Chemical Dependency Sample Treatment Plan

	Persistent desire to cut down on amount of use		Sense of irritability or annoyance over family and friends’ expressed concerns about use

	Goals:

	Initiate and maintain a prolonged abstinence from any substance		General acceptance of chemical dependency and recognize need for treatment
	Identify and develop a healthier means to cope with stressors and other triggers for relapse

	Objectives:

	Patient will acknowledge honestly the pattern of substance use		Patient will list and follow recreational and social activities that will replace the formerly substance abuse related activities
	Patient will develop a plan for implementing an active recovery program		Patient will agree to make amends to significant others who have been hurt by his/her abuse
	Patient will identify impact of his/her substance use on the family and friends		Patient will identify the positive impact sobriety will have on life of both his/hers and those significant others.
	Patient will voice motivation for continued abstinence and outpatient treatment		Patient will make appropriate arrangements to terminate any settings or environment that may hinder recovery
	Patient will verbalize understanding of factors such as personality, social and family that foster chemical dependency		Patient will develop an aftercare plan that will support long term recovery and sobriety

	Problems:

	Pattern of repeated self-administration that usually result in tolerance, withdrawal and compulsive drug taking behavior		Waste of great deal of time seeking to obtain the substance or from using the substance or recovering from their effects
	Physical deterioration from persistent use such as skin changes, liver damage, cognitive damage		Involvement of virtually all of person’s daily activities around the substance
	Strong subjective drive to use		Withdrawal from healthy hobbies, friends and family in order to use the substance
	Use of substance in larger amounts and over a longer periods than was originally intended		Sense of guilt over the amount of use