If You/or Someone you know has a Serious Substance Abuse Problem (answer the questions here to determine), Drug rehab is your best bet for recovery. Drug addiction is a complex illness. It takes a trained health professional, often a doctor specializing in addiction medicine, to make an accurate diagnosis and prescribe the most appropriate treatment. Drug rehabilitation must help the individual stop using drugs and maintain a drug-free lifestyle, while achieving productive functioning in the family, at work, and in society. Over the last 25 years, studies have shown that treatment works to reduce drug intake and crimes committed by drug-dependent people. Researchers also have found that drug abusers who have been through treatment are more likely to have jobs.
Selecting a Drug Rehabilitation Treatment
Center
Not all drug rehabilitation centers are the same, there are differences in program options, staff qualifications, credentials, cost, and effectiveness. Most drug rehabs take their patients through similar steps beginning with detoxification, going through therapy, and ending in integration into employment and housing.
Outpatient Drug Rehab
Attending outpatient treatment helps the individual understand the disease concept of substance abuse or addiction and how it has affected his or her life. Outpatient treatment usually spans several months and involves educational lectures, group therapy and one-on-one counseling with a therapist. Most outpatient programs also help instill a greater awareness of oneself, an understanding of the factors contributing to and motivating one's drug use, teach effective interpersonal communication skills, relapse prevention, and offer an introduction to 12-Step programs which have proven to be the most effective tool in helping people maintain their sobriety or recovery.
Inpatient or Residential Drug Rehab
Residential or inpatient treatment takes place in a relaxed hospital or dormitory-like setting. Patients or clients usually room together and live in the facility for at least 30-days and sometimes as long as several months depending on individual needs. Programs curriculums vary depending upon the individual facility, however most are based on 12-Step programs or what is also referred to as the 'social model' of treatment. Patients attend lectures, 12-Step meetings, and group and individual therapy throughout the day. Since treatment is in a medical setting, patients' physical, nutritional, and psychiatric conditions can also be monitored. Perhaps one of the greatest benefits that people find in residential or inpatient treatment is the mutual and group support they receive from each other.
Sober Living Drug Rehab
‘Sober Living' or 'Transitional Living.' Not to be confused with half-way houses, a sober living home or facility is a safe and secure environment where residents live for extended periods of time while adjusting or transitioning back into their day-to-day lives. Most residents continue working in their chose professions or use the time to explore new careers while attending some form of outpatient treatment in the evenings. More often than not, residents transition into a sober living home upon completion of inpatient or residential treatment. This process has been proven to increase the chances of an individual being able to achieve a strong foundation in recovery and have a better opportunity of enjoying long-term recovery.
