Group interventions include:
> Group discussions
> Bio-psycho-social lectures about the alcohol and related problems
> Reflexions
> AA meetings.
CADABAM’S centre for Alcohol & Drug De-Addiction and rehabilitation has recovery oriented interventions apart from group interventions, one to one by the trained de addiction psychologists supported by clinical psychologists which are overseen by de addiction specialist under the guidance of psychiatrist. The residents are selected on set criteria for residential program for those who need brief interventions and non residential settings same is offered at MIND TALK.

Drink refusal skills are imparted to persons willing to abstain from alcohol as to how confidently but assertively refuse to budge for the social pressure to drink alcohol and not feel guilty about the refusal. The residents at CADABAM’S will have opportunity to deliberate and discuss about this skill in group settings along with other residents under the supervision of counsellor.

This skill helps the person to manage problems which disturb his/her resolve to abstain from alcohol. CADABAM’S Centre for Alcohol and Drug De-addiction and rehabilitation helps the person recognise the problem, generate possible solutions, select most appropriate options, plan action and evaluate objectively the selected approach. This skill helps the person not just objectively view the problem but also wean off the dependency of the alcohol when ever encountered with problem. But this skill is refined and reinforced mostly during relapse prevention and post discharge period.

Expressing one’s feelings both pleasure and displeasure is a skill very important for a harmonious social living. For some assertively expressing their displeasure and discomfort itself can create anxiety, frustration and anger. If they are not able to manage this side effect of lack of assertive skills it can lead to harmful drinking behaviour. At CADABAM’S centre for Alcohol and Drug De-addiction and rehabilitation, assertiveness training happens so as to help them manage interpersonal situations that have potential to produce negative mood states and thereby predispose the person to drinking.

Tension can be physical, mental or psychosocial. Tension can be a predisposing factor in some for drinking alcohol. Hence if the issues leading to tension and skills to manage tension if not addressed can be a factor for relapse. At CADABAM’S Centre for Alcohol and Drug De-addition and rehabilitation all residents under the program are taught relaxation techniques both conventional like deep muscle relaxation, relaxation imagery and those derived from Yoga to manage stress appropriately.

JThe professionals at CADABAM’S Centre for Alcohol and Drug De-addition and rehabilitation engage residents for behavioural self management mostly at MIND TALK for those who wish to cut down the amount of alcohol rather than stopping. Behavioural self management includes:

> Self Monitoring
> Setting drinking limits
> Controlling rates of drinking
> Identifying problem drinking situations
> Self reward for limited drinking

Many people with harmful drinking and even dependence will have peculiar beliefs about the reason and cause for them to drink and continue to drink despite the awareness about the harmful effects of the alcohol. Here the irrational, counterproductive beliefs and attitudes contribute to continue drinking. At CADABAM’S Centre for Alcohol and Drug De-Addiction and rehabilitation with cognitive restructuring in both individual and group level the person is made to understand the his/her faulty understanding harming them.

Cue exposure and management is one of the important interventions at CADABAM’S Centre for Alcohol and Drug De-addiction and Rehabilitation. Cue exposure is the pleasant effects of alcohol consumption that the person gets due to people, places and events that regularly precede drinking and cues exposure becomes a conditional response to that. Some of the common cues include sight and smell of an alcoholic drink, mood states or situations in which drinking has previously occurred, and people , places and times that have previously been associated with the pleasant effects of alcohol.

Couple therapy and family therapy is one of the main stray of approach at CADABAM’S Centre for Alcohol and Drug De-addiction and rehabilitation. In most of the cases strained relationship or lack of good family atmosphere though does not predispose a person to drink alcohol but has been a strong reason for relapse. Hence CADABAM’S has felt the importance of educated and a skilled family which in itself becomes an extension of therapeutic environment after rehabilitation for person with alcohol dependence/abuse or harmful use.