What to Expect at The Recovery Village Ridgefield

This packing guide ensures you have everything you may need while you’re with us, so you can focus on what’s really important — healing.

If you’re considering using FMLA benefits to protect your job while you’re in rehab, it’s really important to start the process as soon as possible, even before you arrive for treatment. You’ll need to contact your employer to start the paperwork required for FMLA. To protect your privacy, you only need to say you’re seeking medical treatment.

Wherever you’re coming from, our Recovery Advocates ensure you arrive at our center safely and on time. You can book and confirm transportation on your own, or we can help you make travel arrangements. We can also arrange pick-up to and from the airport, bus stations or train stations.

Rooms at The Recovery Village Ridgefield provide a comfortable resting place during recovery. Rooms are shared with one other patient to help foster critical fellowship during a difficult time. Following your inpatient program, PHP clients live in well-appointed cottages around the facility, sharing bedrooms and bathrooms with their peers in recovery. Some cottages feature private kitchen spaces. The number of residents in each room may differ depending on your treatment stage and care needs.

Our facility features a full cafeteria with meals our onsite chef prepares. Typically, a few different meals will be available for breakfast, lunch and dinner, including vegetarian and vegan options. Each delicious and nutritious meal is made to bolster patients’ physical and mental health as they recover. Snacks are also provided. No outside snacks or meals are permitted in the facility. If you have any food allergies, let us know before your arrival so we can accommodate you.

Patients are responsible for keeping their rooms clean and doing their laundry to nurture independence and accountability. Certain housekeeping services, like trash removal and linens, are provided at the medical detox and inpatient levels of care.

Cell phones are securely stored upon arrival for the safety and privacy of all patients. This also helps patients focus on healing by avoiding distractions and keeping their stay confidential. Following a 72-hour window without calls, patients may use the facility phone three times per week on house phone, or approved for more, with approved contacts only. After entering PHP/IOP, clients may use their cell phones during non-programming times if approved.

Residents at The Recovery Village Ridgefield may take periodic smoke breaks during designated times. Your treatment plan determines the timing and frequency of these breaks. If you smoke, you must bring enough unopened and sealed cigarettes, vape or tobacco products for your entire stay. E-cigarette and vapes must be disposable and labeled Pure Nicotine (with no additional additives). There will be no opportunity to charge these products. Smoking cessation products may be offered during your treatment. Please note: patients under 21 will not have the opportunity to purchase tobacco products during their stay. Our staff cannot provide or purchase tobacco products for patients.

During treatment, rebuilding relationships with loved ones is important. Some may benefit from long-distance or virtual family treatment, while others may need in-person visits. Family therapy visits are generally offered as clinically appropriate.

While your treatment occurs at our Ridgefield facility, offsite opportunities may or may not be available, including additional support group meetings and recreational therapies. Your level of care and medical needs determines offsite visits.