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SSTARbirth

SSTARbirth

Drug Rehab Center in Cranston, Rhode Island

  • Substance Abuse
  • Opioid Addiction
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Drug Addiction
  • Alcoholism

SSTARbirth in Cranston, Rhode Island, is a licensed and accredited addiction treatment center providing personalized and comprehensive care to individuals struggling with substance abuse, alcoholism, opioid addiction, and dual-diagnosis, offering services such as counseling, medication-assisted treatment, family therapy, and relapse prevention planning.

About This Cranston, RI Facility

SSTARbirth is a premier addiction treatment center located in Cranston, Rhode Island, and founded in 1977. This 12-bed facility is dedicated to helping people overcome their struggles with substance abuse, alcoholism, opioid addiction, and dual-diagnosis. Patients receive personalized and comprehensive support through detox, inpatient, residential, sober-living/half-way, and outpatient levels of care, as well as aftercare support. SSTARbirth has been licensed by the state and accredited by SAMHSA, and is dedicated to providing quality and comprehensive care to its patients.

At SSTARbirth, each patient is provided with the services they need to overcome their addiction. These include counseling, medication-assisted treatment, family therapy, group therapy, educational classes, and relapse prevention planning. The facility offers 24 hour support to ensure the patients are well-equipped with the skills required to live a life of sobriety and that they can attain the best possible outcomes. SSTARbirth also accepts private health insurance, so every patient is able to access the treatment they need.

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

    State License

    SAMHSA

    Conditions and Issues Treated

    Substance abuse refers to the intensive and inappropriate use of psychoactive substances. Psychoactive substances are those that affect brain function. These include illegal drugs, alcohol, and even the excessive use of prescription drugs. The overuse of psychoactive substances leads to severe physical or psychological dependence. It also affects the social life and relationships of the affected individual. Substance abuse is treatable.

    The duration of treatment at SSTARbirth in Cranston can require weeks or even months depending on the severity of the condition as there is a risk of relapse. Treatment options include medications, counseling sessions, various types of behavioral therapy, and group therapy in different combinations.

    Addiction to prescription opioid painkillers like oxycodone and hydrocodone, and illicit opioids such as heroin, leads to potentially life-threatening withdrawal symptoms when discontinued. Opioid addiction treatment typically involves an inpatient stay at facilities like SSTARbirth to make sure they get through withdrawal safely. Treatment also includes comprehensive mental health counseling.

    Conditions such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder are part of mental illness. This may occur that opioid abuse and vice versa are induced by mental illness. Diagnosing a concurrent diagnosis or co-occurring condition at SSTARbirth is essential to understand the addiction better.

    Alcohol Abuse, Dual Diagnosis (Co-Occuring Disorders), Opioid Addiction, Substance Abuse 

    Levels of Care Offered

    This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Drug Rehab, Dual-Diagnosis, Inpatient, Residential, Sober-Living / Half-Way, with additional therapies available as listed below.

    Inpatient treatment involves staying in the hospital or facility while treating all facets of addiction or co-occurring illness. This helps to minimize distractions and increase the emphasis on rehabilitation. Typical stays for inpatient rehabilitation in Cranston, Rhode Island are about a month long.

    Sober living houses like SSTARbirth in Cranston help the patient move from a structured recovery facility to an everyday life smoothly. They are also known as homes for recuperation or half-way houses. SLH offers the value of living with a peer group with similar experiences and is recovering collectively, instead of individualized or alone.

    Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient’s individual requirements.

    Aftercare comprises services that help recovering addicts readjust to normal day-to-day Rhode Island activities. It can last a year or even longer. Services include individual and family counseling, medications to reduce cravings, and treatment of psychiatric and other medical conditions. Aftercare support begins once you have completed earlier stages of treatment.

    SSTARbirth‘s Therapies & Programs

    In addiction recovery at SSTARbirth, therapy plays a significant role. This helps patients get to the root of their addiction and discover how the problems that contributed to their use can be handled better. Therapy can be performed in a group and one on one settings. The patient interacts with the therapist in a one-on-one atmosphere during individual therapy. This encourages them to reflect on the underlying addiction problems and develop ways to avoid potential future abuse.

    Recovering from addiction involves recovering relationships as well. One of the most common areas of stress and damage during addiction is in intimate relationships. Couples therapy at SSTARbirth can rebuild trust and joy that may have been damaged. Addiction involves everyone in the family, not only the addict.

    Family roles can change in damaging ways that may require professional help to rebalance. Successful intimate relationships can decrease the chances for relapse by ensuring a healthy environment after rehab in Cranston, RI.

    Addiction and alcoholism affect the entire family. For this reason, family therapy is vital to a person’s recovery from addiction. In contrast to couples counseling, family therapy at SSTARbirth may include siblings, children, parents, and other significant people in the recovering person’s life. Family support is one of the most important pillars of recovery.

    In group therapy, the patient undergoes sessions with other patients at SSTARbirth who are dealing with similar problems. The members of the group interact with each other and talk freely about their issues at scheduled sessions. Group therapy reduces the feeling of loneliness and improves the coping skills of the patients. You are not alone in Cranston, Rhode Island.

    Many people turn to drugs and alcohol as a way of processing trauma that has affected them in the past. Trauma can include abuse, neglect, the loss of a loved one and other unpleasant incidents. Trauma therapy at SSTARbirth helps patients process trauma. It gives them the tools to deal with it in a healthier manner.

    Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) is a type of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy that focuses on eliminating specific negative thoughts such as suicidal thoughts that can potentially lead to an individual inflicting self-harm. It is useful in the treatment of patients exhibiting uncontrollable emotions, intense mood swings, and borderline personality disorders.

    The term “Dialectic” means the integration of opposites. In the substance abuse context, DBT refers to accepting the patient’s addiction and working to change their thoughts and behavior. It improves life skills such as controlling the intense emotions without reacting impulsively, resolving the interpersonal conflicts effectively, and promoting awareness about self and others.

    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) examines the relationship between a patient’s thoughts, feelings and behaviors. SSTARbirth aims to establish a healthy response to thoughts and feelings as an alternative to turning to drugs and alcohol. It also promotes healthy communication between addicts and those around them. It is and effective therapy for people suffering with all types of addictions.

    The recovery technique used by Alcoholics Anonymous is the 12 step program, but it can relate to any form of addiction. The 12 steps that addicts must take on the road to recovery are explained. Measures include acknowledging that you have a problem and agreeing to turn around your life. The curriculum, instructed by SSTARbirth, also requires a belief in a greater power and making amends to others.

    Contingency Management (CM), also called motivational incentives, is a type of pure behavioral therapy. It’s based on the idea that behavior is shaped, motivated, or controlled by its outcomes. CM is a clinical application at SSTARbirth of operant conditioning, which helps clients eliminate unwanted behaviors by the use of positive and negative reinforcement.

    12-Step Facilitation, Aftercare, Anger Management, Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (CBT), Contingency management/motivational incentives, Couples Therapy, Creative Arts Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Discharge Planning, Drug Rehab, Dual-Diagnosis, Family Therapy, Group Therapy, Individual Therapy, Inpatient Treatment, Intervention, Motivational Interviewing, Naloxone and overdose education, Residential Long Term (>30 Days), Sober-Living / Half-Way, Substance Use Counseling, Trauma Therapy, Vocational Training

    Payment Options Accepted

    For specific insurance or payment methods please contact us.
  • 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.
    SSTARbirth Location and Directions
    Address Information80 East St
    Cranston, Rhode Island 02920 Phone Number(401) 463-6001 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Cranston, Rhode Island Addiction Information

    Although Rhode Island is the smallest state, it is not immune to the rampant drug and alcohol crisis sweeping the country. Between 2008 and 2017, 16.8% of all deaths in the state were caused by either drugs or alcohol. Fentanyl is used by drug dealers to cut heroin, and is 30 to 50 times stronger than heroin.

    According to recent statistics, in Cranston, Rhode Island, there are approximately 3,700 people in Cranston who struggle with addiction to drugs or alcohol. Over 1,600 admissions to drug and alcohol rehabs in Cranston in 2016. This means that drug addiction and abuse are major problems in the community, costing taxpayers millions of dollars each year. A wide range of drug rehab programs is available in Cranston depending on the individual's needs.

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