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About Next Steps For Change
Next Steps for Change is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering individuals struggling with substance use by providing peer support and recovery coaching services. Serving Monroe, La Crosse, and Vernon counties in Wisconsin, the center connects participants with trained peer support professionals who have personal experience in recovery, fostering a compassionate community that inspires hope and drives change.
The center offers comprehensive training programs for those in recovery who wish to become peer support professionals, including Recovery Coach Basics, Recovery Coach Academy, and certifications for Peer Specialists and Parent Peer Specialists. By employing individuals who have navigated the recovery process, Next Steps for Change ensures that support is grounded in shared understanding and mutual empowerment. This peer-led approach has been shown to enhance empowerment, social functioning, and overall quality of life for participants.
What sets Next Steps for Change apart is its role as a "hub" for peer support, seamlessly connecting individuals seeking assistance with peers who can walk alongside them on their recovery journey. The organization collaborates with other professionals to receive referrals and integrate services, creating a holistic support network that addresses the unique needs of each individual.
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Emerging adults ages 18-25 receive treatment catered to the unique challenges of early adulthood, like college, risky behaviors, and vocational struggles.
You can admit to this center with a primary substance use disorder or a primary mental health condition. You'll receive support each step of the way and individualized care catered to your unique situation and diagnosis.
A support service designed to help individuals identify and maintain their personal recovery goals, provide guidance and support, and connect them with recovery resources and community-based services.
A non-medicinal, wellness-focused approach that aims to align the mind, body, and spirit for deep and lasting healing.
Non-12-Step philosophies veer from the spiritual focus of the 12-Steps and instead treat the disease of addiction with holistic or secular modalities.
Providers using a strengths-based philosophy focus on the positive traits of their patients, creating a positive feedback loop that grows confidence.
Incorporating spirituality, community, and responsibility, 12-Step philosophies prioritize the guidance of a Higher Power and a continuation of 12-Step practices.
Wellness philosophies focus on the physical, mental, and spiritual wellness of each patient, helping them restore purpose with natural remedies.
Teaching life skills like cooking, cleaning, clear communication, and even basic math provides a strong foundation for continued recovery.
Based on the idea that motivation to change comes from within, providers use a conversational framework to discover personalized methods for change.
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Benzodiazepines are prescribed to treat anxiety and sleep issues. They are highly habit forming, and their abuse can cause mood changes and poor judgement.
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Cocaine is a stimulant with euphoric effects. Agitation, muscle ticks, psychosis, and heart issues are common symptoms of cocaine abuse.
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
Ecstasy is a stimulant that causes intense euphoria and heightened awareness. Abuse of this drug can trigger depression, insomnia, and memory problems.
Heroin is a highly addictive and illegal opioid. It can cause insomnia, collapsed veins, heart issues, and additional mental health issues.
Methamphetamine, or meth, increases energy, agitation, and paranoia. Long-term use can result in severe physical and mental health issues.
Opioids produce pain-relief and euphoria, which can lead to addiction. This class of drugs includes prescribed medication and the illegal drug heroin.
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