Inpatient Drug Rehab and Real Addiction Treatment
Why are most inpatient drug rehab programs ridiculously ineffective? It's almost the powers that be want there to be so many addicts in the world. The money motivated treatment professionals who claim to be a source of hope and safety for families tell people right up front " you have a less than ten percent chance" or " or you will always be an addict & and your are powerless". What kind of motivation does that give people who need hope?
Many of the inpatient drug rehab programs out there offer a variety of methods for treatment in one form or another. Most folks have no idea where to start or what to do. All they know is that they need help. About 95% of the treatment programs available use the 12-step approach offered through Alcohol Anonymous (AA). Variations of AA have bled over into drug rehab programs commonly known as Narcotics Anonymous with really no change in the approach.
Tens of thousands of people have hoped to find sobriety with the AA method of treatment. Unfortunately, for the most part this approach has less than desirable success and with no real changes in the treatment modality forthcoming it doesn't seem plausible for improvement with addiction recovery. While there are many positive things about the 12 step approach there are quite a few areas that could use an overhaul.
Inpatient drug treatment facilities using an empowering approach enable the addict to overcome any obstacle that may lie in the road to complete and total recovery. Younger addicts do not usually conform to the philosophy of once an addict always an addict, and definitely do not warm up to the idea of being treatment the remainder of one's life.
There are studies that have shown that people experiment with drugs because they cannot comprehend the intensity of the cravings that will occur when addicted. In addiction, addicts cannot imagine the terrible things they would do to satisfy their cravings for drugs. For example, when craving drugs they are twice likely to choose drugs over money. When troubles abound of this sort getting a person in this frame of mind to enter treatment in an inpatient drug rehab program is very difficult to say the least.
Drugs are toxins and when absorbed by the body burn up large amounts of nutrition, the fuel needed for normal body and brain function. Lack of nutrients in the addicts body weaken the person immune system, cause sleeplessness, anxiety and a number of other mental emotional problems that mimic psychiatric disorders.
Inpatient drug rehab or treatment programs with a strong nutritional component have much higher chance of success in complete addiction recovery. What helps to eliminate cravings for drugs or alcohol is restoring the nutritional deficiencies created by drug use and lack of proper nutrition and removing the toxins from the person body. Not handling these fundamental issues increases the chance of relapse and is why most rehabilitation programs don't work.
Once these steps are complete and the addict feels better physically, only then will he be able to fully confront his emotional problems and take responsibility for his condition in life. Doing one before the other is like putting the cart before the horse and any gains made with counseling or therapy will only be a setback when drug cravings occur. Starting from the ground up works better in treatment, that's with the physical addiction first, and best done in a controlled inpatient drug rehabilitation setting for the addicts sake.
Many of the inpatient drug rehab programs out there offer a variety of methods for treatment in one form or another. Most folks have no idea where to start or what to do. All they know is that they need help. About 95% of the treatment programs available use the 12-step approach offered through Alcohol Anonymous (AA). Variations of AA have bled over into drug rehab programs commonly known as Narcotics Anonymous with really no change in the approach.
Tens of thousands of people have hoped to find sobriety with the AA method of treatment. Unfortunately, for the most part this approach has less than desirable success and with no real changes in the treatment modality forthcoming it doesn't seem plausible for improvement with addiction recovery. While there are many positive things about the 12 step approach there are quite a few areas that could use an overhaul.
Inpatient drug treatment facilities using an empowering approach enable the addict to overcome any obstacle that may lie in the road to complete and total recovery. Younger addicts do not usually conform to the philosophy of once an addict always an addict, and definitely do not warm up to the idea of being treatment the remainder of one's life.
There are studies that have shown that people experiment with drugs because they cannot comprehend the intensity of the cravings that will occur when addicted. In addiction, addicts cannot imagine the terrible things they would do to satisfy their cravings for drugs. For example, when craving drugs they are twice likely to choose drugs over money. When troubles abound of this sort getting a person in this frame of mind to enter treatment in an inpatient drug rehab program is very difficult to say the least.
Drugs are toxins and when absorbed by the body burn up large amounts of nutrition, the fuel needed for normal body and brain function. Lack of nutrients in the addicts body weaken the person immune system, cause sleeplessness, anxiety and a number of other mental emotional problems that mimic psychiatric disorders.
Inpatient drug rehab or treatment programs with a strong nutritional component have much higher chance of success in complete addiction recovery. What helps to eliminate cravings for drugs or alcohol is restoring the nutritional deficiencies created by drug use and lack of proper nutrition and removing the toxins from the person body. Not handling these fundamental issues increases the chance of relapse and is why most rehabilitation programs don't work.
Once these steps are complete and the addict feels better physically, only then will he be able to fully confront his emotional problems and take responsibility for his condition in life. Doing one before the other is like putting the cart before the horse and any gains made with counseling or therapy will only be a setback when drug cravings occur. Starting from the ground up works better in treatment, that's with the physical addiction first, and best done in a controlled inpatient drug rehabilitation setting for the addicts sake.
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