Frequently Asked Questions

Can I kick addiction without help?
While there are certainly some people who have stopped using without help, experience has shown that if the deeper issues causing or caused by the disease are not addressed, the individual continues many other destructive behaviors.  There is no cure for addiction and recovery is the process of staying open, honest and willing to learn how to live life in healthier ways physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.  The help of professionals and the recovery community are the most likely ways to gain and maintain a drug free lifestyle.

What do I need to do to get help?
Call your local mental healthy facility, contact your family doctor, go to a hospital if you are having symptoms of withdrawal, contact your local AA or NA groups, or tell someone who is able to get you to one of these resources depending on severity of current symptoms.  Do not give up until you get to the appropriate level of care.

How do I stay drug/alcohol free once I have been through treatment?
Recovery is the process of learning to live in healthy ways, including healing from past hurts and wounds, including those self-inflicted through the use of addictive substances.
It is a way of living which, like all lifestyles, requires commitment to its principles.  Just as one will take insulin if required to stay alive and healthy or as one will eat properly, get adequate sleep and rest, get adequate exercise, relaxation, socialization, fun, and work to stay healthy, one will need to engage in a steady diet of healthy thinking to stay emotionally, mentally, spiritually and ultimately physically healthy.

Who will see my records?
All client records are confidential and not to be accessed by anyone within the facility except on a “need to know” basis which includes billing, medical and clinical team, and administrative team.  For all any outside agent to obtain any information about client admission to or treatment at Day By Day, the client must have completed a  consent for release of specific information to that outside agent.  Exceptions to this include a court order or concern for the safety of another individual or the client. 

Do I have to be detoxed before coming to Day By Day?
Individuals seeking admission to Day By Day who require a medical detox must be detoxed at a facility which offers that service, oftentimes a hospital.  For individuals who have been using substances that do not require a medical detox, Day By Day will provide  social detox while they are in treatment.

Can my friends and family be involved in my treatment?
Day By Day welcomes friends and family members that clients approve for participation in the weekly Family Program on Saturdays for residential clients and on a group determined basis for outpatient groups.  In addition a client can request a conjoint with his or her primary counselors and a family member of other significant person in his or her life.

Can my friends and family be involved in my treatment?
Day By Day welcomes friends and family members that clients approve for participation in the weekly Family Program on Saturdays for residential clients and on a group determined basis for outpatient groups.  In addition a client can request a conjoint with his or her primary counselor and a family member or other significant person in his or her life.

Will I be allowed to have phone and visitation with family and friends while in treatment? 
All adults 18 or over who wish to visit clients at the center must first attend at least one Saturday Family Session.  Phone privileges begin for each client on his or her seventh day in the residential program. 

If I have medical problems, can I come to Day By Day?
Clients with medical problems must be approved by the medical staff at Day By Day before admission and must bring all medications with them for the duration of their time at Day By Day.

What kind of credentials do the counselors at Day By Day have?
Day By Day has a highly trained and credentialed staff of counselors, each primary possessing years of experience and certification as a counselor and several others possessing licensure as clinical addiction specialists.

What does a typical day look like at Day By Day?
Each day at Day By Day is well-structured with a healthy balance between work, recreation and rest periods.  The day begins at 6:15 a.m. with bathing and other hygienic routines, clean up of rooms, facility chores and breakfast at 7:30 a.m.  Clients have free time except going back to bed until 8:30 am when they meet with a clinical staff person for daily community where they can express concerns about the daily functioning of the facility and the staff person can express staff concerns.  From there clients go to their assigned groups for three hours of processing and 12 Step work.  After a one hour break including lunch, clients participate in psycho-education classes including a study hall and recreation for 45 – 60 minute intervals with breaks of about 10 – 15 minutes between.  Clients have free time from about 4:15 pm until dinner at 5:30 pm and then until about 6:15 pm when they have a psycho-ed class or other planned time with the substance abuse technician, followed by a 12 Step meeting either in the community or on the Day By Day grounds.  Clients are usually back from meetings around 9:30 and have free time until lights out at 11 p.m.  Saturday morning is Family Session time and the afternoons are less planned activity and more free time than other days.  Sunday is the only day without a three hour morning group session but a pastor is available for a voluntary participation Sunday morning service, a psycho-ed group, another in the afternoon after visitation from 1 to 3 p.m., and the usual 12 Step meeting out in the evening.

What is a typical group session like at Day By Day?
The three hour morning groups Monday through Friday are the primary time the clients spend with their group members and primary counselor.  Group begins at 8:45 am and with a break or two not to exceed 15 minutes, is usually out by noon or a little after.  Primary counselors use this time to engage clients in processing their addictive behaviors, the feelings and thinking behind those behaviors, and causes and consequences of those behaviors in an effort to assist the client in understanding his or her own triggers for substance use.  The client engages his or her issues and other group members in their own process, each always keeping the focus on him or herself, offering insights from his or her own experiences of behaviors, thoughts, and feelings to assist each other, also.  Each group generally includes an opportunity for clients to express concerns about their treatment, recovery process, and generally relationships with family, friends, self, Higher Power, and addiction.  This is done through morning check in of each client with the group, 12 Step work, and topics of common interest related to addiction.  This morning group work is considered the core component of each day’s work for clients.

Will I have opportunities to relax and have fun at Day By Day? 
Day By Day believes that treatment and recovery are about the addicted individual recovering the whole self and to that end fun and relaxation are necessary parts.  Indoor games, outdoor activities of horseshoes, volley ball, basketball, and walking, clients chatting with each other and staff, reading, meditation, writing and journaling, movies selected for content both teaching and appropriate entertaining, which generally includes a great deal of laughter, is all part of the healing process from the point of view of the Day By Day staff.