At Assisted Recovery, we understand what you’re going through. You are not alone. We have helped many people just like you get on the road to recovery and stay there by going beyond 12-step programs.

We offer the latest medications to control your cravings as you enter recovery. Combined with counseling and cognitive behavioral therapy, this is the most effective treatment approach available today.

At Assisted Recovery, we do not want treatment to be the focus of your life. Our goal is for you to utilize the Assisted Recovery evidence based treatment program as a tool which allows you to continue your normal work and family activities.

Below is our Statement of Purpose, our Program Goals and some general information about us. Please call (602) 264-7897 or toll free (800) 527-5344 if you would like more information.


The Four Components of Assisted Recovery:

1. Biological- First addressing the biochemistry (the Biological Component) of alcohol dependence, with the anti-craving medication Naltrexone, and/or the new medication Campral®, which helps to stabilize the brain chemistry.

2. Psychological- Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to learn how to be happy once again, without the use of alcohol.

3. Environmental- Addressing family, relationship, employment and legal issues.

4. Spiritual- At Assisted Recovery we recognize that a spiritual component is helpful for many people seeking recovery. We feel however that this issue is best left to the individual.

Assisted Recovery's Statement of Purpose
Alcohol and / or drug (AOD) abuse and related issues are among society's most pervasive medical and social problems. Assisted Recovery Centers of Arizona recognizes that appropriate treatment can be effective for motivated individuals seeking recovery.

ARCA's treatment protocols are based on the research and work of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Treatment Research Center, in Philadelphia. The protocols fully integrate pharmacological options and psychosocial support in the recovery process. This type of integrated program is an example of the Pennsylvania Model of Recovery, which distinguishes this approach from other protocols, which reject the use of pharmacological agents as an adjutant to aid in the recovery process.

The Pennsylvania Model is based on a medical model in which a full range of empirically tested treatment options is offered to individuals who are dependent upon alcohol. The University of Pennsylvania has a 20-year history of clinical studies, which has led to the development of the Pennsylvania Model protocols.

The medical and scientific community recognizes the research of the University of Pennsylvania as representing important advances in the treatment of addictions. For example, Dr. Joseph Volpicelli, MD-PhD of the University pioneered the use of the pharmacological agent Naltrexone HCI, which suppresses the craving to consume alcohol or opiates, and dramatically reduces relapse.

Click to download-Archives of General Psychiatry, 49:876-880, 1992 Volpicelli etc.

Assisted Recovery recognizes the value
of clinical research, and was among
the first in the nation to implement an evidence based treatment program.

Our program uniquely combines not
only quality, compassion and concern,
but also the best of empirically
discovered strategies to assist alcohol dependent individuals to become sober and happy, and most importantly,remain so.

Assisted Recovery and the Pennsylvania Model embrace the concept that alcohol dependence is a Bio-Psycho-Social condition, which is clearly influenced by genetic factors. We accept that there are many paths to recovery. For example, countless individuals have recovered from alcohol via the traditional Minnesota Model or Twelve-Step format. Appropriate individuals, who would benefit from such a program, would find this Agency fully supportive of their efforts.

For those individuals who are not comfortable, or have repeatedly failed to achieve sobriety via the Minnesota Model, Assisted Recovery offers the Pennsylvania Model of Recovery.

Assisted Recovery Program Goals
Assisted Recovery seeks to provide the tools necessary for individuals to achieve the goals as outlined in their Individual Treatment Plan, emphasizing the following:

• Enhancing motivation to abstain from alcohol or drugs, and remain abstinent
  
• Learning how to refuse to act on urges to use
  
• Managing life problems in a sensible and effective manner
  
• Developing a positive, balanced and healthy lifestyle

To achieve this, Assisted Recovery utilizes the Pennsylvania Model, which embraces the use of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT) as primary components of treatment. We endorse the work of Dr. David Burns, MD, and Ph.D. of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Burns is a recognized pioneer in the use of CBT as a powerful tool for dealing with human issues and emotions. The use of CBT will allow the alcohol or drug dependent individual to consciously seek to change the manner in which they think and act. This agency also embraces the work of Dr. Albert Ellis, Ph.D. who is widely recognized for also pioneering CBT. Dr. Ellis is the father of Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT). It is with regret that we note that Dr. Ellis passed away on July 24, 2007.

In addition to CBT-based counseling, the Pennsylvania Model encourages each client to consider pharmacotherapy, for example, the use of pharmacological agent Naltrexone HCI as an adjutant component to treatment for alcohol dependence.

Contact Assisted Recovery today at
(602) 264-7897 or toll free (800) 527-5344