What is Treatment?

BROADWAY LODGE

Broadway Lodge is a charity providing treatment for addiction to alcohol, drugs and food at Weston-Super-Mare. The total number of beds registered by the Commission for Social Care Inspection at the centre is 55. The staff team has considerable experience and expertise in the treatment of addiction and Broadway Lodge is one of the leading centres in Europe.

TREATMENT

Treatment is based on the Minnesota Method and is sometimes preceded by a medical assessment. On admission, a physical examination is carried out and detoxification prescribed where necessary. Support is offered by the medical team with a range of alternative therapies e.g. auricular acupuncture, massage, Indian Head Massage, Reflexology, Reiki, Hopi candles, stress management, relaxation classes.

The intensive programme lasts approximately eight weeks and comprises group therapy, individual counselling and education concerning all aspects of addiction. There are five phases of treatment based on the steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous, Families Anonymous and Al-Anon. The most important and difficult phase of treatment is to break through a patient’s denial. Denial is the primary symptom of the addiction – for this is the condition which tells you that you do not have it! Once patients have accepted their addiction, they are able to progress through the programme to begin their recovery. Due to the nature of condition, people tend to isolate themselves. Treatment encourages people to work, mix and share together. Bedroom accommodation is similarly shared.

PATIENTS

Patients are encouraged to talk with each other about their experiences and problems both in and out of group therapy. This sharing is the major therapeutic tool in the process of recovery. The daily schedule is very structured so the patient is wholly occupied throughout.

SECONDARY CARE

Some patients come from backgrounds where they have little or no personal support system or perhaps from difficult and sometimes traumatic domestic situations. They feel unable to cope with the return home and need more time to themselves before attempting to do so. Such patients are offered a place in our Secondary Care Unit, for a further three months, where the programme is aimed at further helping patients to re-enter the community. Patients are re-taught the life and social skills so often neglected through the addictive years. They are also encouraged to participate in voluntary work and, above all, to take responsibility for their own recovery and look after their own needs. During their stay, patients will have been introduced to the philosophy and practice of the self-help groups, Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous, Families Anonymous and Al-Anon and are advised to continue their involvement on discharge.

AFTERCARE FOLLOW-UP

Before leaving Broadway Lodge, an appointment is made for the first aftercare visit. This is to return for a day for further group therapy and individual counselling within the Aftercare Programme (this is run as a separate and focused Aftercare process). Patients are encouraged to attend at regular intervals during the first year of recovery but are free to contact us at any time for any help or support needed.

FAMILY / CO-DEPENDENTS

We offer a programme for family member / co-dependents who have neglected their physical and emotional needs to such an extent that more intensive and specialised help is needed. The programme is similar to that of Primary Care for chemically addicted patients but focuses on issues related to co-dependency. The goals of this treatment programme are to help people regain a sense of their own direction, to enhance personal growth and restore self-esteem.

THREE-DAY FAMILY PROGRAMME (RESIDENTIAL)

It is our experience that relatives or close friends of an alcoholic or drug-addicted person often need help for themselves. Over the years they have become obsessed with the drug taking or drinking family member to the exclusion of their own emotional and physical needs, becoming drawn into the pattern of behaviour of the chemically dependent and eating disorder person. Our three-day Family Programme seeks to encourage family members to detach themselves from their desire to control the addict or alcoholic and to give priority to fulfilling their own needs.

FIVE DAY RENEWAL PROGRAMME (RESIDENTIAL)

The Renewal Programme is a residential workshop which aims to provide an opportunity for those already in an established recovery to review their progress and future direction. The programme comprises group therapy with a focus on both individual issues and group dynamics. Exploration of feelings, thoughts, beliefs and self provide an opportunity for further insight, change and growth.

PROFESSIONAL STAFF

Treatment is carried out by a highly specialised, multi-disciplinary team comprising medical staff, trained counsellors, administration and support staff. The clinic is run as a therapeutic community.

THE GOAL OF RECOVERY IS THE WHOLE PERSON

Addiction is characterised, not only by an inability to control the use of alcohol and drugs, but also by a delusional state of mind in which the sufferers are unable to recognise their dependence or the behavioural consequences of that dependence. Recovery must be based on abstinence.

Therapy within this model seeks to break through this delusion and re-acquaint the patient with reality and the need for positive behaviour changes in order to establish a responsible life style which is necessary for recovery.

The high success rate of our treatment is thought to be related to the great emphasis placed on the need for continuing support through involvement with self-help groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous, Families Anonymous and Al-Anon. Attendance at such group helps to maintain healthy thought processes in the patient and reinforces the need for continuing positive changes thereby safeguarding against relapse. The ultimate aim of our treatment philosophy is a contented, responsible, stable, clean and sober life style

THE 5 PHASES OF TREATMENT

Phase 1 – Denial
Recognition of the impact and reality of alcoholism, drug dependency, eating disorders and co-dependency. Acceptance of unmanageability of one’s own life. Recognition of dishonesty with self and others. Acceptance of abstinence as a goal for recovery.

Phase 2 – Hope
Recognition of the need to change past behaviour and attitudes. Recognition of the ability to change, and that the programme is the vehicle for change.

Phase 3 – Trust
A commitment to change and abstinence. Observation and identification of changes. Modification in the need to control others. Aftercare and Rehabilitation planning.

Phase 4
Preparation of a written detailed list of specific personal character deficits and assets, relating to past behaviour.

Phase 5
Participation in a personal in-depth interview to explore, with another person, deficits relating to past behaviour and assets relating to current behaviour.

ADMISSION

Referrals are accepted from any source: doctors, social workers, probation officer, friends, family, ex-patients or self-referral. Initial contact should be with the

Contracts, Assessments & Admissions Officers
Tel: 01934 815515
E-mail: Admissions@broadwaylodge.org.uk
Web: www.broadwaylodge.org.uk

Payment for treatment may be made through various means – personal income, health insurance, company sponsorship, Health Authorities or Local Authorities. Further details of costs and procedures will be explained by our Contracts, Assessments & Admissions Officers.

Broadway Lodge
Totterdown Lane, off Oldmixon Road
Weston-super-Mare  BS24 9NN

Tel: 01934 812319
Web: www.broadwaylodge.org.uk

 

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