A treatment program offers three paths: abstinence, targeted abstinence, and managed use. Clients can switch between them as their needs change. Someone might start with abstinence, then move to having a glass of wine if it supports their recovery without triggering relapse.
As far as our treatment program goes, clients can pick their track, either abstinence, targeted abstinence, or managed use. The best part about it though is they're not locked into that. If you come in and say, I want to abstain, and you would say like, I want to come in and I want to manage my use, great. But along the line, as you make, as you progress towards that goal, you may notice that when you do have alcohol or when you do smoke marijuana, you can feel yourself being triggered more and more to actually go back to using. The substance that you're trying to avoid. And that's totally great. You can always up your level of care if you decide, like, maybe I don't want to be abstinent. I can drink a glass of wine with my family or with friends casually and not have that trigger me to go back to meth. That's totally cool too. Like, it's your journey. Who am I to tell you what you should be doing on your journey?
