Ibogaine provides dramatic change for many people who have substance use disorder, PTSD, chronic pain, traumatic brain injury, alcohol addiction and other mental health issues. However, sustained recovery or sobriety is dependent on the steps you take after ibogaine treatment.
What is AfterCare?
It’s important to understand that ibogaine is not a cure. Rather, it provides people with a significant headstart on recovery, particularly for people with substance abuse issues and withdrawal symptoms. Aftercare refers to the post-treatment care, support, and lifestyle changes people take advantage of immediately after treatment. Ibogaine provides people with a window of time to change their lives. The changes they make when they leave our facility will determine how successful their treatment will be.
Why is Aftercare Important?
Aftercare is important to ensure that ibogaine is not a temporary fix. Sometimes, patients look to ibogaine to remove withdrawal symptoms and allow them to return to their previous routine quickly. However, this approach increases the chance of relapse. Aftercare involves creating a plan to avoid relapse triggers, focus on recovery, and change your lifestyle. Comprehensive aftercare solutions allow you to take full advantage of the profound effects of ibogaine.
How to Plan Your Aftercare?
You should begin creating your aftercare plan as soon as you decide to take ibogaine. Having a plan in place will allow you to maximize the effects of your treatment. While ibogaine can help treat physical withdrawal symptoms, there are many more factors involved in addiction. Ibogaine treatment may provide a retreat from some of these factors, but many of them return once people leave our facility. It’s important to make an aftercare plan that includes avoiding relapse triggers. Here are three steps that can help you reduce the risk of a relapse after ibogaine treatment.
1. Change Your Setting
For many people, their addictions and triggers are closely tied to their environment. If they were around other people who were using, returning to those relationships significantly increases the chances of relapse. In addition, many people beginning their recovery journey face significant obstacles, professionally, socially, and financially. Returning to these situations right away can cause them to become overwhelmed and relapse. For all these reasons, we strongly recommend that people do not return to their old home or routine right away after taking ibogaine. To succeed and maintain their sobriety, they need to prepare themselves for a new life. One of the best ways to do this is to remove yourself from your old life, at least temporarily. This can help you adjust to sobriety in a new setting without any of your old triggers.
2. Take Time For Your Recovery
One of the reasons people might relapse after ibogaine is that they do not take enough time to focus on their recovery. They may feel internal or external pressure to return to their old job, social life, or relationships. However, returning to their normal roles or attempting to take on new responsibilities too quickly can be a factor in relapse.
There are several ways to set aside time to focus on recovery. It might be helpful to stay with friends or family in a new state. Other patients enter in-patient or out-patient recovery programs. For patients who are limited financially, we recomend the program WWOOF. This program places people on organic farms where they are given food and housing in exchange for working during the week. This program is a low-cost way to set up a new routine in a new location, away from potential triggers or your old social scene. Whatever you choose, it’s important to set up a plan that will provide you with the time and setting to focus on your recovery.
3. Choose the Programs That Will Work For You
There are a variety of programs designed to support sobriety that can be useful as part of aftercare. Some people prefer 12-step programs, while others may benefit the most from alternative programs or individual therapy. We recommend SMART Recovery, a science-based program that is now widely available. This program offers online meetings, which can be useful for people who may be transitioning to a new location as part of their recovery.
Start Your Recovery Today
At Experience Ibogaine, we do our best to support each patient with their aftercare. While you are at our facility, we provide holistic wellness treatments, individual therapy, and personalized nutrition. Once you leave, we provide two therapy sessions and two ibogaine boosters to help you maintain your recovery. If you have any questions about planning your aftercare, get in touch with our intake coordinators. We are here to help you get personalized ibogaine treatment and develop an effective aftercare plan.
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