Alcohol Counseling and Guidance Services

1136 East stuart street
Suite 2060
Fort Collins, CO 80525

About Alcohol Counseling and Guidance Services

Alcohol Counseling and Guidance Services, located in Fort Collins, Colorado is a private alcohol and drug rehab that offers treatment for a variety of substance abuse addictions including alcoholism, co-occurring mental health disorders, and opiate addiction. They offer flexible outpatient addiction therapy allowing patients to live at home while receiving regular treatment. Additional levels of care offered include relapse prevention and 12-step therapy.

Specialty rehab programs at Alcohol Counseling and Guidance Services include tailored care focusing on women's specific needs and experiences, gender-specific addiction treatment addressing unique challenges faced by men, and age-sensitive addiction treatment considering health and life-stage issues of older adults.

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Quilliam Moody
5 months ago on Google
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He is pretty busy right now and couldn t help pretty worthless place
Joe Bank
1 year ago on Google
5
Very helpful and very cool
Emily Gavaldon
1 year ago on Google
5

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Alcohol Counseling and Guidance Services works with several private insurance providers and also accepts private payments when possible, Please contact to verify your specific insurance provider.

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Self-pay involves paying for treatment out of your own pocket. You can use savings or credit, get a personal loan, or receive help from family and friends to fund your treatment. If you don't have insurance or your insurance plan doesn't cover a specific program, self-pay can help ensure you still get the care you need.

Sliding scale payments are based on a client's income and family size. The goal is to make treatment affordable to everyone. By taking these factors into account, addiction recovery care providers help ensure that your treatment does not become a financial burden to you or your family, eliminating one barrier to care.

Addiction Treatments

Levels of Care

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Outpatient Programs (OP) are for those seeking mental rehab or drug rehab, but who also stay at home every night. The main difference between outpatient treatment (OP) and intensive outpatient treatment (IOP) lies in the amount of hours the patient spends at the facility. Most of the time an outpatient program is designed for someone who has completed an inpatient stay and is looking to continue their growth in recovery. Outpatient is not meant to be the starting point, it is commonly referred to as aftercare.
aftercare iconAftercare Support
Completing a drug or alcohol rehab program shouldn't spell the end of substance abuse treatment. Aftercare involves making a sustainable plan for recovery, including ongoing support. This can include sober living arrangements like halfway houses, career counseling, and setting a patient up with community programs like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or Narcotics Anonymous (NA).
12-step icon12-Step
12-step programs are addiction recovery models based on Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). A number of substance abuse programs (including some drug and alcohol rehab centers) use the 12 steps as a basis for treatment. Beginning steps involve admitting powerlessness over the addiction and creating a spiritual basis for recovery. Middle steps including making direct amends to those who've been hurt by the addiction, and the final step is to assist others in addiction recovery in the same way. 12-Step offshoots including Narcotics Anonymous (NA), Cocaine Anonymous (CA), Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA), Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA) and Gamblers Anonymous (GA).

Treatments

The goal of treatment for alcoholism is abstinence. Those with poor social support, poor motivation, or psychiatric disorders tend to relapse within a few years of treatment. For these people, success is measured by longer periods of abstinence, reduced use of alcohol, better health, and improved social functioning. Recovery and Maintenance are usually based on 12 step programs and AA meetings.

Professional services are often necessary to recover from addiction. Drug rehab in Colorado provides the expert services needed to address the complex issues of addiction and help individuals start their recovery journey.

A combined mental health and substance abuse rehab has the staff and resources available to handle individuals with both mental health and substance abuse issues. It can be challenging to determine where a specific symptom stems from (a mental health issue or an issue related to substance abuse), so mental health and substance abuse professionals are helpful in detangling symptoms and keeping treatment on track.

Opioid rehabs specialize in supporting those recovering from opioid addiction. They treat those suffering from addiction to illegal opioids like heroin, as well as prescription drugs like oxycodone. These centers typically combine both physical as well as mental and emotional support to help stop addiction. Physical support often includes medical detox and subsequent medical support (including medication), and mental support includes in-depth therapy to address the underlying causes of addiction.

Programs

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Adult Program
Adult rehab programs include therapies tailored to each client's specific needs, goals, and recovery progress. They are tailored to the specific challenges adult clients may face, including family and work pressures and commitments. From inpatient and residential treatment to various levels of outpatient services, there are many options available. Some facilities also help adults work through co-occurring conditions, like anxiety, that can accompany addiction.
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Seniors Program
Nearly one million adults age 65 and older live with a substance use disorder. Treatment providers who specialize in senior care understand the social, psychological, and physical effects of aging and how they relate to recovery. They can help clients address particular challenges and risks they may face as they get older such as overdosing and medication interactions and dependencies.
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Program For Men
Men face specific challenges and concerns when seeking addiction treatment. Gender-specific recovery programs help them tackle these issues head-on in an environment that's focused, targeted, and distraction-free. It also gives them the opportunity to connect with and learn from other men who have been through a similar journey and can offer support for the next step.
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Program For Women
Rehabs for women provide a safe, nurturing space for female clients to heal. These treatment programs consider the specific obstacles that women can face during recovery and place a special emphasis on mental, social, physical, and reproductive health. They explore how each woman's experience has shaped the trajectory of their substance use, addressing issues such as sexual abuse and past trauma.
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Young Adult Program
Young adulthood can be an exciting, yet difficult, time of transition. Individuals in their late teens to mid-20s face unique stressors related to school, jobs, families, and social circles, which can lead to a rise in substance use. Rehab centers with dedicated young adult programs will include activities and amenities that cater to this age group, with an emphasis on specialized counseling, peer socialization, and ongoing aftercare.

Clinical Services

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy modality that focuses on the relationship between one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It is used to establish and allow for healthy responses to thoughts and feelings (instead of unhealthy responses, like using drugs or alcohol). CBT has been proven effective for recovering addicts of all kinds, and is used to strengthen a patient's own self-awareness and ability to self-regulate. CBT allows individuals to monitor their own emotional state, become more adept at communicating with others, and manage stress without needing to engage in substance abuse.

Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.

In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.

Life skills trainings involve all the skills a person must have in order to function successfully in the world. These include time management, career guidance, money management, and effective communication. Truly successful addiction recovery is based on the ability to not only live substance-free, but to thrive. Life skills teaches the practical necessities of functioning in society, which sets clients up for success in life, and therefore sobriety.

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a clinical approach to helping people with substance abuse issues and other conditions shift behavior in positive ways. It is more goal-oriented than traditional psychotherapy, as MI counselors directly attempt to get clients to consider making behavioral change (rather than wait for them to come to conclusions themselves). Its primary purpose is to resolve ambivalence and help clients become able to make healthy choices freely.

Trauma therapy addresses traumatic incidents from a client's past that are likely affecting their present-day experience. Trauma is often one of the primary triggers and potential causes of addiction, and can stem from child sexual abuse, domestic violence, having a parent with a mental illness, losing one or both parents at a young age, teenage or adult sexual assault, or any number of other factors. The purpose of trauma therapy is to allow a patient to process trauma and move through and past it, with the help of trained and compassionate mental health professionals.

Contact Information

Phone icon (970) 221-3425
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1136 East stuart street
Suite 2060
Fort Collins, CO 80525

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I took alcohol therapy at Alcohol Counseling and Guidance Services, they keep the group focused and involved while maintaining a comfortable environment with a little bit of a sense of humor. They were very flexible in helping accommodate my schedule, nothing but helpful and ... Read More

Reviewed on 2/25/2019
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I have never been an advocate for any business, and suspect of most. I wanted to take the time to recommend this service company because I truly believe they are the best. Blair has treated me as a human being, with respect and concern for the best possible outcome for me, ... Read More

Reviewed on 7/15/2018
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4.2 (16 reviews)
Quilliam Moody
5 months ago
1

He is pretty busy right now and couldn t help pretty worthless place

Joe Bank
1 year ago
5

Very helpful and very cool

Emily Gavaldon
1 year ago
5

Jarod VanNatta
1 year ago
5

Jed Prendergast
2 years ago
5

Finding myself in need of assistance from ACGS was humbling to say the least! Lots of unknown territory dealing with pretrial, court, probation, work release, DMV, education and therapy classes....whew! Blair was a very supportive and encouraging resource through my process. Classes were educational and I enjoyed the real world discussion included that encouraged my ownership and accountability. Through the whole tangled process, I felt like the folks at ACGS were about the only ones to treat me with dignity. I thank Blair and his team for that! Highly recommend ACGS and their resources if you find yourself navigating the court ordered process of education and/or therapy.

Brice Sawin
3 years ago
5

Blair at ACGS went to bat for me, providing a second opinion for the courts to consider regarding my alcohol evaluation. The courts did take into account this second evaluation, significantly reducing my sentence. The counseling services provided were also excellent, these people genuinely want to see you succeed. Nobody wants to find themselves in need of these services, if you do find yourself in this position, I can not recommend ACGS enough.

Michael whaley
4 years ago
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Geoff
5 years ago
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The best way to describe the main forces governing this business (Blair and Elizabeth) is "dated". All the advice and curriculum comes from very old ideas of therapy; from how the brain works to that old school patriarchal form of medicine where they have the audacity to believe they know how best for you to heal and grow rather than be a copilot in your journey helping to inform and guide your decisions without judgement.Whether you're looking for help or just trying to grind through the requirements, i highly recommend checking out Creative Counseling instead. As long as you are respectful to the people around you, they are very understanding and easy going, yet create a perfect atmosphere to create growth and connection opportunities to the individuals in group therapy. I was very pleasantly surprised by the contrast between the two businesses.

Kelsey Sutton
6 years ago
5

Blair and Elizabeth are amazing. They are their to help

Brady Hough
6 years ago
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I took my track d alcohol therapy at Acgs with Blair this year and gave nothing but good things to say. Blair keeps the group focused and involved while maintaining a comfortable environment with a little bit of a sense of humor. He is flexible with your schedule and does what he can to help you make up classes. I ve done classes at other agencies that left me feeling short handed and not touching on things I need to work on but Acgs kept a strong focus on the individuals issues.

Kaleb K
6 years ago
1

By far the worst place I've ever had to take classes at. The staff is incredibly rude and Blaire has no problem sharing your personal information during class. Additionally, Blaire is the worst counselor Ive ever had! He would much rather hear himself speak than allow you to share how you feel! Not to mention, he doesn't know what he is talking about 90% of the time! I would suggest taking your money elsewhere! I'm at Creative Counseling now and have had no problems!

Katie C
6 years ago
5

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