Parker Drug Rehab Center

Men in need of alcohol or drug rehab in Parker and elsewhere tend to face certain difficulties in recovery. These difficulties have a variety of potential sources. But, more often than not, they’re rooted in American culture’s common ideas about men and masculinity. Our cultural definitions of masculinity may make it harder for you even to consider seeking treatment. That’s true because they can:

• Trigger discomfort with any situation that requires you to seek help from others
• Leads to a hostile attitude toward the concepts of formal treatment

And once you enter rehab, you may find it harder to work with your recovery team than the average woman. 

During treatment, one of the most important things you can do is express yourself openly and honestly. However, this concept can clash with your lifelong cultural training as a man. As a result, you may have a notable tendency to do things such as:

• Fail to talk about yourself, your thoughts, or your feelings
• Omit information that could be helpful to your recovery
• Act as if you’re unaffected by any emotion that makes you feel weak or vulnerable
• Highlight these kinds of emotions in others, even as you deny their impact on you
• Use anger as a more culturally acceptable substitute for ‘unmanly’ emotions

You may also feel highly ashamed of yourself. Shame has its place as an applicable emotional state. However, excessive levels of it can cause you to:

• Treat specific recovery topics as out of bounds, even to you
• Emotionally withdraw from the treatment process instead of embracing it and using it to your benefit
• Knowingly or unknowingly bring yourself closer to a drug or alcohol relapse

Some men in substance treatment also deal with another legacy of cultural masculinity. Namely, they encounter problems with aggression or violence while in rehab. Aggressive behavior never works to your benefit when trying to recover from substance problems. That’s even more true for overtly violent behavior.

Healing Pines’ treatment specialists are experienced with the problems that can impact you as a man in recovery. Without fail, we take an understanding, compassionate view of these problems. We also work with you to defuse them and help you participate fully in addiction treatment at Parker. Want to know more about how we can support you or your loved one? Talk to us today.