Relapse Recovery Program II

By the time a Mayflower Center client has advanced to this twelve week period of treatment (Phase II & III), certain milestones and successes have been achieved.

These include:

• A better sense of self
• Less resistance to treatment and authority
• Decrease of dysfunctional dependence
• Emancipation from unhealthy relationships has begun
  
• Maintaining therapeutic advances so that clients arrive in group and therapy sessions equipped to discuss relevant issues
  
• Leadership and Service are outwardly visible

Additional core milestones affixed to this period of treatment include:

• Completion of a 4th & 5th step
• Recognition and acceptance of the ongoing nature of their recovery process
• Core family work
• Desire for emancipation and setting healthy boundaries become self driven
• Clients are more focused and begin to recognize enhanced self-awareness
• Advancement to maintenance Steps Of Alcoholics Anonymous

During Phase II & III of treatment the client transitions into a living environment more centrally located in San Rafael. Real world issues and triggers are naturally introduced as part of this process. Clients begin to come face to face with uncomfortable emotions and situations that garner positive therapeutic opportunities. While still being monitored and randomly drug tested under the close supervision of our staff we begin to delve deeper into the core of the client’s relapse potential. In addition to completing a 4th & 5th step during this phase of treatment, our clients, in fact, work all twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, during which time they begin to put essential life-skills learned to practice