When dealing with a drug or alcohol addiction, loved ones and family member are often overwhelmed with the massive amount of information out there.
And while they are desperately seeking answers, they are left with more questions.
This article will explain the different types of treatment centers available, and the pros and cons of each.
Outpatient rehabs are probably the most common type of facility that addicts will seek out.
Originally, outpatient treatment centers were developed to help those who had a DUI, or who were struggling with drugs like marijuana.
Over time, the insurance companies began to only pay for outpatient treatment.
So people struggling with longtime heroin addictions or dangerous alcohol addiction are going to outpatient therapy and continuously relapsing.
Outpatient rehabs are meant to educate, not detoxify and handle a person's life.
However, even with this information, some people still insist that they will go to an outpatient rehab.
If this is the case, make sure that they are getting drug tested every few days, monitor what they are doing in their free time and get involved in their recovery.
While outpatient rehab is the harder road, it is still a step in the right direction.
Free or state funded rehabs are available to addicts as well.
These government programs were designed to help those who would not otherwise be able to pay for treatment.
Because these facilities are funded by the government, they are often filled with people who have been in and out of the prison system, transferred straight from jail, or have gone in and out of rehabs their whole life.
Essentially, these people are not there to get clean, they are there because they are forced to be there.
Long term, inpatient rehabs are by the far the best solution to a drug and/or alcohol addiction.
These types of facilities provide more clean time for the individual, they are staffed with individuals who have also handled their addictions, and they allow the person to really handle their addiction, without the fear of relapse.
And while they are desperately seeking answers, they are left with more questions.
This article will explain the different types of treatment centers available, and the pros and cons of each.
Outpatient rehabs are probably the most common type of facility that addicts will seek out.
Originally, outpatient treatment centers were developed to help those who had a DUI, or who were struggling with drugs like marijuana.
Over time, the insurance companies began to only pay for outpatient treatment.
So people struggling with longtime heroin addictions or dangerous alcohol addiction are going to outpatient therapy and continuously relapsing.
Outpatient rehabs are meant to educate, not detoxify and handle a person's life.
However, even with this information, some people still insist that they will go to an outpatient rehab.
If this is the case, make sure that they are getting drug tested every few days, monitor what they are doing in their free time and get involved in their recovery.
While outpatient rehab is the harder road, it is still a step in the right direction.
Free or state funded rehabs are available to addicts as well.
These government programs were designed to help those who would not otherwise be able to pay for treatment.
Because these facilities are funded by the government, they are often filled with people who have been in and out of the prison system, transferred straight from jail, or have gone in and out of rehabs their whole life.
Essentially, these people are not there to get clean, they are there because they are forced to be there.
Long term, inpatient rehabs are by the far the best solution to a drug and/or alcohol addiction.
These types of facilities provide more clean time for the individual, they are staffed with individuals who have also handled their addictions, and they allow the person to really handle their addiction, without the fear of relapse.
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