LAKE-GEAUGA RECOVERY CENTERS, INC

Lake House is an 16 bed facility provides long-term, non-medical, residential substance abuse treatment for men.

It offers a home-like atmosphere that has been designed to provide residents with a structured, supportive environment in which the resident can develop the skills, insight and support necessary to achieve long-term sobriety

Residential treatment counselors, along with input from the individual, will develop a plan that will address their needs for housing, relationships, vocational training, education, mental health and physical health. Workforce preparation helps men completing treatment to receive career counseling and skill development. Residents are connected with a host of supportive services including training, résumé help, job coaching, and links to full-time employment.

Inherent in meeting the personal and social needs of each resident is the daily process and dynamic of living in a supportive, safe environment where newly acquired behaviors and social skills can be utilized, further enhancing recovery after treatment.

The Mike Link Driver Intervention Program is held at beautiful Camp Burton in Geauga County. No matter the season, it is a place to get away from the challenges of your busy life and focus on yourself. There is time to reflect, learn, understand – and even have a laugh or two.

The residential cottages, meeting rooms and dining facilities are all located on the 200 acre camp grounds.

The Mike Link Driver Intervention Program is a state certified driver intervention program conducted by licensed professionals as part of Lake-Geauga Recovery Centers, Inc.

The seventy-two hour program is an alternative to jail as stipulated in the impaired motorist sections of the Ohio Revised Code.

Individual and group counseling help participants focus on both the conviction and the problems that caused it.

An individual screening helps participants distinguish between “social use” and “problem use.”

The Mike Link Driver Intervention Program is first and foremost a teaching program. Our staff members have a wide range of professional and personal experience in the areas of substance abuse.

The program begins at 4:30 PM on Thursday and concludes at 5:00PM on Sunday.

Throughout the entire weekend, a professional lead counselor provides education, encourages discussion, invites questions, and helps participants gain personal insight beyond the legal consequences of the circumstance that brought them to the program.

Ohio’s Drug-Free Safety Program helps employers more effectively prevent on-the-job injuries and illness by integrating drug-free efforts into their overall workplace safety program. The DFSP can help employers achieve both long-range safety and cost-saving benefits.

The Drug-Free Safety Program saves lives and is cost effective.

Under the new Drug-Free Safety Program, all new hires and new supervisors must receive employee education and/or supervisor training within 8 weeks of hire or promotion.

The Education Program is designed to benefit those interested in gaining further knowledge and insight into the disease of addiction and options for prevention and recovery.

The Education Program is an intensive, 8-hour class offering a positive learning experience filled with research based data. It provides education, encourages discussion, and helps participants gain awareness and understanding.

The program offers Saturday hours which improve accessibility and do not interfere with school or work schedules.
One day training facilitates quicker return to work for those required to complete an educational program.
Program instructors are certified, trained professionals.
Full day format allows greater opportunities to interact with other participants.
This comprehensive program covers topics such as: effects and consequences of use, abuse, and dependency; family systems, codependency, relationships, and social, legal, and financial consequences.

Program Content
The Education Program provides data and information about the problem of substance use, abuse, and dependency. Topics discussed include:

Substance use
Substance abuse
Substance dependency
The disease concept
Denial and coping mechanisms
Definitions
Misconceptions/myths
How use/abuse interferes with life roles and tasks
Review of commonly abused legal and illegal drugs
Prescription drug use and abuse
Effects on families
Use, abuse dependency at work
Problem identification

The program presentation includes a variety of materials such as: PowerPoint slides, pre/post tests, videos, education evaluation, and handouts on statistics, coping mechanisms, effects of alcohol on males and females, progressive effects, and problem identification. Additional literature is made available. Certificates are provided upon completion.

Who Can Benefit
The Education Program provides an overview of substance use, abuse, and dependency that can be an important first step in understanding this complex problem. It is helpful for:

Those concerned about family members or friends
Employees with a positive drug screen at work
Anyone referred by law enforcement, a judge, or attorney
Educators, at all levels, concerned about students
Clergy
Parents
Anyone concerned about his/her own use.

Our outpatients services help our clients learn the extent of their drinking and drug problems. The goals is to help them become aware of the signs and symptoms of their disease. Our programs are designed to help them get – and more importantly – stay sober.

Our programs can help resolve related family problems by assisting in the recovery process.

Outpatient services include:

Assessments
Drug Testing
Individual Counseling
Group Counseling
Dual Diagnosis
Family Group

Our supportive housing facility for pregnant women and women with children newborn to age 5.

This program is for individuals struggling with opiate addiction and withdrawal. It is a non-narcotic management of opiate withdrawal to provide an alternative to suboxone and provides medications to assist individuals with the intensely uncomfortable, but not life threatening, withdrawal symptoms.

The MAT program utilizes evidenced based practices at an appropriate level of care for a minimum of 12-18 months. The program helps individuals manage an opiate addiction consisting of:
Medication,
Counseling, and
other support.
The medication Naltrexone helps reduce problems of intense cravings, increasing the individual’s ability to engage in treatment and focus on recovery. Naltrexone is different from other medications used to treat opiate addiction in that it blocks the euphoric or sedative effects of opiates. This helps reduce relapse potential for individuals. In addition, it does not create a new addiction and there is no potential for abuse.
Naltrexone is only prescribed as part of a comprehensive treatment plan and individuals are expected to participate in a therapeutic level of care at Lake-Geauga Recovery Centers, such as outpatient or residential treatment. An assessment by Lake-Geauga Recovery Centers’ licensed clinician and health care provider is the first step in the Medication Assisted Treatment Program.

For individuals seeking a safe, sober and healthy living environment following the completion of primary treatment, the Center offers Recovery Housing. These residential, single-family homes provide additional support to promote recovery from alcohol and drugs. With self-determined lengths of stay, residency is designed to be transitional and to afford the individual sufficient time and resources with which to establish solid, independent and productive living arrangements.