Getting It Straight
AN ADDICTION TREATMENT PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
Since the beginning of colonization in the 16th century addiction has taken a devastating toll on Indigenous people and their communities. While there are plenty of addiction treatment out there, not many are created to help Indigenous people overcome the unique challenges they face when they enter into recovery and attempt to overcome their core issues. Getting It Straight was designed by an addictions counsellor who has spent over 20 years working with Indigenous clients and/or living with them. The program is similar to "The Matrix" but with modules designed to tackle many of the primary issues Native people face such as grieving, colonization, trauma and spirituality. This program can be delivered online one on one or we can also come into your community and deliver the treatment program onsite which would be followed by ongoing weekly support recovery sessions.
Getting It Straight
AN ADDICTION TREATMENT PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
Most people who start an addiction recovery program don’t really understand to what extent their perceptions, values, thinking patterns and emotional coping strategies have been compromised and distorted by addiction. Consequently, their journey back to health and happiness often fall short of full recovery because they don’t understand just how profoundly they were affected. Many of them are often barely hanging on to their sobriety, have gone back into using or are still clean and sober but are not as happy as they had hoped for and/or still carry unresolved issues and trauma.
The program is much more extensive and longer lasting than anything else ever developed. The entire program lasts one year. It begins with 20 weeks of one on one counselling followed by 32 weeks of weekly support recovery meetings. Clients are supported long enough for them to learn the skills they need to break free of their addiction AND learn how to establish a lifestyle that supports their recovery. Most residential addiction treatment programs send people home after a few weeks only to see them relapse within a few months. Clients in our program are supported for as long as they need (several years if desired) to ensure that they firmly establish a recovery lifestyle and work on the long terms issues and changes that will take their recovery beyond mere sobriety into real life-changing healing and growth.
In addition to being designed for Indigenous clients with extra modules on grieving, trauma, colonization, residential school and spirituality, it also offers the convenience of either delivering the program to one person at a time or coming to your community to deliver the program should you have a group of people who could benefit from going through the program together. This is often a good option for communities who have a huge waitlist of people waiting for treatment due to the backlog created by the COVID pandemic.
COMPARISON TABLE
TRADITIONAL TREATMENT PROGRAMS
OUR TREATMENT PROGRAM
Program Length: 4 weeks
Group Counselling: Included
One on One Counselling: Not included
Family/couples counselling: Not Included
Must leave home and work to attend treatment
Life long access to addiction resources and support: Not Included
Relapse Stats: 80% relapse rate within 2 months of completing program
Cost: $15,000-$30,000 per month
Program Length: 1 year
Group Counselling: Included
One on One Counselling: Included
Family/couples counselling: Included
Remain at home and work while attending treatment
Life long access to addiction resources and support: Included
Success Stats: Over 70% still clean and sober after 3 years
Cost: $7500 for one full year
One On One Counselling
Aftercare
On-Going Support
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Program Outline
Getting It Straight
Program Curriculum
Module One
The True Nature of Addiction
Module Two
Defining Addiction
Module Three
The Phases of Recovery
Module Four
The Process of Change
Module Five
Learning To Feel Again
Module Six
Reclaiming Our Feelings
Module Seven
Addiction and Colonization
Module Eight
Addiction and Spirituality
Module Nine
Breaking Through Denial
Module Ten
Mending Broken Bonds
Module Eleven
Mending Broken Bonds Part II
Module Twelve
Trauma in Recovery
Module Thirteen
Trauma in Recovery Part II
Module Fourteen
Grief in Recovery
Module Fifteen
Grief in Recovery Part II
Module Sixteen
Preventing Relapse
Module Seventeen
Building a Strong Recovery
Module Eighteen
Strong Recovery Part II
Module Nineteen
Strong Recovery Part III
Module Twenty
How Addiction Affects Families
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