety to continually suggest a transitional sober living home for me after my release.