Mike & Renee Brown w/Next Level Recovery/Sober Living Properties Host The Been There Done That Show

SALT LAKE CITY - Feb. 1, 2014 - PRLog -- Mike & Renee Brown with Next Level Recovery & Sober Living Properties Host The Been There Done That Show Sat 2-1-14 6pm mst Recovery and Community

Mike Brown is the owner of Next Level Recovery an Out Patient Treatment Center in SLC and SLP Sober Living Property’s Founders: In developing Next Level Recovery, Michael and Renee Brown collected a dedicated and effective team of professionals who assist clients in heroin treatment and recovery from substance abuse.  Michael and Renee have worked in a variety of inpatient and outpatient centers, where they have helped patients transition from a heroin treatment environment to a supportive housing environment and, ultimately, to self-supporting independence.  Michael and Renee have developed and continue to run a successful structured transitional housing program—Sober Living Properties—that provides housing and services to clients as they begin recovery from addiction.

Next Level Recovery is founded on sound evidence-based knowledge and is developed to accommodate the needs of those who seek heroin treatment.  Next Level Recovery takes a practical and therapeutic approach to heroin treatment that supports clients in the environment that is most comfortable and healthiest for them. Because Next Level Recovery is an outpatient heroin treatment and addiction recovery treatment center, clients can maintain their current work schedule, seek out new employment, and/or explore education during the treatment process. Individuals who are not currently working or setting educational goals will find encouragement and support as they face life’s challenges and set new dreams for their career, education, and life.

Healing and recovery are within reach when you take treatment and recovery to the “next level.” Our dedicated staff, at Next Level Recovery, provide treatment that will help ease your transition from dependency to a substance-free and healthy life. We make recovery easier by providing flexible schedules that allow you to continue living life on your terms.

The SLE (sober living environment) movement began on the West Coast in the United States and has spread around the country. SLEs provide much more than other transitional living environments. Many of them are structured around 12-step programs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-step_programs) and sound recovery methodologies. Many are also certified or governed by Sober Living Coalitions or Networks. Residents are often required to participate in 12-step meetings, take drug tests and show demonstrably that they are taking important steps to long lasting recovery.

A sober living house is an interim step on the path to sobriety where addicts can live in a supervised and sober environment with structure and rules, i.e. mandatory curfews, chores and therapeutic meetings. This can, however, invite corruption when certain people who have never had a position of authority before decide to play God. In this show, celebrity addicts, most of whom have spent the better part of their lives in the throes of addiction, will learn how to essentially start their lives over from the ground up. In many cases, successfully maintaining sobriety requires patients to alter everything about their previous lives when they were actively addicted to alcohol and other drugs. This could include changing jobs, eliminating friends and even abandoning loved ones who are deemed toxic to their sobriety.

Most sober livings are not co-ed, though plenty do exist. And some SLE's are Sober Colleges, which means they are centered solely on helping young people recover, and operate much like a sober dormitory. Many sober livings are an also intensive outpatient treatment center; which means that they provide a degree of medical care on-site. Often these homes are staffed in shifts by psychiatric nurses and licensed clinical social workers so that the residents (guests) can have 24hr supervision and centralized recovery care without the stress of cleaning or cooking.

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Guest Website: http://nextlevelrecovery.com/