A drug rehab will have treatment programs that should offer help and support if you or someone you know has a dug problem or addiction. Learn more here about the different types of help available.
Often people looking for a drug rehab will be slightly confused by the terminology and language of a rehab or treatment center, that seems to treat every form of addiction that can be thought of, ranging from alcohol to drugs, food, sex, video games etc.
Most drug rehabs and treatment centres have developed their own addiction treatment programs over time that they apply to any individual who they perceive as having a problem with any type of addiction.This means that they classify people as addictive personalities, who effectively have a drug of choice that can range from alcohol to food to anything else.
This of course can create real problems in terms of understanding what the rehab can offer and whether it is really effective in what it does.It is important to understand this in the context of how a rehab or treatment center sees the nature of addiction and drug addiction specifically.
Depending on the individual and their history, a drug rehab or treatment center should be able to offer significant help in certain aspects and areas of the individuals recovery process.This help and understanding should begin with the admissions process into the drug rehab, and this should give the individual a fairly clear idea as to whether the rehab really understands the nature of their drug addiction.
The drug rehab should be able to take a clear and detailed medical history and should know what questions to ask.
Drug Rehab and Treatment Programs
It is also really important that the drug rehab, apart from anything else, offers a comprehensive risk assessment in terms of withdrawals from any drug that individual may have been using as well as from alcohol or any other substances that individual has used as well.
The drug rehab should have a fully qualified medical staff and clinical facilities able to assess and oversee any medical detox that needs to be done whatever the timeframe.
If the drug rehab does not have such facilities and staff, then it should have arrangements with a local clinical facility, often a hospital, who can do this on their behalf.
Drug Rehab Staff
Most drug rehabs will have their own medical and nursing staff on site, normally 24/7, and this can be a good indication of how experienced the rehab is in dealing with people who have are addicted to various drugs.
A drug rehab is likely to list on its website a wide range of drugs that it can offer help with to people who are addicted to them, or have been recently addicted to them. These will range from things such as cocaine through to heroin through to valium etc.
A more detailed list can be found here, although this is not comprehensive. Many drug rehabs will also offer help with people who have been addicted to prescription drugs, and any substance that may have been used or misused in addition.
Once a drug rehab has assessed whether a medical detox is needed, and such a medical detox has been overseen and undertaken if necessary, then the rehab will initiate the its addiction treatment program.
Such a program is likely to be based on the first five steps of the 12 step program pioneered by Alcoholics Anonymous, and adapted by Narcotics Anonymous as part of its own recovery process.
A drug rehab is likely to suggest that the individual attends meetings of Narcotics Anonymous and possibly Alcoholics Anonymous as well as part of its addiction treatment program.
Attendance at such meetings is sometimes mandatory, if not it will be encouraged or is likely to be encouraged very strongly.
It is hoped that attendance at meetings of NA and AA will help ground the individual in an understanding of addiction and what it means, and will be helpful for the individual both whilst in the drug rehab, and much more so once they have left as a form of after-care and support.