Treatment Center Checklist

Before you begin a rehab program, it’s important to know what to expect. Once you arrive, you’ll spend the majority of your time at The Recovery Village at Palmer Lake. You’ll eat and sleep here, participate in regular counseling and therapy sessions, and make valuable connections with other residents. You’ll be part of a community that understands the challenges you’ve experienced due to addiction and you’ll be in an environment that moves you toward healing and self-improvement.

Knowing what to bring with you and what to leave at home can help you focus on recovery during treatment.

What Can I Bring With Me to Treatment?

While the facility will supply residents with some items, we recommend brining at least two weeks worth of season-appropriate clothing, as well as enough toiletries and other necessities to last for 30 days. Arriving prepared will reduce your stress and allow for a seamless transition into focusing on treatment and recovery. We ask that you please bring no more than two (2) bags/pieces of luggage. Anything more than what may fit in two pieces of luggage will be placed in storage for your full stay.

Clothing

Palmer Lake, Colorado, can experience frigid temperatures during the winter. Patients should pack at least two weeks worth of season-appropriate clothing, especially jackets, sweaters and other long-sleeved shirts if they plan on traveling to the facility during the winter. Summer can reach temperatures upwards of 90 degrees Fahrenheit, but some clients may still need a jacket for indoors or chilly evenings. To ensure that clients stay focused on recovery, we prohibit any overly revealing articles of clothing, including tank tops and short shorts. We also do not allow any clothing items that allude to drugs or alcohol, or with obscene images or phrases.

The facility includes an exercise gym, swimming pool, basketball and volleyball courts and nearby walking trails. You may also go on off-site field trips. Make sure to pack comfortable outfits to enjoy any of these potential recreational activities. For water activities, ladies should wear one-piece swimsuits and men should wear knee-length board shorts.

Recommended clothing:

• Season-appropriate clothing
• Sweater or jacket for indoors and outdoors
• Long pants, shorts, socks, undergarments
• Ladies’ proper undergarments
• Men’s proper undergarments
• Hat, beanie, warm gloves
• Tennis shoes, flip flops, sandals
• Comfortable & discrete work-out wear
• Comfortable sleepwear
• Ladies: one-piece swimsuits
• Men: knee-length board swim shorts

Toiletries and Personal Care Items

You’ll likely share a bedroom with at least one other client. Pillows and sheets will be provided. You’re welcome to bring your own toiletries, with a few exceptions. Items that were opened before arrival or include alcohol are not permitted. This rule is designed to protect the residents and staff members and maintain a substance-free environment.

• Eyeglasses/contacts/sunglasses
• Dental flossers
• Hairbrush
• Unopened supplies (optional, as facility supplies are available)
• Alcohol-free mouthwash
• Toothbrush, unopened toothpaste
• Deodorant
• Alcohol-free shampoo and conditioner
• Sunscreen
• Face wash and moisturizer
• Lotion
• Lip balm
• Feminine products
• Alcohol-free contact lens solution
• Disposable razors (secured and checked in/out at specific times)
• Blow dryer/styling tools (secured and checked in/out at specific times)

Hygiene products with alcohol listed among the first three ingredients will not be allowed at the center. The facility can supply residents with shampoo, conditioner and other items upon request.

Documentation

The safety and confidentiality of our residents are very important to us. To ensure a seamless process, we ask that you bring the following documentation with you to treatment:

• Photo ID: State/Government valid ID/Driver’s License/Passport
• Necessary travel documentation
• Relevant medical records/list of providers with contact information
• A list of family members and their contact information

Financial

• Small amount of cash ($200)
• A form of payment (credit card, debit card, checkbook)
• Prepaid Visa gift card (only this will be used for all purchases facilitated by staff on your behalf)

Electronics

• Cell phone
• E-reader
• Laptops
• Music (MP3, iPod, ear buds, headphones)

Medications

The Recovery Village at Palmer Lake staff understands that many residents rely on specific medications to maintain their health. Please communicate with intake coordinators and other staff members regarding medicine you’ll need during your stay and provide a list of all medications you’re currently taking. Medication plans will be assessed upon admission. While the team wants you to be as comfortable as possible, please understand that staff will inspect medication to ensure that no unauthorized substances are brought in. If authorized, medications will be kept with staff and dispensed as medically appropriate.

Tobacco

• Cigarettes
• Chewing tobacco
• All tobacco products must be unopened

Journal/Hobby Items

Inpatient rehabilitation often includes busy days of individual and group therapy sessions, recreational activities and other events that promote addiction recovery. While a lot of your time will be planned out, there are opportunities to spend quality time by yourself. Bring a journal, sketchbook or other personal items if you wish, so long as they do not inhibit your or another resident’s rehabilitation.

What Not to Bring

The staff wants you to be as comfortable as possible while staying at The Recovery Village at Palmer Lake. However, certain items contradict the goals of recovery or create an unsafe environment for the staff and residents. The following items are not allowed at the facility:

Drugs, Alcohol, Medications

• drug or alcohol paraphernalia including CBD and THC products (will be destroyed upon admission)
• prescribed narcotic or controlled substances (will be destroyed upon admission.)
• drugs or alcohol (will be destroyed upon admission)
• vapes, e-cigarettes, black and mild’s, cigars, pipes and pipe tobacco

Electronics

• cameras, handheld video camera, audio recorder

Clothing

• overly revealing clothing
• short shorts
• tank tops and loose tee’s
• clothing depicting: drugs, drug paraphernalia, explicit language and/or images, politically charged slogans

Personal care

• perfume, cologne
• opened toiletry products
• exercise/metabolic supplements
• essential oils
• non-ADA Certified service animal/emotional support animal

Other

• weapons (including pocketknives)
• pornographic material: literature, video, audio, or clothing
• aerosol products (hairspray, deodorant, etc.)
• wire clothes hangers
• free weights
• personal used blankets, pillows, linens, or stuffed animal

This is not an exhaustive list. Final determination of any other contraband is at the discretion of the treatment team

While this guide may answer many of your questions, you may still have additional questions regarding what you can bring to The Recovery Village at Palmer Lake. If so, contact a representative today to receive more information about how to prepare for your residential treatment.