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While substance abuse is thought to be a disease on its own, it is often caused by many underlying issues. Studies have shown a strong correlation in mental health and drug or alcohol addiction. A stressful job or home life can leave you looking for a way to escape. Untreated depression can cause you to self-medicate. These choices may help for a while but, you will soon find yourself unable to function without drugs or alcohol. At Avalon Malibu, we focus on treating the underlying causes of your addiction as well as the addiction itself. Mental health treatment in rehab has been shown to help patients maintain their sobriety once they have completed the program.

If you are suffering from one of the many forms of drug addiction, you probably feel like you are all alone with no way out. Our treatment plan is designed to help you heal your mind, body and spirit as well as teach you how to remain sober once you have completed the program. There are many types of therapies you may participate in during your stay at Avalon Malibu.

Attachment theory is a developmental model that attends to the adaptation of the child within the family environment and subsequently, through that lens, to the cultural environment into which the family is embedded.  This theoretical model lends itself to various disciplines that attempt to shed light on and bring healing and growth to our internal experience, as this is the sensory lens through which we make meaning of experience in the present - our unique subjective reality. Theoretical models often explain similar phenomenon in very different ways.  For instance, ego states may well be neural networks or memory systems working in relative isolation, as in a panic attack. This can symbolize for us how the brain takes in information, stores it, and accesses it in present situations.  As our knowledge increases scientifically, the disciplines evolve.

Addiction Pathways To Natural Community Support

Avalon Malibu Addiction Restoration Rings The Freedom Bell When people first arrive at Avalon Malibu, they often feel mixed emotions.  Encouraged to finally be making the necessary step to recover, yet, fearful of what life may be like ahead. The addicted individual has been trapped and more than likely experienced the feeling of being bound in the cycle of substance abuse. Depression often adds to this and accompanies the dire situation. Changes have occurred in the user's brain chemistry and now their brain is chemically and physiologically different from a normal brain. All of this is also perpetuated by physiological, psychological and emotional issues of dependency. An addict or alcoholic may understand the cycle of addiction, but will remain unable to break the recurrence of the cycle until they widen their sight to seek help.

Avalon Malibu Planting The Seeds Of Change Drug abuse and addiction rehab treatment requires planting new seeds of change and learning fresh ways of doing things that incorporate positive actions to take root.  Motivational incentives taught at therapeutic communities such as Avalon Malibu are highly structured programs in which patients remain in residence for a set period of time. Avalon Malibu treatment programs are a key agent of change to influence patient attitudes, perceptions, and behaviors associated with drug and alcohol abuse and all addictions.