Anyone who is looking for help for someone with a cocaine addiction, either for themselves or for someone they know is likely to investigate the process of residential treatment in a rehab, given that this is a fairly standard route for drug addiction recovery.
People are quite often confused by the process of treatment, and the sheer number of rehabs and treatment centres that are available offering help, knowing which one to choose and wondering how effective in terms of recovery they actually are.
The majority of residential rehabs will offer a number of addiction treatment programs, designed to help people with addictions to alcohol, normally referred to as alcoholism or alcohol addiction, or a variety of narcotics and prescription drugs.
Most rehabs will list the various drugs that they offer treatment for, and the following is a selection that will directly appear on most rehab’s websites : benzodiazepines, cocaine, crack, crystal meth, demerol, ecstasy, heroin, marijuana, methamphetamines, methadone, morphine, OxyContin, Suboxone, Valium, Vicodin and Xanax.
The approach that a rehab will take should consist of two main elements.
Firstly any individual should be properly assessed by medically collar five personnel to see if a medical detox is warranted.
If it is, either the rehab itself or a nearby local clinical facility should undertake the process, and oversee it to make sure that all medical protocols regarding a detox or adhered to.
Cocaine Addiction
Once a detox has been assessed and if necessary undertaken, then the majority of time spent in a residential rehab will largely be spent undertaking a variety of therapeutic and counselling addiction treatment programs.
The aim of these addiction treatment programs will be to give the individual the basics of an understanding into the nature of their addiction, and begin the process of recovery.
The majority of rehab’s and treatment centres based their addiction treatment programs on the 12 step programme of Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous.
In addition, it is quite likely that a rehab that is treating someone for a cocaine addiction will either insist or suggest that individual attends meetings of Narcotics Anonymous, both of whilst in treatment, and once they have left is the basis of a support system and network.
It is very difficult to assess the effectiveness in terms of long-term recovery from cocaine addiction of any rehab or treatment center.
To that end, the important things to look for are the levels of staffing in a rehab, what types of clinical staff are available and what ratio of staff to patient or client this actually entails.
Additionally, it is important to make sure that the rehab adheres to all local and national laws and guidelines relating to a clinical facility.
The other thing to be aware of is the extent to which the rehab endorses and embraces the approach of a 12 step program, widely regarded as the most effective form of recovery.
There are some people who prefer a non-12-step recovery approach, and there are some rehabs that base their addiction recovery programs more on a life skills type approach to being clean and sober.