Mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and PTSD are common among people who use alcohol and drugs. In many cases, addiction develops when a person uses substances – legal or illegal – to manage the uncomfortable symptoms of mental health disorders.
At Honu House, we know it’s essential to treat addiction and any accompanying mental health disorders at the same time, with parallel and interrelated modes of support. Evidence shows that the symptoms of mental health disorders can exacerbate the symptoms of addiction, and vice versa. Treating one without treating the other most often means unsatisfactory outcomes for both.
In other words, treating only mental health or only addiction is ineffective: without addressing the root causes of addiction and any co-occurring mental health issues, achieving and maintaining sustainable sobriety can be challenging.
Mental health disorders such as depression or anxiety are most often caused by a combination of genetics, environmental factors, family dynamics, and individual experiences such early trauma or adverse childhood circumstances.
If you have a family history of mental health disorders and regularly use alcohol or drugs to manage, mitigate, or control unwanted thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, you may have developed an addiction in order to manage a mental health disorder.
If you have a diagnosis for mental health disorder and use alcohol and/or drugs to manage the symptoms, and you’ve tried to stop using alcohol/drugs to manage the symptoms but cannot, you may have both a mental health disorder and addiction, or co-occurring disorders.
If you or someone you know has a mental health disorder and regularly uses alcohol or drugs, it may be time to seek help.
The most effective treatment for co-occurring mental health and addiction disorders follows an integrated, holistic template that addresses all areas of life affected by co-occurring mental health and addiction: emotional, behavioral, psychological, personal, interpersonal, vocational, academic, and others.
What works best for you depends on you, your individual needs, goals and circumstances, your personal medical history, and your mental health/addiction treatment history. If you’ve tried to manage your mental health and alcohol/substance on your own, tried professional treatment before, or this is the first time you’ve considered seeking professional support, your long-term recovery plan at Honu House will include the following components:
It’s important to remember that recovery is a journey, and finding the right treatment and support system is key to success
While other treatment centers offer a wide range of components in their treatment plans and call the approach holistic, at Honu House, we go above and beyond what’s typical: we live the holistic ethos all day, every day.
Each morning begins with breath work, and your daily schedule balances the best of standard treatment – counseling, therapy, medication if needed – with the best of holistic, integrated approaches. Our core commitment to breathing, mindfulness, meditation, experiential connection to nature, peer support within the 12-step paradigm, and a focus on compassion, empathy and understanding set us apart, and make us one of the only truly holistic rehab centers anywhere.
We get to know who you are, learn about your goals for treatment, and pay close attention to what resonates with you. Then we create a treatment plan that addresses your immediate needs and gives you the tools you need to begin your recovery journey with the best chance of sustainable, lifelong success. From individual counseling to group therapy sessions, from water therapy to group counseling, from outdoor excursions to 12-step meetings, our programs are designed to provide you with the tools and support necessary to achieve and maintain lifelong sobriety and abstinence.
At Honu House, we offer the best possible holistic treatment for the following mental health disorders when they co-occur with alcohol or drug addiction:
Anxiety
Anxiety is a mental health disorder characterized by persistent worry or fear that can disrupt daily life and typical function. More on Anxiety Treatment >>
Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder is a type of mental health disorder characterized by alternating periods of mania, i.e. excess energy and optimism, and hypomania, i.e. depressive periods that resemble those experienced by people with depressive disorder. More on Bipolar Disorder Treatment >>
Depression
Major depressive disorder (MDD), a.k.a. depression, is diagnosed when people experience specific types of depressive symptoms – low mood, hopelessness, sadness – every day for two weeks or more. It’s common for people with depression to self-medicate with alcohol or drugs. More on Depression Treatment >>
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder occurs when a person experiences unwanted, recurring thoughts, called obsessions, that provoke time-consuming behaviors, called compulsions, which together can be disturbing, uncomfortable, and impair daily function across life domains..More on OCD Treatment >>
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Trauma-Related Disorders
PTSD is a mental health disorder that can develop in the aftermath of any experience in which an individual feels threatened, fears for their life, or experiences significant fear, terror, or helplessness. Symptoms may include excess jumpiness, anger, depression, and other disruptive. More on PTSD Treatment >>
Personality Disorder
Personality disorders are mental health conditions that involve patterns of thought, perception, self-perception, ideas about the self and others, behaviors, and beliefs that don’t match objective reality or the way others see and experience the same things. These ideas and thoughts can create severe distress. More on Personality Disorder Treatment >>
Our holistic approach to drug addiction treatment includes the same evidence-based therapies and personalized treatment plans as those we use for alcohol addiction, customized to address the nuances of your specific addiction diagnosis. The goal is the same: identify, address, and resolve the root causes of drug addiction so you can move past the cycles of addiction, implement effective strategies to maintain sobriety, and live the life you want to live, free from drug use and addiction.
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People with mental health disorders may use alcohol or drugs to manage their symptoms. This can lead to escalating mental health symptoms and alcohol or drug addiction. Evidence shows that when a person has co-occurring disorders, treating one disorder without treating the other can impede treatment progress, and in some cases, can exacerbate the symptoms of both disorders. By addressing both addiction and mental health disorders, we give our patients with co-occurring disorders a real opportunity to move forward on their healing journey.
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Our holistic approach to alcohol addiction treatment includes evidence-based therapies and personalized treatment plans designed to identify, address, and resolve the root causes of alcohol addiction. Daily 12-step meetings and a robust menu of alternative modalities allow for truly a self-directed treatment experience, supervised and facilitated by our expert team of clinicians. We prioritize patient well-being and create a supportive interpersonal environment in one-of-kind location – it’s literally an island paradise – where you can grow and thrive in recovery.
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