What are the Components of a Successful Rehabilitation Program?
There are several components that we have been able
to identify amon successful drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs. The first
major one is that its goal is to get the person off of all drugs and does not
use substitute drugs in place of the original drug of choice. This would
including opioid replacement therapy (methadone, buprenorphine, etc.) as well
as antipsychotic drugs, antidepressants and even newer experimental medications
and drug combinations.
The second component directly conflicts many
newer 12-step treatment modalities in that it does not consider addiction an
incurable lifelong disease. Those rehab programs that help former addicts focus
on their personal responsibility and control have a better chance at helping
them permanently recover than the facilities that tell them they're hopelessly
addicted for life and that addiction is a chronic, relapsing brain
disease.
The last main component we've found is the length of time the
drug
rehab program takes. The unfortunate fact is that 30 days is very rarely
enough to fully recover and in many cases it should be several months long.
There is no set period of time, but something longer-term is generally more
successful than shorter-term rehabs.
Aside from those three main components, other non-12-step programs
might use a more holistic approach, including vitamin and other nutritional
therapy. Some even have a
biophysical
treatment body cleansing approach where remaining drug residues in the body
are flushed out to no longer cause adverse effects on the individual. They
become completely detoxified.
There are cases where addicts and/or their
families prefer a program that follows their particular religion, while others
don't feel religion should have any part of a treatment program. There are some
Christian-based programs out there that work with churches and other national
organizations to provide long term services that are based more on Bible study
and virtues than addressing the mechanics of addiction, but religion by itself
can be a very important aspect of permanent recovery for some
people.
Caution! We do not recommend following programs that use
methods of aversion therapy (drugging or shocking someone into submission),
hypnosis (which bypasses their ability to think rationally on that subject) or
new chemical treatments that target brain function.
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non-12-step addiction treatment program. Fill out the form on
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