Client Information

Below you will find a list of articles on this site giving you more information about that topic. Please check back regularly as we are always adding useful content as it becomes available.

Client Handbook
What to expect at Channah, what to bring, etc. Essential reading for all new guests.

Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Success Rates
Success rates at rehabilitation centres, what they are and what they mean.

Detoxing and Lack of Sleep
What to expect while detoxing at Channah.

The Effects of Drugs and Alcohol
What different drugs do, how they effect your body and life. Click on the title to read this file as a pdf document.

A Day in the Life at Channah
Sort article by a former client about an average day at Channah.

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: An Overview
More in depth information on CBT and how it is used for drug and alcohol treatment.

10 Tips For Staying Addiction Free After Channah
Advice for re-entering mainstream society.

Motivating Someone to Seek Help For Alcohol or Drug Addiction
How to get someone you care about to seek help and look after yourself at the same time.

Staying Free of Alcohol & Drugs
An excellent article by Kali Munro. You have quit using, what to do now?

Auricular Acupuncture
It's uses in drug and alcohol addiction treatment

CBT A 12 Step Alternative
CBT Rehabilitation made easy

Leaning Into the Curse of Alcohol Dependency
By Sandra Kimball, Drinking culture and treatment in Japan

Christmas At Channah
Rehab on special hollidays can always pose a challenge, so how do we deal with it?

New Years Resolutions
How to make it count.

What is Addiction?
A clinical debate on the need for a definitive definition

The Stages of Change
The Cycle of Change gives some insight into the stages that a person goes through when they are using drugs or alcohol and decide they want to change their behaviour.

Drug Testing Detection Rates and Times?
How long can drugs be detected in your system?

What is Motivational Interviewing?
What is it and how is it used by Dr. Stephen Rollnick & Dr. William R. Miller