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Department of Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Healthcare System

Drug Rehab Center in Pueblo, Colorado

  • Substance Abuse
  • Opioid Addiction
  • Drug Addiction

About This Pueblo, CO Facility

Department of Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Healthcare System is a VA Funded Opioid Addiction, Substance Abuse and Drug Addiction Treatment Center in Pueblo, CO. Primarily providing Aftercare Support, Drug Rehab, Outpatient Treatments and a variety of additional methods to those struggling and are in need of safely returning to sobriety. Department of Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Healthcare System’s location in Colorado accepts most private health insurance.

It can seem like an uphill struggle to battle addiction, luckily there are many rehab options, such as Department of Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Healthcare System, to help you heal in Pueblo.

Genders
  • Male
  • Female
  • Gender Exclusive Center
  • Ages
  • Children
  • Teenagers
  • Adults
  • Seniors (65+)
  • Modality
  • Individuals
  • Couples
  • Family
  • Groups
  • Additional
  • LGBTQ+ Allied
  • Hearing Impaired
  • Veteran Specific
  • Veterans
  • Accreditations

    JCAHO

    Conditions and Issues Treated

    Substance abuse is the excessive use of any type of drug. This includes alcohol, medications and illegal drugs. Substance abuse is treated with a combination of physical and mental treatments. Department of Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Healthcare System patients detox and follow up with therapies that target the underlying cause of the addiction.

    Opioid addiction is one of Colorado‘s most prominent forms of addiction. Drugs, including heroin, oxycontin, and fentanyl, are the most common. To relieve pain, or ease other ailments, they are professionally prescribed, but they are often abused because they and the feelings they give are addictive.

    Addiction is treated by detoxifying the body, so the medications’ chemicals are no longer impacting the individual. Department of Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Healthcare System offers therapies to correct behavior and target the root of the problem are supplemented during and throughout treatment.

    Levels of Care Offered

    This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Drug Rehab, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.

    Outpatient rehabilitation is a treatment that exists if a patient is not checking into Department of Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Healthcare System long term. In addition to helping them recover, the patient attends regular therapy sessions and detox and participates in other therapies. However, this is all primarily done from home. As a follow-up to inpatient treatment, outpatient treatment is usually recommended.

    After rehabilitation, it helps people return to their everyday lives. It may also be an alternative to inpatient care in some situations. If they cannot leave their jobs, children, or don’t have the money for inpatient care, people can choose this method. Inpatient therapy, however, is the best method and most suggested level of treatment offered by Department of Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Healthcare System in recovering from addiction.

    Aftercare Support at Department of Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Healthcare System, in short, is the support provided to a patient after they have finished treatment. It allows them to adjust to everyday life. It may entail setting them up and enrolling them in services such as Narcotics Anonymous (NA) and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) inside a halfway house. Career coaching may also be offered to patients to help them get back into the Colorado workforce.

    Department of Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Healthcare System‘s Therapies & Programs

    Substance abuse does a number on an individual’s relationship with other people, particularly in marriage. Spousal relationships bear the brunt of alcohol and drug dependence. Therefore, it becomes critical to submit the relationship to couples therapy to prevent straining it further. Most programs only zero in on the individual with substance addiction without factoring in the importance of the other half’s emotional support.

    However, some facilities, like Department of Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Healthcare System in Pueblo, Colorado, offer couples therapy options to manage intimate partnerships amid the recovery process. Other couples-focused treatment plans can provide the patient and their partner tools to get things back to normal, support each other, and the patient’s sobriety.
    Addiction is a family disease. Family therapy aims to heal and rebalance unhealthy roles and habits. Healing any family trauma and dysfunctional communications is important, and Department of Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Healthcare System understands this. Family sessions are meant to bring Colorado families closer together and live sober, healthy, lives.

    Group Therapy is a type of counseling that occurs between a bunch of strangers. These groups are suitable for patients who are not confined in a treatment facility, but group sessions are also common in inpatient rehab programs. Group therapy is led by a trained individual at Department of Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Healthcare System in Pueblo, CO and consists of members from different stages of recovery.

    The goal of group therapy sessions is to foster hope and a sense of belonging, share information, and learn coping mechanisms. It also helps to have people who can relate to what you’re going through. Good behaviors can also be contagious, and participants can learn from one another.

    Unresolved trauma is often a key reason why many patients resorted to substance abuse. Trauma could be physical abuse, sexual abuse, war, natural disasters, divorce, accident, loss of a loved one, etc. If trauma is the primary cause of substance abuse, then both issues must be addressed.

    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an approach and method in psychotherapy. Department of Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Healthcare System asks people to investigate how their thoughts, including habitual, negative, and inaccurate ways of thinking affect behaviors. CBT is based on the idea that rigid, inflexible ways of thinking cause people to have a limited ability to cope with stress

    Payment Options Accepted

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  • Health Insurance
  • Self-Pay / Cash
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Military Insurance
  • IHS/Tribunal/Urban
  • State-Financed
  • Sliding Scale
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    Additional Details

    Specifics, location, and helpful extra information.
    Department of Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Healthcare System Location and Directions
    Address Information4776 Eagleridge Circle
    Pueblo, Colorado 81008 Phone Number(719) 553-1000 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Pueblo, Colorado Addiction Information

    The Centennial State has slipped to a ranking of 12th in the country for drug abuse. Each year around 24% of the state's population uses illegal drugs while nearly 5% of its population abuses alcohol. Substance-related deaths in Colorado were responsible for 15.12% between 2008 and 2017. Fortunately, Colorado drug and alcohol addiction treatment are available to help a person overcome addiction.

    In Pueblo County specifically, there were over 2,600 individuals with a substance use disorder. Over 1,500 drug overdose deaths happened in Colorado in 2016, of which over 1,000 were due to opioids. The majority of these cases involved people of young age. Treatment for drug addiction may include behavioral therapy, medications, or a combination of both. Medications can help individuals with addictions to opioids stabilize their condition

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