Alcohol rehabilitation is not an act of giving up—it is an act of surrender. Understanding how alcohol abuse drastically changed your life and relationships with family members and friends is the first step in acknowledging your disease.

When someone is in the throes of their addiction—in this case alcohol—it is oftentimes difficult for them to gain a clear perspective of exactly what their addiction and their resulting behavior is doing to them and those around them—family members, friends, co-workers and acquaintances. The addiction and the compulsion to have another drink completely overtakes common sense and a clear decision-making process.

While family members and friends will try to talk to their loved ones about how their alcohol abuse and addiction is affecting their lives, the addict themselves often don’t see, or refuse to see, how their behavior has changed as a result of alcohol abuse. Alcohol rehabilitation is generally the last thing on their minds at the time.

At 12 Palms Recovery Center in Jensen Beach, FL, their professional staff totally understands the actions and behavior of an alcoholic—they have been there themselves. 12 Palms Recovery Center is owned and operated by former alcoholics and addicts who understand the damaging effects of the disease of addiction because they have been through it and can relate through their own personal experiences.

While an alcoholic can certainly rehab in Boston, oftentimes an alcoholic who finally surrenders to the disease finds it difficult to start their recovery process in the very place where their addictive behavior and actions occurred. The 12 Palms Recovery Center offers a calm, serene setting on the water where alcohol rehabilitation can start—without the reminders that a rehab in Boston can bring to someone that can bring an added unnecessary stress factor.

The 12 Palms Recovery Center offers a 12-step recovery program in which alcohol rehabilitation starts with surrender. When an alcoholic finally realizes that alcohol has kept a grip on their lives and their actions and behaviors, they have taken a much-needed first step to their recovery process. A rehab in Boston can certainly offer the same program, however 12 Palms Recovery Center offers not only a 12-step recovery process, but also one-on-one counseling by staff members who are recovering alcoholics and addicts themselves who have been through similar experiences, and can relate to what the patient is going through.

Alcohol rehabilitation starts with surrender, and once an alcoholic acknowledges their powerlessness, an effective treatment and alcohol rehabilitation program such as the one offered by 12 Palms Recovery Center can start.