Alcohol Drug Abuse Rehabs

Anyone suffering from alcohol or drug abuse should start down the road to recovery by attending the best rehab their insurance or finances can support.

The cost is expensive because it is health care. Full-time, inpatient or can cost from $400 to $1200 per day. Partial or outpatient is less expensive. Insurance may cover some or all of the cost of rehab. Finding the right, best program is very important. Each center or clinic is different. We suggest you start with what funding is available, such as insurance.

Definition

To rehabilitate simply means to restore or repair. Rehab, short for rehabilitation, is any program or facility offering a modality of treatment for drug and or alcohol abuse.

 Rehab, short for rehabilitation, is the therapeutic and educational process which begins recovery from alcohol or substance abuse. It is also referred to as treatment, covering a wide range of options and variables. And there are many different kinds of rehabilitation.

There are many different types of rehabs, all of which have the same goal of helping the alcoholic or drug addict learn how to live without using drugs or alcohol. Most rehabs today include a medical, psychological as well as the 12-step component.

Drug or alcohol rehab is an umbrella term for the processes of medical and/or psychotherapeutic treatment, for dependency on alcohol or drugs. The intent of rehab is to enable the patient to cease substance abuse, in order to avoid the psychological, legal, financial, social, and physical consequences that can be caused, especially by extreme abuse.

Some Basis for Effective Rehab

No single rehab is appropriate for all individuals

Rehab needs to be readily available

Effective rehabilitation attends to multiple needs of the individual

An individual's rehabilitation and services plan must be assessed

Remaining in rehabilitation for an adequate period of time is critical

Counseling and other behavioral therapies are critical components

For certain disorders, medications are an important element of rehabilitation

Individuals with coexisting mental disorders should treat both

Rehabilitation does not need to be voluntary to be effective

Possible use during rehabilitation must be monitored continuously

Rehabilitation should include continuing care

History

Rehabs have been around for over sixty-five years.  In the early years, treatment and rehab consisted of imprisonment and public humiliation. Since then, alcoholism and addiction rehab has become a science of behavioral change. It was considered a moral weakness and treated with scorn and rebuff.

Dr. William Duncan Silkworth

Along came William Duncan Silkworth, M.D., (1873-1951) an American medical doctor and specialist in the treatment of alcoholism. He was Director of the Charles B. Towns Hospital for Drug and Alcohol Addictions in New York City in the 1930s, during which time Bill Wilson, a future co-founder of the mutual-help movement Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.), was admitted on three separate occasions for alcoholism. Silkworth had a profound influence on Wilson and encouraged him to realize that alcoholism was more than just an issue of moral weakness. He introduced Wilson to the idea that alcoholism had a pathological, disease-like basis. William Silkworth wrote the letters in the chapter titled "The Doctor's Opinion" in the book Alcoholics Anonymous.

Rehab Now

Rehab is like going to school. It teaches a person about the problem and what needs to be done to stop using drugs or alcohol.

Levels of Rehab

Inpatient

Inpatient drug alcohol rehab treatment center is the initial, full time component, known as detox. It is where the person checks in and resides at a facility, on a full time basis.

Partial

Better known as PHP, is half days are spent at a facility participating in treatment, therapy and education.

Outpatient

Outpatient is done on a part time basis, for a few hours several times a week, usually for several months. A complete assessment and evaluation, done by a professional, will usually determine the right level of drug and alcohol rehabilitation to begin.

Residential Rehabs

Rehab removes a person away from their old habits and environment, which allows them to break the cycle of using alcohol or drugs. If someone has been through rehab before, more than 30 days should be considered. Residential rehab treatment center