Zen Provide Holistic Treatments For Drug & Alcohol Dependency

Holism is the idea that systems(physical, biological, chemical, social, economic, mental, linguistic) and their properties should be viewed as wholes, not just as a collection of parts, and at Zen they provide holistic treatments for drug and alcohol addiction.

Substance use disorders, including alcohol dependency or withdrawal and drug dependency, affect every dimension of an individual’s mental, social, physical and spiritual life – they can also be life-threatening. At Zen, their treatment philosophy represents a fusion of contemporary addiction medicine and clinical sciences with an immersion in the 12-step recovery program to treat all aspects of the person (holistically).

Emotional: Therapy, group and one on one

Financial: Support to sort out financial concerns

Social: Connections with family

Spiritual: Meditation and Mindfulness

Physical: Healthy eating and daily exercise

Intellectual: Education on the disease

Environmental: located on 3.5 acres of landscaped gardens. All rooms look out over the Waitakere ranges.

Occupational: re-connecting with your passions

Recognising that you need help is the first step in recovering from drug or alcohol addiction, and at Zen they assess all their guests using the DSM-IV Assessment criteria for drug and alcohol dependence. A ‘Yes’ answer to three or more questions in the DSM-IV criteria within the last 12 months identifies an individual as being dependent on a substance. Do any of the following apply to you?

Increased tolerance over time

Withdrawal when stopping use

An increase in the amount you use over time and use for longer periods

A desire or repeated attempts to quit or cut down

Large proportion of time/activity spent using, obtaining and/or recovering

Social/ occupational/ recreational activities given up or reduced because of use or recovery

Continued use despite knowledge of adverse consequences

Holistic treatment attempts to heal the whole person (mind, body and spirit), and to do so, it focuses on treating the person rather than the alcoholism. The holistic approach tends to consider drinking and drug taking a symptom of underlying problems, so for more information on drug rehab Auckland, Holistic Treatment, Alcohol Dependency and Treatment and Drug Dependency please go to www.zendetox.co.nz .