Concerned Persons Workshop Saturday 4th January 2025 here at the centre from 9.45am. Contact reception on 01-4946358 for more information or to book spaces. Read More
Participating in our Continuing Care Program immediately following your treatment is a vital part of a successful recovery.
All graduates of the residential program and the outpatients program are required to enter in our continuing care program for 12 to 24 months after their treatment finishes. Participating in our Continuing Care Program immediately following your treatment is a vital part of a successful recovery. A personalised approach is applied in the development of your care plan and begins in the last couple of weeks of your treatment. You will work with your counsellors and a continuing care coordinator to help formulate your Recovery Plan and support group assignment.
Whilst treatment at the Rutland Centre is generally very successful, staying sober or clean is not easy and requires constant commitment. It is important that you attend your continuing care group and your fellowship meetings (AA, GA, NA and so on). It means practising the disciplines of recovery one day at a time, and being vigilant and mindful of triggers towards possible relapse.
As you leave treatment, you will be required to attend Relapse Prevention Sessions which focus on identifying and recognising the factors leading to relapse, addressing the issues and learning new techniques and disciplines to avoid relapse. This group meet every Saturday morning and provide vital support for you in your transition.
The continuing care office is the focal point of the continuing care program and we are available to assist your transition and support you in any way you can. It is important to your recovery that you stay connected to all supports. If it's a quick check-in or a concern, we are still there for you after you leave the house.
Remember - it's much better for you to ring us before a relapse than afterwards!
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"I came here in 2009. I was just pretty broken and lost inside and I had been doing some counselling for maybe 10 months. Up until that point I had no idea that I was suffering with addiction for me unlike many people with addiction, mine wasn't really manifesting on the outside it was more internal stuff while..."
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"I never thought I’d have to darken the doors as a patient in The Rutland, The Priory, or any rehab centre at all. I mean look at me, I’m 36 years old, handsome enough looking girl, working in finance - doesn’t sound like your typical addict does it now?"
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"I was the normal sort of teenager, you know what I mean - I would have been out with the lads and drinking, stuff like that. Then before I know it, you start hanging around with different crowds of people and you start getting introduced to people and before i know there's a lot of drugs on..."
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"I spent nearly 30 years in turmoil. This included self-harm, starving myself, and self medicating with drugs and alcohol to alleviate the pain and despair that I lived with daily. I attempted suicide on several occasions, I was hospitalised many times, in psych wards and in John of Gods a few times.”
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“I remember feeling lost, afraid, sick, angry and shocked, but most of all betrayed. That day changed me forever. Until then, I had felt safe and loved with my husband. He was my best friend and I trusted him with my life. After that, I never felt safe again. My world as I knew it was gone.”
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"As far as I can remember I was 33 years old that year. I've no doubt it was self-medication with me and I had very little tolerance for alcohol so I'd be crying in a corner, she knew very easily. I didn't have my first drink until my..."