About Central East Alcoholism & Drug Council – Charleston
Central East Alcoholism and Drug Council (CEAD) started as a detoxification and residential treatment program. After expanding and adding services, they used the name Hour House to reflect the nature of recovery being an hour by hour process. There are 10 locations in Illinois, including The Hour House on Division Street in Charleston. They accept Medicaid, Managed Care Medicaid and private insurance. They also take credit cards and private pay.
The Hour House in Charleston offers many services. These include intake assessments, adolescent and adult drug and alcohol detoxification, adult men’s residential programs for substance use and mental health treatment, a men’s halfway house and speaker’s bureau services.
Speaker’s bureau services are offered by staff. They give presentations to community groups, schools, churches and businesses about substance use prevention, spotting signs of use and intervention.
The men’s residential treatment program includes individual and group therapy. You’ll participate in cognitive behavioral change therapy. Relaxation and assertiveness training, recreational therapy and addiction counseling are part of the program. You may also choose family or couples therapy. All the therapies are an important part of the process of getting to the root of addiction issues. The length of your stay is determined by your intake assessment and progress in the program.
Many people use substances as a way to cope with co-occurring behavioral health disorders. Staff use a trauma informed treatment model in recognition that many people with substance use issues have had some source of trauma in their lives.
There’s also a men’s halfway house that provides a supportive living environment. While in the halfway house you’ll continue with a therapeutic structure for recovery. You’ll practice being responsible by having a full time job or continuing your education while receiving individual and group therapy services.
Their detox program is a social setting detox. This is for clients who don’t need medical management for their detox symptoms.
One former client felt they changed his life forever and that he no longer lives in the dark. Another said it was a great place that saved his life.
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