
Rehab Aftercare & Life After Addiction Treatment

Types of Rehab Aftercare Programs
River Oaks offers outpatient aftercare treatment for addiction on different levels of care. These can function as step-down services from inpatient or higher-intensity outpatient programs and include:
- Partial hospitalization program near Tampa. Partial hospitalization programs (PHP) offer a highly structured, intensive form of outpatient addiction rehab. They generally provide at least 20 hours of treatment counseling per week.7
- Intensive outpatient program near Tampa. Intensive outpatient programs (IOPs) are less intensive than PHPs but still provide a high level of care. You’ll typically receive around 9–19 hours of weekly structured programming depending on your needs.7
- Outpatient substance abuse programs. Standard outpatient programs will typically involve 9 hours or less of services.7
These outpatient programs provide different types of therapy, including:
- CBT, or cognitive-behavioral therapy, can help you continue to work on unhelpful thoughts or behaviors that can impact substance use.1
- Motivational interviewing can help you maintain your motivation and commitment to recovery.1
- Family therapy can help strengthen relationships and address issues and problems in your family or relationships the addiction may have impacted.8
River Oaks also offers telehealth services, which allow you to receive drug and alcohol rehab aftercare care from healthcare professionals like doctors and therapists via computer or phone—all from the comfort of your home.
For more information about our addiction rehab programs, including help understanding the difference between inpatient and outpatient rehab, or to learn more about the treatment admissions process, please get in touch with us at to speak to one of our caring admissions navigators.
Rehab Alumni Programs at River Oaks
Staying connected to the recovery community is incredibly important post-treatment. Not only does it help ground you and remind you of your commitment to recovery, but it also helps to minimize your chances of relapse. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) lists community, defined as having relationships and social networks that provide support, friendship, love, and hope, as one of the four major dimensions of recovery.9
Alumni App
Through our parent company, American Addiction Centers, we now offer an alumni app geared towards our patients who have successfully completed treatment and are looking for a way to continue having a sense of community and accountability. Through our app, you can:
- Track the progress you’re making toward your recovery goals.
- Keep a gratitude journal.
- Participate in wellness challenges.
- Consume recovery-related content with podcasts and articles.
- Get and stay connected to a supportive alumni community.
Our alumni will receive an exclusive invitation for free access to the app by contacting us at alumni@contactaac.com.
Relapse Prevention During Aftercare
Aftercare treatment can play an important role in helping you maintain recovery. Aftercare can strengthen the relapse prevention skills you’ve learned during treatment, provide necessary social support, help you stay connected to others in recovery, and help you re-engage in treatment if necessary.
Different relapse prevention strategies that can be included as a part of an aftercare plan can include:
- Free rehab aftercare, such as going to self-help groups, like 12-step meetings, finding a sponsor, or engaging in community or religious groups to support recovery.6
- Engaging in therapy, such as individual, couples, or family therapy.
- Practicing self-care and engaging in mind-body strategies like mindfulness-based relapse prevention (MBRP).6
If you would like to learn more about your treatment options, how to cover the cost of treatment, or would like more information about rehab admissions, don’t hesitate to contact our admissions navigators at .