Christian treatment centers treat drug and alcohol addictions among people of the Christian faith. They also treat people who are willing to accept a Christian outlook on recovery, even if those people don’t go to church or as yet have a strong faith in God. Many people who enter recovery have a newfound faith that they want to explore. A Christian approach to treating drug and alcohol addiction is more about the approach than the current faith of the patient. As treatment proceeds, faith may blossom.
First things first, though. If someone has a substance abuse problem, inpatient treatment centers are often the first thought to cross their mind in terms of getting help. It’s a safe, quiet place where no physical temptation, such as the presence of drugs or alcohol, is around the recovering person. Medical treatment may be an option in some cases. There’s a friendly, compassionate staff on hand 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to make sure the person is recovering.
How Christian Treatment Centers Work
All addiction is a disease where a person loses things that are vitally important to them. A lot of people find that they lose friends and treasured family relationships over the course of using. They might lose jobs or have to drop out of school. As all of the good things in life are replaced by the drug, the sufferer begins to feel alienated from all they held dear. A Christian outlook on life might have at one point been present. Losing that outlook can leave an emptiness that’s painful.
Christian treatment centers work to restore the good things of life to sufferers. Instead of drugs, you’ll find yourself learning about the Christian faith and how it brings healing and goodness to the lives of people who’ve gone astray. You might participate in prayer sessions or be asked to privately pray for strength. You’ll learn about how your disease affected you and altered your life and how you can use a Christian outlook to get that faith back.
What if I don’t go to church?
Church is only one part of the Christian faith. Yes, most Christians choose to participate in church services, but not all Christians go to church or go to church regularly. That’s okay. You might say that the most important people to the church are the people who aren’t there, the ones who have gone astray and might benefit from the healing messages that church has to offer.
Because church is only one part of having a strong faith, it’s okay to enter a Christian treatment center even if you haven’t gone to church in years. It’s okay even if you’ve never gone or don’t particularly believe in God at the moment. Church is for non-believers, too, and its healing messages can reach those who have so far closed their eyes and ears to that message.
A Christian outlook on Recovery
When stripped of its historical context, the Christian faith embodies all of the principles of recovery: courage, perseverance, belief in something greater than what’s weighing you down, and hope. Just about anyone in recovery can take hold of that message of hope and have it apply to their situation, even if they’ve moved away from faith in the past because of life circumstances. Don’t assume that just because you don’t go to church or don’t have a strong faith in God that a spiritual approach to recovery won’t work for you.
In recovery, the goal is to work just as hard to stay off drugs as you did to stay on them. You’ve believed in and used drugs to solve problems in your life, and it has turned into an unhealthy addiction. That same belief you had in drugs is a belief you can use just as strongly in recovery. Instead of believing in the power of a drug to solve problems, you can believe in the power of a Christian recovery and throw all your strength into getting and staying well. Christian treatment centers welcome people of all kinds into their fold. They want to help you see that there is a better, healthier, and more fulfilling way to live your life, free of the chains of drugs and alcohol. Even if you don’t go to church, their doors are open to you, waiting to help.
If you believe a Christian treatment center can help you get well from substance abuse, please call us today at 844-903-2111 to see how we can help.
