In drug and alcohol rehab, just like in a lot of areas of life, people want certainty.  They want an answer.  If they are going to spend their hard earned money, they want even more certainty that the product or service will do what they want.

Unfortuanately, in treating addiction there is no certainty.  Even with long established programs with a track record, there are still only probablilities of success.  There are other ways of looking at it though.

A client in a rehab program will learn new skills.  A client while in the program will experience sobriety.  A client in a drug rehab program will be safe, and have good food and make new friends.  A client in a drug rehab will be away from his or her “using friends”.  These are certainties.

Another certainty is that if nothing new is done or tried, the situation will most likey deteroriate.  For the majority of clients with a severe addicition, it dosen’t gradually go away.  It gets worse.  It also gets worse for everyone in the family.  They all suffer as well. 

Sobriety is a process everyone can learn.  Not everyone will learn at the same rate, or with the same effectiveness.  To turn away from drug and alcohol rehab because there is no sure thing makes no sense.  A life is at stake.  The way to solve anything is to contiune to try new and effective strategies while consistently applying good research based solutions.  Never give up.

This entry was posted on Friday, December 22nd, 2006 at 9:05 am and is filed under Drug Rehab. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.