TEACH Program - Don't Tell Them, SHOW Them You are Changing

Sober Living by the Sea's Extended Care and TEACH College Programs were created for just this purpose: taking action and showing them you can succeed in recovery.

For years the founders of our treatment centers would watch newly sober individuals with good intentions promise their parents or loved ones that they would change and become more responsible. Often, after a short detox and then 30 days of treatment, many believe they are ready. "Just give me a car and a apartment and I will show you it will be different this time."

In many cases that is not reality. Recovering people truly mean what they say when they make promises, but they do not have the support system to follow through.

Time and time again we have seen that individuals who leave our structured setting for a living situation where they are no longer accountable to anyone quickly lose the foundation or routine they had been building. Before long they are drinking and/or drugging again.

We have developed a program 25 years in the making that provides the structure that allows the client to succeed in going back to school or getting and keeping a job. The program of sobriety that we show people here is a program of action. We characterize addiction as being cunning, baffling, and powerful. We have learned that we when a client identifies their goals, they can become driven to succeed in their goals. We leverage this by putting them in a situation that is supportive and also allows them to achieve their goals.

Clients in any of our programs are tested three times a week.  They will have coaches and case managers helping them stay accountable by getting into a routine that always puts their sobriety first.  This allows the long term pursuance of those school or career goals. Our ultimate goal is for a client to leave us with a solid routine that allows them to stay sober one day at a time anywhere in the country. History has shown that investing several months in the treatment process makes the long term likelihood of success much higher.

Every client is different and that is why our multidisciplinary team of trained specialists will meet frequently to discuss their findings on the man or woman in treatment and adjust the treatment program accordingly.

Some clients will have the goals of completing some semesters at school while others will want to get a job.   Some will want to leave us and be completely self supporting  for the first time.  Many have achieved this but it is can be surprisingly difficult and also is just as rewarding.

Sober Living by the Sea is a treatment center that has pioneered these tracks for recovery. It is all about action and more action. Less talk and more action! We will help you show them your routine and show them your pay stub, and show them your diploma. First things first.

- Kelly K.