If you need alcohol rehab in Los Angeles, well help. For mental health and recovery, try our comfortable facilities. Find help for addiction in a non-clinical environment. Our centers specialize in dual diagnosis for both substance abuse and psychiatric disorders. When addiction occurs with a mental disorder, you need a treatment plan that approaches both problems. Watch this video for more info.
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Saturday, March 27, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
How to Choose the Right Drug Detox Rehab Program
Alright, your son or daughter or Uncle Bob has finally decided to get help for addiction. Now what?
If you have ever searched for a drug treatment center before, you know what is ahead, phone calls on top of phone calls and then some very tough decisions.
Some of the questions you need to answer are:
1. Should we go for the treatment facility right here in town or choose one far away?
2. What treatment method will be right for Uncle Bob?
3. How long should the treatment take?
4. Will a religious program be best?
5. How much will it cost?
In the end, the biggest question will be, was it successful?
There are hundreds of drug abuse treatment facilities out there and most hover around a 25% success rate. Success means the addict is no longer addicted and stays stably and permanently off drugs or alcohol. Those are not good odds. It is pretty clear why many experts claim addiction is incurable.
Let's look at our questions.
1. Local or distant?
That one is pretty easy. Drug treatment programs are voluntary. There are no locks on the doors. It has to be that way, the drug user will have to stay off drugs on his or her own willpower in the end. Self-determination is learned by making the right choices. While going through treatment, especially the first portion of treatment, it is best for the person to be in a setting that does not offer a short taxi ride to some well-known drug dealer. So it is very advisable to get them out of the area where they have been using drugs.
2. What method of treatment?
Choose a method that will not end up with the addict still addicted to drugs!! This may sound pretty stupid, but many programs send the addicts packing after an expensive 28 days with pockets full of prescription drugs to which they are now addicted!
3. What length of time should it take for addiction treatment to be completed?
If anyone gives you an exact answer to this one, realize they do not know what they are talking about. No one can give a precise time frame to the completion of a program of this type. The common "28 days" is definitely not based on any kind of science. It is usually just the amount of time for which the insurance companies are willing to pay. Choose a detox rehab program that has no set time limit. Make sure it does not continue to charge more for every week but has a set cost, whether the program takes three months or six months, same price.
4. Will a religious program be right for this particular drug user?
It depends on the individual. If the program is based on religion and every addict who goes through must subscribe to the religion, then a large percentage of addicts will not do well there.
5. How much will treatment cost?
There are no free programs. Even the rare treatment facility that does not cost the patient any money is not free. These are expensive propositions that must be paid for. Usually it is the taxpayers or some charitable foundation who pays. These places are famous for long waiting lists and the old saying, "You get what you pay for." fits here better then most places.
In the end, the location, flexible periods of treatment and the employment of effective treatment methods will make the difference between success and failure for the addict. So get some professional advice and really look into the various offerings. Watch out for any expensive treatment that stresses luxury and short stays or that suggests sedation and other drug therapy. And keeping the user in the same area where all his or her drug connections live...well, what do you think?
Tony Bylsma CCDC, is a rehabilitation counselor and drug prevention speaker in Los Angeles
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Corey Haim dies at 38
The Canadian-born actor rose to fame in the eighties. His hits included The Lost Boys, Dream a Little Dream and Licence to Drive. He was found at his Los Angeles apartment on Wednesday morning and was pronounced dead at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Centre in Burbank. Hain struggled with drug addiction and spent time in rehab, he once admitted: "The doctors could not believe I was taking that much, and that was just the Valium." The 38-year-old staged a revival in 2007 when he appeared alongside his friend and co-star Corey Feldman in The Two Coreys.
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