Help me with sober living IOP
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I'm a 33 year old male currently participating in an IOP (intensive out patient) substance abuse treatment program in Salt Lake City, Utah. I've successfully completed the Residential and PHP parts of this program. IOP is the last phase of this treatment program and is 8 weeks long, my insurance has only authorized me 2 weeks, which has now come to an end. Cash pay for a month is $5,500, any amount I am able to raise will go towards this program. I've written to the director (see letter below) of the facility, advocating for a scholarship for the month but my case manager says that the facility no longer issues scholarships.
Please help me extend my stay here and continue to learn the tools of recovery and build a strong foundation to live a successful and flourishing life. Any amount at all will help & be greatly appreciated! Thank you and G-d bless!
This is the letter I wrote to the facilities director:
To be perfectly honest, I feel scared. I don't yet feel ready to return to work and return to the negative living situation I have in New York. I want to complete the IOP program here so I can return to life with confidence and stability. I don't have the seniority at work to be able to fix my schedule around Virtual IOP and I already bid Shabbat off (the Jewish observance of creation, Friday sundown to Saturday sundown).
I've had an enlightening, cathartic, and deeply introspective experience here, I want to see it to the end and continue to grow and learn the tools I'll need for the rest of my life. I don’t want to cut my learning short and rush back to work, this is my life and I came here to really affect change within myself. I know that I need to take the time now to change, going back to work at this point doesn't feel safe and worries me.
My goal and plan is to complete the IOP program successfully, return to work, rent an apartment here in town near my synagogue, and commute to New York to fly. I've connected with the local recovery community and Chabad here, I want to continue these new, positive relationships.
What helped keep me sober 10 years ago, for almost 3 years, was staying in the area of the treatment center and co-facilitating their men's aftercare group, where I helped connect alumni with new admits. The alumni then became the new admits' sober buddies, allowing them to query the alumni with any questions, providing additional, much needed support, I plan to help cultivate a similar program here. I need this program to give me more stability so I can live the successful and flourishing life I've always wanted but have regrettably sabotaged in the past.
During my time here I'll continue to work on the steps with my sponsor, continue to learn techniques and tools to manage my addiction, continue to challenge my time management skills, challenge my financial responsibility, continue to build positive sober relationships (in the past I usually isolate), and build a stronger foundation in my recovery. I feel that completing the IOP program here will benefit me both short & long term and help keep me sober for the rest of my life. I feel world’s better than I did when I arrived and I don’t want to stunt this process and stifle my growth.
I've reached out to jewishrecovery.org and the local synagogue, neither are in the financial position to help, I'll reach out to the local church next. I'm actively reaching out to rabbis I've met around the country for support as well. I'm starting a gofundme.com (or similar crowd-sourcing site) fundraiser to raise the money in the event I need to cash pay.
Asking for support, reaching out, and admitting that I'm an alcoholic addict has been an obstacle for me in the past. It's one of the many old behaviors, old habits, and old styles of thinking that I'm challenging here. Reaching out to all these rabbis is a huge admission of my addiction and admission of my need for help and trust in G-d. It's not comfortable, it's challenging, but I know it's necessary for my recovery so I'm taking it head on and doing it.
This extension can allow me to finish IOP and get more sobriety and clarity under my belt so I can feel safe to go back to work and begin my new life. I beg of you to help me and do whatever you have the power to do to allow me to learn and grow more. Thank you for any help you can provide.
I'm a 33 year old male currently participating in an IOP (intensive out patient) substance abuse treatment program in Salt Lake City, Utah. I've successfully completed the Residential and PHP parts of this program. IOP is the last phase of this treatment program and is 8 weeks long, my insurance has only authorized me 2 weeks, which has now come to an end. Cash pay for a month is $5,500, any amount I am able to raise will go towards this program. I've written to the director (see letter below) of the facility, advocating for a scholarship for the month but my case manager says that the facility no longer issues scholarships.
Please help me extend my stay here and continue to learn the tools of recovery and build a strong foundation to live a successful and flourishing life. Any amount at all will help & be greatly appreciated! Thank you and G-d bless!
This is the letter I wrote to the facilities director:
To be perfectly honest, I feel scared. I don't yet feel ready to return to work and return to the negative living situation I have in New York. I want to complete the IOP program here so I can return to life with confidence and stability. I don't have the seniority at work to be able to fix my schedule around Virtual IOP and I already bid Shabbat off (the Jewish observance of creation, Friday sundown to Saturday sundown).
I've had an enlightening, cathartic, and deeply introspective experience here, I want to see it to the end and continue to grow and learn the tools I'll need for the rest of my life. I don’t want to cut my learning short and rush back to work, this is my life and I came here to really affect change within myself. I know that I need to take the time now to change, going back to work at this point doesn't feel safe and worries me.
My goal and plan is to complete the IOP program successfully, return to work, rent an apartment here in town near my synagogue, and commute to New York to fly. I've connected with the local recovery community and Chabad here, I want to continue these new, positive relationships.
What helped keep me sober 10 years ago, for almost 3 years, was staying in the area of the treatment center and co-facilitating their men's aftercare group, where I helped connect alumni with new admits. The alumni then became the new admits' sober buddies, allowing them to query the alumni with any questions, providing additional, much needed support, I plan to help cultivate a similar program here. I need this program to give me more stability so I can live the successful and flourishing life I've always wanted but have regrettably sabotaged in the past.
During my time here I'll continue to work on the steps with my sponsor, continue to learn techniques and tools to manage my addiction, continue to challenge my time management skills, challenge my financial responsibility, continue to build positive sober relationships (in the past I usually isolate), and build a stronger foundation in my recovery. I feel that completing the IOP program here will benefit me both short & long term and help keep me sober for the rest of my life. I feel world’s better than I did when I arrived and I don’t want to stunt this process and stifle my growth.
I've reached out to jewishrecovery.org and the local synagogue, neither are in the financial position to help, I'll reach out to the local church next. I'm actively reaching out to rabbis I've met around the country for support as well. I'm starting a gofundme.com (or similar crowd-sourcing site) fundraiser to raise the money in the event I need to cash pay.
Asking for support, reaching out, and admitting that I'm an alcoholic addict has been an obstacle for me in the past. It's one of the many old behaviors, old habits, and old styles of thinking that I'm challenging here. Reaching out to all these rabbis is a huge admission of my addiction and admission of my need for help and trust in G-d. It's not comfortable, it's challenging, but I know it's necessary for my recovery so I'm taking it head on and doing it.
This extension can allow me to finish IOP and get more sobriety and clarity under my belt so I can feel safe to go back to work and begin my new life. I beg of you to help me and do whatever you have the power to do to allow me to learn and grow more. Thank you for any help you can provide.
Organizer
Anthony V
Organizer
Salt Lake City, UT