Does Ohio Recovery Center Allow Cell Phones?
You can bring your cell phone to ORC, but use is limited and supervised so that the focus remains on your recovery. Our cell phone policy also helps protect your and other clients’ privacy and safety.
Recovery from addiction or a mental health crisis often requires a lot of attention and effort, especially at the start. This is one of the reasons why Ohio Recovery Center has rules around cell phone use.
Although you can bring your cell phone or personal computer with you to ORC, we will keep these items locked with your other personal valuables. Use is allowed on a case-by-case basis and always supervised.
In addition to limiting distractions during your treatment, our cell phone policy also limits similar distractions for the people around you. The policy also helps protect client privacy and keep everyone at ORC safe by limiting outside communications.
Phone Calls With Family
We whole-heartedly encourage your family members or significant other to be involved in your recovery, and phone calls with them can be a part of this. Your care team will help arrange these calls and provide supervision.
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- Journal of Behavioral Addictions https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6174603/
- National Library of Medicine: MedlinePlus https://medlineplus.gov/druguseandaddiction.html
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) https://store.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/d7/priv/sma15-4174.pdf
