Road To Recovery on the Southern Kenai Peninsula:
A Pathway to Treatment & Recovery
According to the American Society of Addiction
Medicine, addiction is a treatable, chronic medical disease involving complex interactions among brain circuits, genetics, the environment, and an individual’s life experiences. People with addiction use substances or engage in behaviors that become compulsive and often continue despite harmful consequences.
Prevention efforts and treatment approaches for addiction are generally as successful as those for other chronic diseases.
Detox is the medical process focused on treating the physical effects of withdrawal from substance use and comfortably achieving metabolic stabilization; a prelude to longer-term treatment and recovery. Withdrawal can be managed by a medical professional in an inpatient or outpatient setting depending on severity.
Homer Medical Center MAT Program
Ninilchik Traditional Council Community Clinic
The intake process for addiction treatment programs is designed to make this first step in recovery as smooth as possible.
Most treatment facilities will arrange for intake to take place as soon as possible after a person seeks out or agrees to treatment. The process can take several hours, and it is typically fairly involved, including multiple interviews, questionnaires, and assessments.
The information provided through this process will help the treatment team determine the best plan of action moving forward.
Cook Inlet Counseling (CICADA)
Ideal Option
Ninilchik Traditional Council Community Clinic
Set Free Alaska
South Peninsula Behavioral Health Services “The Center”
SVT Health and Wellness
Outpatient Treatment is a professionally delivered substance use disorder treatment modality that requires daily to weekly attendance at a clinic or facility, allowing the patient to return home or to other living arrangements during non-treatment hours.
Cook Inlet Counseling (CICADA)
Ninilchik Traditional Council Community Clinic
Set Free Alaska
South Peninsula Behavioral Health Services “The Center”
A model of care for substance use disorder that houses affected individuals with others suffering from the same conditions to provide longer-term rehabilitative therapy in a therapeutic socially supportive milieu. Also known sometimes as in-patient treatment, although more technically, is medically managed or monitored whereas residential treatment does not have to be.
Residential Treatment
Freedom House
Set Free Alaska
Recovery-oriented care and recovery support systems help people manage their conditions successfully. These may include 12-step groups, peer or recovery support groups.
Recovery Residences: An alcohol- and drug-free living facility for individuals recovering from alcohol or other drug use disorders that often serves as an interim living environment between detoxification experiences or residential treatment and mainstream society. Also known as Sober Houses, Sober Living Houses (SLHs), Sober Living Homes, or Sober Living Environments.