Alcohol Rehab

The initial phase of treatment at Delamere, ‘Stop’, attends to the physical aspects of recovery and provides a light introduction to therapy and addiction education. This phase is about helping guests ‘press the pause button’, stabilise, and settle into our environment.

For guests requiring a medical detox, this is managed by our 24-hour medical team. As the addictive fog starts to lift and guests start to feel physically more robust, we introduce light therapy and core assignment work, which prepares participants for later modules.

Here we introduce our more intensive, structured programme. Guests are feeling stronger, healthier and more confident to engage with peers and their therapy team. ‘Start’ begins to identify and explore many of the emotional triggers which begin to make themselves evident. Addiction always comes from somewhere and working through this with our professional help is where real, lasting progress is to be found.

You can expect a wide range of activities and therapies which help you process what’s been happening and start to heal and recalibrate such as group therapy, peer support, and 1-1 psychotherapy. A focal counsellor is allocated to each guest who becomes the guardian of their care plan. This phase of treatment tends to last 14 days.

Our ‘Grow’ phase is the process of integrating the Delamere learning experience into life after treatment. Risks, triggers, and personality traits are identified and a detailed plan for returning home is prepared. This stage tends to last 7 days and on completion, each guest is stable in their recovery and has acquired the tools they need to protect and maintain. Guests present their graduation ceremony as they complete their stay, allowing the changes they have made to be seen, heard and witnessed.

On completion of Stop, Start, Grow guests return home and embark on the early phases of recovery, receiving intensive support on a weekly basis for the first three months. This initial period of recovery is formative and support is vital. It’s a period during which a defence against a return to active addiction is built and the foundations of an enduring recovery are established. 

Each week, guests reconvene with a small peer group of up to 5 alumni guests who work alongside two of Delamere’s dedicated Bloom Mentors. Collectively each Bloom cohort works through our bespoke syllabus of twelve weekly modules which have been crafted to support the first three months of recovery.