Every living thing needs food of some sort. Food is so important that every culture in the world has rituals around it. Eating together is one of the biggest ways to bring two parties together, and many problems have been discussed and solved over a meal. Food integration in recovery holds an important position. So often, our clients come in with poor health. Good nutrition has taken a back burner for many, who only ate whatever was handy whenever they had to. For others, food has become almost an enemy, one in which a new relationship must be formed to heal. Therefore, at Integrative Life Center we make it a point to help clients learn to care for themselves and love nourishing themselves again.
Not Simply Eating
Food integration for recovery isn’t simply cutting out sugar or eating more fruits and vegetables. Truly healthy, healing eating starts way before anything enters your mouth. To eat healthy, it helps to understand why you need to do so. Next, you need to understand what constitutes a healthy diet. Now, you get into planning a menu, normally for a whole week at a time, but at least a daily menu to start, that includes the recommended servings of all the essential vitamins and minerals that you need. Once you plan the meals, learning how to shop for the ingredients and prepare them properly is the next step. Itis only after all this is done that you can sit down and enjoy the meal.
Food Integration For Recovery
Our food integration for recovery program helps you go through all the necessary steps of healthy meal planning. By the time you have completed the program, you will be doing a lot of the preparation automatically. This will help at times when you are rushed or not feeling your best. Knowing that you can handle one of the basic life skills of a successful recovery will help boost your confidence. Learning with other clients will help you to forge friendships in a manner that has taken place since time began. Meals and eating is just as much about relationships as it is about the foods themselves.
Healthy Body, Healthy Mind
Your body and your mind both need many nutrients to work the best they can. Over the years, you may have fallen into the trap of only eating what was quick and available. In some people, knowing when they are hungry or when they are craving a certain drug can become muddled. When you start to eat healthier, your brain begins to heal, and you learn to discern the difference. A healthy body and a healthy mind are an awesome pair.
Our Food Integration for Recovery Helps You Choose
Here at Integrative Life Center, our goal isn’t simply to get our clients on the path to recovery. We want to enable you to be able to succeed on that path. This means you need the tools to integrate into society healthily. Our food integration for recovery program will help you learn a very important skill for this success. As you saw, the healthier the body is, the healthier your mind is, and this helps you continue making positive choices. Therefore, we make it a point to offer a wide range of therapeutic services so clients can have their unique needs met. For instance, some of the therapies we offer include:
- Breathwork therapy
- Trauma-informed therapy
- Disordered eating treatment
- Music therapy
- Nutrition therapy
These are just a few of the therapies you’ll explore with us. So, contact us at [Direct] today and talk with an intake representative to see how our approach treats your entire being, not just your addiction.
