Atlanta Intensive Outpatient Program
Our Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) in the Atlanta area is ideal for those who have successfully completed First Step Addiction Recovery Center’s Partial Hospitalization Program and wish to have continued support in developing the skills needed for a lifetime of sobriety. Our First Step Intensive Outpatient Program may also be appropriate as a starting point for care.
With decades of research backing up the Intensive Outpatient Program model, our program provides encouragement, love and counsel for those making progress with their treatment goals and commitment to recovery.
Patients typically participate in treatment three hours a day. Depending on an individual’s treatment needs, patients are in our Atlanta IOP five days a week for three to four weeks, and then step down to three days a week. This smooth transition allows patients to practice their recovery skills while reintegrating into the structure of work, school or volunteer work during the time they’re not in treatment.
Both day and evening hours are available at our reset IOP, a flexibility that many of our patients family, school and work responsibility appreciate.
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In IOP, patients continue to make progress and celebrate important recovery milestones. If an individual has come from a Partial Hospitalization Program, he or she will continue to build on the skills they’ve learned while acquiring new ones to help further their recovery, including:
- Continue to develop ways to recognize and cope with triggers by learning relapse prevention strategies.
- Build meaningful relationships and connect with peers who are seeking a sober path through fellowship groups and mutual aid groups such as 12-step recovery meetings.
- Learn to express emotions in a safe space.
- Discover strategies to reduce stress and anxiety to cope with the pressures and responsibilities of daily life while maintaining sobriety.
- Receive help with successfully managing co-occurring disorders such as depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
- Develop and integrate healthy lifestyle choices into their daily routine such as exercise, proper nutrition, and adequate sleep.