Alcohol & Drug Addiction Treatment

A Non 12 step rehab is probably the best form of drug treatment available. Whether a person is addicted to drugs or alcohol finding the right type of rehab is essential to having a successful recovery. Alternative drug rehabs that also incorporate holistic treatment would be considered a non 12 step program. Heroin, cocaine, alcohol, marijuana, and prescription drugs are the main drugs that cause to need rehabilitation. Some of these like heroin, alcohol and prescription drugs require a person to enter some type of medical detox which helps taper a person gently so the addicted individual will not experience severe withdrawal symptoms.

Unfortunately the traditional 12 step programs are in bed with the pharmaceutical, psychiatric and insurance industry so that the 12 steps are considered the medical treatment of choice. There are very few non 12 step rehabs that take insurance. There are a few that do and that is very rare that a non 12 step drug rehab can do that because of the suppressive actions of the insurance and pharmaceutical industry.

Remember, if you are tired of being told you have an incurable disease, and that you are powerless and control less, find a good non 12 step rehab. They will get to the underlying issues of why a person is abusing drugs and alcohol and then rehabilitate those issues while teaching a person life skills so that they can live a happy and drug free life.

Traditional drug rehab has used replacement drugs as a solution to “treating” addiction. Now that addiction has been medically termed a “disease”, the pharmaceutical industry has made a fortune in the rehabilitation industry by dispensing billions of dollars worth of drugs to psychiatrists to prescribe to alcoholics and addicts. The unfortunate result has been more people addicted to prescription drugs, more suicides, and fewer people overcoming their addiction.

As of recent, alternative drug rehabs have been expanding its form of treatment. Many people who have failed in psychiatric based drug rehabs are looking for different forms of rehabilitation for addiction. One of the most effective drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs is one that uses a bio-physical treatment, and then life skills therapy. These types of programs are usually holistic and promote healthy lives by providing nutrition, exercise, and sauna therapy.

Unfortunately in the Northeast of the US many of these alternative drug rehabs are non-existent because of the heave psychiatric influence. Traveling out of state to enter a drug rehab facility is usually more effective because one of the first forms of treatment is changing a person’s environment. Addiction treatment centers should focus on the individual’s needs rather than a group. Therefore most programs that offer group counseling or group therapy fail at getting to the root problem for an alcoholic or drug addict. Residential drug treatment centers that offer a one on one setting have a higher success rate and is a type program that we recommend.