Rehab programs are result-oriented. That means they often incorporate therapies that fall under the heading of holistic. Holistic is something of a catch-all phrase for alternative or spiritual approaches like meditation. These approaches gained popularity as a way to treat the psychological and emotional effects that addiction had on patients. Despite falling under the heading holistic, there are many benefits of meditation that can help you in recovery. In fact, meditation has numerous benefits for anyone who would practice it.
Stress Reduction
One of the biggest benefits of meditation is stress reduction. Even a few minutes a day can help reduce blood pressure, make you calmer, and cut anxiety. That makes it an extremely powerful tool for anyone in rehab or recovery.
Rehab is a stress-filled time for anyone. You must cope with the mental, emotional, and physical symptom of withdrawal. You’re often separated from your friends and family, which is also stressful. A tool like meditation can make that more tolerable.
Better Self-Discipline
Meditation is a practice that doesn’t always provide instant results. You must work at it. That ongoing work improves your self-discipline. Better self-discipline pays off in several ways as one of the major benefits of meditation.
It makes it easier for you to turn away from triggers and temptations once you return to your home and job. It also makes it easier for you to take action when you realize you need extra help.
Self-Awareness
Meditation comes in a lot of different varieties. One of the more popular forms is mindfulness meditation. It emphasizes the importance of being present in the moment. In other words, you keep focused on what’s happening right now.
Some of that is about current activities. If you’re washing dishes, you think about washing dishes and not the game that’s on later. Some of it is about your own mental and emotional state. By focusing on the present moment, you stand a much better chance of noticing when you’re about to backslide into destructive activities.
Other Benefits of Meditation
Meditation provides several other benefits, such as better self-image, better concentration, and better memory. It can help reduce your chances of depression. In some cases, it even boosts your job satisfaction.
Use in Rehab
The benefits of meditation go beyond standalone therapy for substance use disorders. It shows up as a complementary therapy that supports traditional addiction treatment approaches, such as:
Crest View Recovery Center offers an intensive outpatient treatment program for several substance abuse issues. Our program focuses on preparing you for real-life situations. We use traditional and holistic therapies, such as meditation. Crest view is located in North Carolina.
Addiction can overwhelm everything else in your life, but it doesn’t need to be the end of your story. You can overcome it with help from a quality rehab program and the benefits of meditation. If you’re ready to break addiction’s hold over you, call Crest View at 866-327-2505 and step onto the road to recovery.
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Our COVID-19 Protocols
First and foremost, we want to maintain a safe recovery environment and encourage and/or adopt practices protecting the health of patients, employees, visitors and others. We also want to ensure the continuity of providing our addiction recovery services in the face of this global pandemic as we remain open. Note, our staff is fully vaccinated.
The world health community continues to monitor closely the emergence of COVID-19. We want everyone to understand the exact precautions we are taking to address these concerns.
Effective Until Further Notice
ALL incoming clients are pre-screened and Crest view is utilizing the COVID-19 Rapid Test for all newly admitted patients to ensure a safe treatment environment.
No non-essential visitors
ALL clients will need to have their temperature taken daily and recorded. Any client with a temperature higher than 100.4 will be taken to an Urgent Care facility.
ALL Crest View Staff are being routinely tested for COVID.
ALL BHT staff will need to have their temperature taken at the start of their assigned shift. Any BHT staff member with a temperature of 100.4 or higher will be sent home in accordance with this policy.
ALL administrative staff and essential visitors will be required to enter the building upstairs and have their temperature taken with a temple thermometer. Any staff or essential visitor with a temperature higher than 100.4 will be denied entry and be sent home in accordance with this policy.
In accordance with the North Carolina State mandate, all staff, clients and essential visitors will be asked to wear a mask when they can not attain proper social distance.
Some off-site activities may be canceled due to state mandates.
Crest View Recovery Center will provide hand sanitizers throughout the workplace and in common areas. Cleaning sprays and wipes will also be provided to clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces such as telephones and keyboards.
We have required that employees experiencing any respiratory or flu like symptoms will stay home from work. Currently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that employees remain at home until at least 24 hours after they are free of fever (100.4 degrees F or 37.8 degrees C) or signs of a fever without the use of fever-reducing medications.
If you have any questions regarding our COVID-19 protocols or the admissions process during this time, please give us a call directly at (866) 327-2505.
