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New Day Center for Adult Addictions

Addiction is seldom simple. In fact, it often involves a whole array of complex factors ranging from Family and social issues to medical, environmental, vocational and psychological concerns. Yet, our experience at New Day Center confirms that people with addiction are highly treatable and have a strong likelihood of long-term recovery.

Established in 1978, New Day Center is one of the first chemical dependency programs in the western suburbs. Our Medical Director, Richard J. Ready, M.D., is on of the country's first physicians to become board certified in addiction medicine. Today, with more than 7,000 patients in recovery, we're also one of the largest and most successful chemical dependency programs.

As part of our mission to be responsive to community needs, New Day creates programs to support people with addictions in a changing society. Our newest programs help special needs groups, including those addicted to gambling or nicotine and medical professionals addicted to drugs.

Our Program
We attribute our success at New Day Center to a combination of factors:
Our approach is holistic, designed to recognize and treat each individual's physical, mental, social and spiritual needs. For instance, in treating legal or medical professional impaired by addiction, we recognize the differences in their recovery issues and concerns with state licensing. New Day works with the State of Illinois monitoring organization to gain approval for a return to work for medical professionals.

There are no one-size-fits all programs. We treat every patient as a unique individual and base therapy on a complete assessment of the person's individual major life areas

New Day delivers seamless care. In addition to stabilizing a person in crisis, we offer plans of care the present each patient with the highest chance of long-term recovery. Seamless care also means that we help patients' transition from one level of treatment to the next. Each plan of care is developed with the input of the patient's medical team and family.

Our programs include two years of Aftercare Groups for patients, their family and friends. Of the individuals who complete our Aftercare Program, more than 90 percent are sober at the end of two years.

Education for both patients and family is a key component of our program. For the patient, education is an important tool when it is coupled with motivational counseling and confrontation to break down the wall of denial that is typical of the person with an addiction. And, when family, partners and friends know as much as possible about the disease of addiction, they are more able to fully support the patient's recovery. We offer a variety of seminars, workshops and support groups to help family and friends understand the role each can play in the recovery process.

When individuals enter treatment through the intervention of an employer or Employee Assistance Program, it's important for employers to be involved as much as possible in the person's return to work. New Day Center staff and counselors report Aftercare progress, drug screen results and attendance records to employers as part of the comprehensive long-term follow-up for employees. We also offer our comprehensive educational resources to employers.

Finally, we are committed to making treatment convenient and affordable. Most insurance companies cover the cost of treatment for chemical dependency. Our admissions staff is happy to verify insurance coverage or to work out an acceptable financial arrangement to meet your needs.

Treatment Options
We recognize addiction as a progressive disease that affects every aspect of a person's life, as well as the lives of his or her family, friends and even employers. And experience shows that the best way to help those dependent on alcohol, chemicals, gambling or other addition is through a continuum of care that encourages new ways of interacting in relationships. Therapy is geared toward enabling patients to replace harmful patterns of behavior with trust care and honesty.

We deliver a broad range of treatment options geared to help individuals with addictions find and maintain sobriety. In addition to a comprehensive medical detoxification, we offer both traditional an innovative outpatient programs.

Invention: Denial is sometimes the biggest obstacle to recovery. As part of its Behavioral Health program, Adventist Hinsdale Hospital offers Intervention - the process by which people who are close to the addicted individual present the facts about the person's addiction in a caring non-judgmental way. Facilitated by a professional, Intervention allows the addicted person to hear others' support and concerns, often the catalyst in the person acknowledging a need for help.

Medical Detoxification. Detoxification is the first important step in the recovery process. It is a period of abstinence from the substance or activity that fuels addiction. During detox, the body rids itself of the substance of activity and readjusts. People with severe addictions may be in danger of hurting themselves or others. They may also have multiple programs or a combination of physical and emotional disorders. Our Medical Detox takes place on an inpatient unit, offering a safe, structured place to begin the healing process. In Detox, patients gain the advantages of 24-hour observation, support and monitoring. Care is comprehensive; with the close proximity of Adventist Hinsdale Hospital's medical departments, patients also receive timely treatment for any medical problems.

Our approach to Detox is also functional, stabilizing the patient's condition and easing the move into the next phase of treatment by promoting community interaction and group activities. And, because we deliver seamless care, patients are only discharged with a plan for the next level of care.

Outpatient Day Hospital, or PHP - Partial Hospitals Program, enable patients who make enough progress in recovery to find long-term help with addiction by attending a daytime program and returning home each evening. This type of program allows patients to confront the challenges of recovery with the support of a highly structured program.

Intensive Evening Outpatient Program allows patients who meet certain criteria to continue working during the day and participate in recovery through intensive evening sessions.

Aftercare: Returning to a sober lifestyle takes discipline and understanding. It's easy for the recovering patient to feel along and frustrated while trying to build a new life without addiction. In fact, the first two years after treatment seem to be the most difficult, a time when individuals struggle with recovery and are more likely to relapse.

New Day offers a two-year program of continuing support without additional charge for patients who complete our treatment. Approximately 350 people attend Aftercare every week. Our Aftercare program is the most extensive in the Chicago are and the reason, we believe, that more than 90$ of our patients who complete the two-years of Aftercare are sober at the end of the two years.

Another reason for our success is that we encourage recovering patients to actively participate in the recovery of others. With special training, they volunteer to facilitate Aftercare groups, bringing their first hand understanding of the hopes, fears and needs of the individual in recovery.

Discovery group and family outings, planned on a monthly basis, enable recovering patients and their families to have fun in a sober environment. This group offers safe place for creating a new life without exposure to alcohol, drugs or other addictive substances or activities. We believe that recovering people need to learn how to have fun sober for long-term recovery.

For more information about New Day Center
New Day Center admits patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For more information and answers to questions please call our Admissions Counselor at 630-856-7701.