Alcohol & Drug Addiction Treatment

Over the last few years we have seen an increase in the opening of drug rehabilitation nationwide. Most of these drug rehabs offer limited services and are only short term programs designed to bill insurance and make money. Very few of these programs offer long term care with a high success rate. Today we will discuss what type of programs you should look into and which ones to stay away from. There are a few things that an effective drug rehab will offer and it is key that this is the type of program that either your loved one or yourself enrolls into.

The thing is always look for a long term rehab rather than a short term 30 day program. Minimally a drug rehab should be 60 days but longer is better. 4-6 months is optimum and offers the highest success rate because it allows for the addicted individual to address all aspects of life.

The other important tool that an effective drug rehab program should offer is that it is holistic and does not use drugs as its rehabilitation process. I know this sounds crazy but most traditional 12 step programs believe addiction is a disease and that you must “treat” the disease with prescribed drugs and medications. This is the worst thing that you can do. What you want to find is a holistic program that believes in vitamin and mineral therapy and uses cognitive counseling to address the underlying issues.

Tags: drug rehab program, drug rehabs, holistic

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