The program’s founders say that this is the key to long lasting change and why their success rate is so much better than the national average. This is a new, state-of-the-art approach rooted in emotional communication that uses recovery triggers rather than relapse prevention protocols. The program also recognizes that each person who turns to the program for help comes with a personal history and set of circumstances. However, it’s been developed for every addict, not just musicians. The Recovery Unplugged Treatment Program is a highly structured, multi-modal approach to therapy that uses music creation as a catalyst to break down barriers built throughout lives of addiction. “We are grateful for centers like Recovery Unplugged and are looking forward to working with them.”Ĭhief Campanello and businessman John Rosenthal have launched The Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (P.A.A.R.I.) - a new nonprofit organization created in response to Gloucester’s revolutionary drug addiction program and the immediate positive feedback from local, state and national organizations. “Adding a new partnership means we can save more precious lives than we could before,” Mayor Romeo Theken said. “Without the help of centers like Recovery Unplugged, our mission to save lives would not be possible.” “We are so thankful for the amount of support we have received from treatment centers all over the country,” Chief Campanello said. Click here to view the official police policy document. The policy went into effect earlier this month in an effort to address a growing opioid epidemic and to reduce the number of overdoses in Massachusetts. Under the initiative, a person suffering from the disease of addiction can turn over their remaining drug supply and paraphernalia to the Gloucester Police Department without the threat of arrest. The Gloucester Initiative places those who are struggling with addiction into treatment centers rather than jail cells. GLOUCESTER - Police Chief Leonard Campanello and Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken are pleased to report that Recovery Unplugged, a Florida-based treatment center, has partnered with the Gloucester Police Department’s ANGEL Initiative.Īs of today, 32 people have been placed into treatment programs through the ANGEL Initiative. I give it 4.8/5.Email: Recovery Unplugged Joins The Gloucester Initiative Overall, I would send anyone from my family there. Their website: has more information about their locations and stuff. Recovery Unplugged has success rates 4x the national average. Everyone was working their asses off though! The environment was laid back and the staff enjoyed working and being with the clients. When I was visiting it seemed like no one was working. This is a much-needed service for this population that experiences prejudice and social injustice on multiple levels. RU knows how substance use has impacted the LGBTQ community and offers individualized treatment options for people that identify as a part of this community. RU relies on support from local recovery to provide peer connection which is an important piece that often gets overlooked. Most of the staff are in recovery which offers a shared experience of the treatment and recovery process. Clients get individual care from psychiatrists and licensed therapists to address underlying issues like trauma and mental health concerns. Recovery Unplugged offers the full spectrum of services–detoxification, residential, Intensive Outpatient (IOP), Partial Hospitalization (PHP), and sober living. Music was playing from the detox center to the corporate offices. Music is everywhere! Every location that I visited had music playing and the genres ranged from hip-hop, alternative rock, to jazz. Each facility has a ‘stage’ and clients are encouraged to share and express themselves from the stage at different times. Music is powerful! Recovery Unplugged uses music to bypass defense mechanisms, build community, and to create healthy expressions of emotions. I can listen to a song and it can change my mood. One song can take me back to my childhood and I can remember all the details of an experience that was related to a particular song. Art, language, and music have been a part of all cultures since the beginning of time and which separates humans from all other species on our planet. This treatment program was started by a musician about 6 years ago in Florida which combines music into every aspect of their clinical care. Last week I had the pleasure of visiting an amazing addiction treatment program in Ft Lauderdale, Florida– Recovery Unplugged (RU).
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