COASTAL WELLNESS CONTACT: TOLL FREE 1 866.981.2622 ext 0 EMAIL: REHABVSJAIL@GMAIL.COM SERVING OVER 15 STATES AND 28 COUNTIES HELPING THE ADDICTED GET DIVERSION PROGRAMS AND ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING....
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In our program we provide the following:
• Help with PR Bond into our custody for the sole purpose of becoming a productive member of society
• Transportation from jail to facility
• Judicial advocacy.
• Social and medical advocacy.
• Job assistance placement for offenders with felony records.
• Follow your case clinically for up to 1 yr if needed
• Court calendar Appearances
• Mitigation
• Plea bargaining with prosecutor while advocating on your behalf with your defense team.
If you feel our program can assist you and you meet our protocol it is imperative that you or a member of your family contact us and we will visit to do an interview/assessment. We have had offenders facing 15 years in the NC Department of Corrections that the Superior Court Judge allowed to be released pre-trial (same as a bondsman) into our care in lieu of incarceration. We can make no guarantees. So, if you are willing to change and do something different with your life as opposed to continued involvement with the judicial system, we may be able to help. Please take the time to review the attached document and reply via mail or have a family member contact us, toll free at 1-866.981.2622 ext 0, We have over 200 resources for placement some with partial scholarships available.
Your recovery is our priority!!!
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Why Choose Coastal Wellness & Sentencing Consultants?
The pretrial period of criminal justice processing is unique in that for most people it is brief and the outcome is uncertain. Yet, it represents an opportunity to identify those who could benefit from substance abuse treatment and begin to engage them in the process. Providing effective services at this early stage of involvement with the criminal justice system can result in heightened motivation to seek treatment and decreased recidivism.
In some instances, arrest charges against the defendant are dropped if the person completes treatment. The decision to order treatment as part of pretrial diversion typically, though not always, rests with the prosecutor's office. The prosecutor offers to cease all prosecution of the case if the defendant completes the prescribed treatment regimen. However, if the defendant fails to complete the treatment and to satisfy the other conditions of diversion, he may risk being sentenced more harshly (if prosecution proceeds and a conviction results) than if the individual had never entered the diversion program.
Because pretrial diversion occurs before an individual enters a guilty plea or is convicted by a judge or jury, the defendant is still technically innocent. Anxiety about the outcome of pending charges may motivate those charged to agree to treatment, and many treatment providers view this as an ideal time to intervene and offer the individual an opportunity to participate in treatment.
What Treatment Services Can Reasonably Be Provided in the Pretrial Setting?
The large number of offenders who are supervised in the community, time constraints, supervision issues, and multiple agencies limit the services that can reasonably be provided in the pretrial setting. Below is a general description of intervention strategies and treatment components recommended by the consensus panel that can be used in a pretrial setting.
Intervention Strategies
A number of intervention strategies can be adapted to the pretrial setting, as described in the following section. The time required to implement these strategies is necessarily brief.
1-Brief interventions is the starter upon release to Coastal Wellness done by our Interventionist
For some offenders, especially during the pretrial stage, a brief intervention can determine if treatment is necessary. Addressing a substance use disorder even briefly is preferable to ignoring it. A counselor can use the FRAMES approach or other motivational enhancement strategies, for example.
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F eedback is given to the individual about personal risk or impairment.
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R esponsibility for change is placed on the participant.
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A dvice to change is given by the clinician.
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M enu of alternative self-help or treatment options is offered to the participant.
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E mpathic style is used by the counselor.
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S elf-efficacy or optimistic empowerment is engendered in the participant.
2- Release for the purpose of being admitted to a sober living, Half-way house, or treatment facility.
The offender would be assessed while in jail by a staff member and if they meet protocol, the staff at Coastal would utilize over 400 resources throughout the U.S. Most of the time the offender will not be able to leave the state in which they have pending charges.
Once a location is found based on the clients individual needs then we present to the District Attorney’s Office/Solicitors Office what options we have.
At this time Coastal will join and aggressively team up with the defendants defense counsel and get the offenders case back in front of a judge in the court most of the time these offenders are charged with felonies so its Superior/General Sessions Court. Sometimes it can be done by way of a simple bond modification drawn up by our clinical director and the offenders attorney for the judge to sign off on. The other option is get the case as an “add on” to the docket, especially if time is of the essence ( bed available and ready at a treatment facility).
Once this process takes place a staff from Coastal is assigned to pick up the client from the County Jail and transport them to the treatment program that has a bed ready. We then begin to work closely with the staff at the facility, the courts and defense team giving weekly reports on the status of the offender. Should the offender not be willing to follow the rules of the recovery program and get discharged they will be immediately taken back into custody and stay in the county detention center until their day in court comes. This looks really bad and surely doesn’t help on the date of being sentenced, for if they cannot cooperate and do the right thing then, then why would the judge agree to let them go the same route again. Usually in this situation the sentencing guidelines are enforced and they receive the punishment that fits the crime.,
Coastal Sentencing Consultants provides services
including , NA/AA
meetings, aftercare support therapy, and optional
individual and family counseling. Our treatment
team will work with the individual,prosecutor,attorney, probation officer&
family for aftercare plan
Clients & firms are welcome to call our
24-hour intervention line for help with alternatives to your client sitting in county jail until trial.
1.866.981.2622 ext 0
On the other hand should the offender be on their best behavior and remain clean and sober, all sorts of remarkable things have happened.
Lesser Charges
Probation/DOC Supervision
Sentenced to be able to continue their recovery efforts and continue on the right path.
Time served and be allowed to complete and graduate the program they are currently enrolled in.
We can usually with the defense attorneys help get cases continued up to a year so long as the offender is progressing forward in a positive manner.
3- Court Dates:
Usually can be continued while the client is in a program
4- Clinical Supervision and therapy:
Our staff will follow the client regardless of which state they are placed. We have a travel team and utilize the internet, ground mail and conference calls to track the offenders progress which is pertinent in the sentencing phase on the date of their trial. The more we have to show the judge, the better the offenders chance to receive a lesser sentence or diversion program vs. prison.
5- Family Intervention and Therapy:
We work very closely with the immediate family of the offender offering services of counseling, access to a on –call 24 hour help line, and act as a liaison between the attorney, the treatment provider, the family and the courts. We do this so the family can get well and begin to heal by the way of Al-anon, counseling and other therapeutic options. The addict has ways of making the parents become very emotionally sick, and some who have histories of enabling this is a very huge barrier to overcome. It takes months to break this cycle and begin to let go. The staff at Coastal offer a variety of books, resources and help to assist the family in getting well and taking care of themselves vs. having their lives turned upside down by all sorts of behaviors the addicted display. One of the books we start out with is “ Love First” by Debra and Jeff Jaye.
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RECOVERY SLOGANS
- Easy Does It
- First Things First
- Live and let Live
- Think......Think.......Think
- One Day At a Time
- But for the Grace of God
- Principles before Personalities
- Let go and let God
- This too shall pass
- Let it begin with me
- Just for today
- Courage to change
- Put down the fork
- Nothing tastes as good as abstinence
- Abstinence is the most important thing in my life
- Stay away from the first bet
- One day at a Time
- Don't gamble for Today
- Get to Meetings
- Turn it Over
- Where ever you go .......there you are
- You are not alone
- Stay sober for yourself
- Look for similarities rather than differences
- Remember your last drunk, use, bet etc
- Remember that addiction is incurable, progressive, and fatal
- It takes time to get better
- Depression is anger toward inward
- The lesson I must learn is simply that my control is limited to my own behavior, my own attitudes
- The flip side to forgiveness is resentments
- The elevator is broken-------use the 'steps'
- It isn't the load that weighs us down------it's the way we carry it
- If I think, I won't drink. If I drink, I can't think
- Sick and tired of being sick and tired
- This is a selfish program
- I drank, ate, gambled, etc: too much---too often---too long
- Minds are like parachutes----they won't work unless they're open
- When your head begins to swell your mind stops growing
- A journey of a 1,000 miles begins with the first step
- When a person tries to control their addiction they have already lost control
- Poor me.....Poor me...... Pour me a drink!
- It's the "first" drink that gets you drunk
- One alcoholic talking to another........
- Do it sober
- Every recovery from addiction began with one sober Minute
- The first step is the only step a person can work perfectly
- you are not required to like it, you're only required to DO IT
- Your 12 step program will work if you want it to work
- Keep coming back
- If you want to drink-----that is your business, if you want to quit-------that is our business
- Don't compare---identify, don't intellectualize----utilize
- Stay away from the First Drink, Drug, Bet (apply your specific addiction here)
- Nothing is so bad, using won't make it worse
- Most folks commit suicide with a knife and fork (Eating disorders)
- First we stayed sober because we have to... then we stay sober because we are willing to.... finally we stay sober because we want to...
- One drink is too many and thousand not enough
- Try not place conditions on your sobriety
- Bring the body and the mind will follow
- We all have another drunk left in us but we don't know if we have another recovery in us
- Be as enthusiastic about recovery as you were about your addiction
- Be part of the solution, not part of the problem
- Use the 24-hour plan
- Live in the NOW
- Take the cotton out of your ears and put it in your mouth
- To keep it (recovery), you have to give it away
- What goes around, comes around
- Keep an open mind
- Do the next "right thing"
- If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere
- To thine own self be true
- There are two days in every week which we have no control over----yesterday and tomorrow. today is the only day we can change.
- When wallowing in your self-pity ...... get off the cross! We need the wood
- Learn a new dance - the old "Cross - Pot Shuffle" is out of vogue
- Act as if.........
- It is not the experience of today that drives people mad----it is the remorse or bitterness for something which happened yesterday and the dread of what tomorrow may bring.
- Get it ---give it---grow in it
- Every day is a gift that is why we call it the 'present'
- Dry and tighten up (financially)
- Before engaging your mouth, put your mind in gear!
- Recovery is an education without a graduation
- Easy does it, but do it
- When all else fails, follow directions
- Addicts heal from the outside in.........but feel from the inside out
- Stick with the winners
- Look after the Little Things
- Keep coming back..........it works if you work it
- Sobriety is a journey ..........not a destination
- We are only as sick as our secrets
- Share your happiness
- Share your pain
- Count your blessings
- We're responsible for the effort - not the outcome!
- Sorrow is looking back, Worry is looking around
- Formula for failure: try to please everyone
- Humility is our acceptance of ourselves
- Sober `n` crazy
- How does one become an "old-timer" ? Don't drink or use and don't die!
- We addict's are 'gifted' people
- We don't carry the alcoholic/ addict - we carry the message
- The 12 steps tell us how it works; the 12 traditions tell us why it works.........
- Your 12 step program won't ...........keep you from going to hell.............nor is it a ticket to heaven............but it will...........keep u sober long enough.........for you to make up your mind...............which way you want to go!
- The person with the most sobriety at a meeting is the one who got up earliest that morning
- Humility is not thinking less of yourself; It is thinking of yourself less.
- What if.........
- Yeah but......
- If only .......
- Remember when............
- Around recovery or "in" recovery?
- In action we got sympathy-----as long as our money lasted.
- Your 12 step program never opened the gates of heaven to let you in, It did open the gates of hell to let you out
- Danger sign: when your eyes have wandered from the alcoholic who still suffers and needs help-----to the faults of those whom the program has already helped!
- There are none too dumb for the 12 step program - but many are too smart
- I want what I want, when I want it
- Alcoholism is the only disease that tells you you're all right
- The first step in overcoming mistakes is to admit them
- Knowledge of "the answers" never made anyone slip---it was failing to practice "the answers" that were known.
- I can't .........He can..........I think I'll let him (steps 1,2,3)
- If it works.........Don't fix it
- Recovery is not something you join, it's a way of life
- Expect miracles!
- God is never late
- Courage is faith that has said its prayers
- There is a god and I am not it
- Faith is a lighted doorway, trust is a darkened hall
- We had to quit playing god
- There are no atheists in foxholes
- Possibilities and miracles are one in the same
- The will of God will never take you where the grace of God will not protect you
- When we surrender to our higher power, the journey begins
- I came -I came to - I came to believe
- Faith without works is dead
- Get out of the driver's seat.......let go and let god
- Fear is the absence of faith
- When man listens, God speaks; when man obeys, God works
- The task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us
- If God seems far away, who moved ?
- If faith without works is dead; then .........willingness without action is fantasy
- Turn it over, the results are in god's hand
- Willpower = our will-ingness to use a higher power
- Remember nothing is going to happen today that you and God can't handle
- Man's extremity is god's opportunity
- AA = Altered Attitudes
- I can't handle it God; you take over
- God answers "knee mails"
- Backsliding begins when knee-bending ends
- Spirituality is the ability to get our minds off ourselves
- There is no chemical solution to a spiritual problem
- Faith is our greatest gift; sharing it with others our greatest responsibility
- Respect the anonymity of others
- Try to replace guilt with gratitude
- Let go of old ideas
- Change is a process, not an event
- Take what you can use and leave the rest
- The price for serenity and sanity is self-sacrifice
- You can't give away what you don't have
- There are 12 steps in the ladder of complete sobriety
- Sponsors: have one-----use one-----be one
- When you are a sponsor, you get out of yourself
- If I serve, I will be served
- Call your sponsor
- Make use of the telephone therapy
- Call your sponsor before, not after, you take the first drink
- Help is only a phone call away
- There are no coincidences in recovery
- It works -------it really does !
- Your Big Book is your sponsor too
- Willingness is the key
- More will be revealed
- Be nice to newcomers .........one day they may be your sponsor
- "You will intuitively know" AA Promises click here to read the AA Promises in full
- You will be amazed
- 12 step programs are a school in which we are all learners and all teachers
- No pain.........no gain
- You either is-------or you ain't (clean)
- Some of us our sicker than others
- We're all here because we're not all there
- Alcoholism / addiction is an equal opportunity destroyer
- The road to sobriety is a simple journey for confused people with a complicated disease
- Pass it on
- You received without cost, now give without charge
- It's in the book
- Before you say: I can't ............say I'll try
- Don't quit 5 minutes before the miracle happens
- Practice an attitude of gratitude
- Another friend of Bill W's ( Bill Wilson is the co-founder of AA )
- God will never give you more than you can handle
- Have a good day unless of course you have made other plans
- Decisions aren't forever
- 90 meetings in 90 days.........90/90
- Don't drink, don't think, read the Big Book, and go to meetings
- H.A.L.T. - hungry, angry, lonely, tired Stop everything and get back into recovery
- H.O.W - honesty, open-mindedness and willingness
- Kiss---keep it simple sweetie
- Anger is but one letter away from danger
- Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed
- FEAR (f--- everything and run)
- Faith is spelled ...............a-c-t-i-o-n
- We can be positive that our drinking was negative
- The 7t's ---take time to think the thing through
- EGO - Edge God Out
- The 3 T's of gratitude to repay for our sobriety: our time, our talent, our treasure
- Keep your sobriety first, to make it last
- Fear stands for Frustration
- The only thing we take from this world when we leave is what we gave away
- We give it away to keep it
- Trust god.........clean house........help others
- There are members who MAKE things happen there are members who WATCH things happen there are members who DON'T KNOW anything happen WHICH ARE YOU ?
- Active alcoholics don't have relationships; they take hostages
- "zipper slipper"
- There is a "slip" under every skirt - ( an oldie from the politically incorrect days of AA that still is important today)
- The lesson I must learn is simply that my control is limited to my own behavior, my own attitudes
- 12 step Meetings - Attend at least one meeting a week
- Plan of Recovery - Draw up a schedule of daily recovery actions with your sponsors help
- Telephone - Use the telephone with other 12 step members to avoid Isolation and keep clean
- Sponsor - Get a sponsor and Be a sponsor
- Writing - Put things down on paper instead of letting them roll around in your head
- Service - Set up the meeting room, chair a meeting, clean up the room after the meeting, greet newcomers.
- Anonymity - Practice the non use of gossip to make yourself feel better
- Approved Literature - Read the approved 12 step literature
- Spirituality is the ability to get our minds off ourselves
- Bend your knees before you bend your elbow
- GOD = God Orderly Direction
- Accept your admission and Get a new attitude
- There is no magic in recovery only miracles
- The road to disappointment is paved with expectation
- A "coincidence" is a miracle in which god chooses to remain anonymous
- It's a pity we can't forget our troubles the same way we forget our blessings
- We are not human beings having spiritual experiences; we are spiritual beings having human experiences
- If it isn't God's will ............I can't make it happen
- If it is meant to be...........I can't stop it
- Pain is the touchstone of spiritual growth
- Religion is for those who fear god.........spirituality is for those who have been to hell and back
- You are exactly where God wants you to be
- To be forgiven - we must forgive
- Time wasted in getting even can never be used in getting ahead
- Be careful what you pray for; you're liable to get it
- If you turn it over and don't let go of it, you will be upside down.
- Serenity is not freedom from the storm but peace amid the storm
- Trying to pray is praying
- Sobriety delivers everything alcohol promised
- God taught us to laugh again but God please don't let us forget that we once cried
- Faith is not belief without proof but trust without reservation
- A 12 step meeting is where losers get together to talk about their winnings
- What you hear and see here, stays here!
- AA is the highest priced club in the world.........if u have paid the dues, why not enjoy the benefits ?
- Chair a meeting
- Share your experience, strength and hope, not just your garbage
- Isolation is a killer, use your telephone list, come to an extra meeting, reach out and help the newcomer or struggling member.
- Each and every alcoholic / addict ----sober or not----teaches us some valuable lessons about ourselves and recovery
- When you do all the talking you only learn what you already know
- Seven days without a meeting makes one WEAK
- AA has a wrench to fit every nut that walks through a meeting room door
- 12 step programs may not solve all your problems but are willing to share them
- The time to attend a meeting is when you least feel like going
- Don't watch the "slippers" but watch those who don't slip closely and watch them go through difficulties and pull through
- Work the program from the waist up
- Some people are so successful in AA that they turn out to be almost as good as they used to think they were when they were drinking.
- AA spoils your drinking!
- In AA we get understanding------for nothing!
- Anonymity is so important it's half of our name
- Even my worst day in sobriety / clean is better than my best day drunk / using
- When all else fails.........the directions are in the Big Book (Alcoholics Anonymous)
- If we don't grow, we gotta go
- Read AA approved literature. Other books and materials, while they may be excellent, are usually only one individuals slant on a subject.
- All you need to start your own AA meeting is resentment and a coffee pot!!
- Why recovery never ends: the disease is alcoholISm, not alcoholWASM!
- The AA way of life is meant to be bread for daily use, not cake for special occasions
- The smartest thing an AA member can say is, " help me "
- It takes the good and bad AA meeting----the good and bad AA talk -----to make the fellowship "work"
- 3 A's in AA-----affection (thoughtfulness) -----attention (listening) -----appreciation (gratitude)
- Slippers in AA use the RDP---revolving door policy
- AA works for people who believe in god AA works for people who don't believe in god AA NEVER works for people who believe they ARE god
- We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.
- We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace.
- No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.
- That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear.
- We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows.
- Self-seeking will slip away.
- Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change.
- Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us.
- We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us.
- We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.
- From weakness (adversity) comes strength
- We forgive to be forgiven
- We suffer to get well
- We surrender to win
- We die to live
- From darkness comes light
- From dependence we found independence