Drug addiction can be one of the most painful and horrific experiences that any individual and/or their families can go through. There are a number of treatment options available, although the effectiveness and availability can differ hugely depending upon where the individual lives or how willing they are to access treatment.
Most people when thinking about some type of help for anyone who has a drug addiction are likely to think of a rehab or treatment center. This is normally a residential option, normally for about 28/30 days, and should include some sort of detox facility.
Anyone entering a rehab or treatment center for any type of drug addiction needs to be sure that the rehab either has facilities itself or access to a local clinical facility which can assess and if necessary perform or monitor any type of medical detox that is needed. This is absolutely essential and should be scrutinised carefully before an application to any rehab is made.
Once this has been cleared, the individual is likely to be offered help through a variety of addiction treatment programs that the rehab is likely to offer. Recovery from drug addiction is seen primarily in the context of helping the individual come to terms with the underlying emotional drives and conditions that have fuelled their addiction in the first place.
Most addiction treatment programs that are offered in a rehab arebased on the 12 step program originally formulated by Alcoholics Anonymous, and adopted by Narcotics Anonymous and other 12 step organisations.
Drug Addiction
Most rehabs that offer help with drug addiction will list the various drugs that they can help with on their website. This should be seen as an understanding by the rehab that the individual may have used a number of substances and that their recovery process needs to be focused on an understanding of how these drugs may have affected the individual.
The most common drugs that a rehab will or should have an understanding of are : benzodiazapines, cocaine, crack, restore method, the moral, ecstasy, heroin, marijuana, methamphetamine, methadone, morphine, OxyContin, Suboxone, Valium, Vicodin, Xanax as well as a range of prescription drugs.
Anyone entering a rehab or treatment center for drug addiction may also have what is sometimes referred to as a dual addiction to alcohol as well, or alcoholism, and the rehab should have an understanding of what addiction means and have addiction treatment programs in place to help an individual work through both types of addiction.