treatment in the San Francisco substance abuse treatment arena in the late 1990’s, Dr. Lonny Shavelson provides a stark and thought-provoking insight into substance use treatment in the United States. His book, Hooked: Five addicts challenge our misguided drug rehab system, documents the journey of the five addicts: Mike, Darrell, Darlene, Glenda, and Crystal. Through examination of these stories as documented in Hooked, we can journey through the book and begin to examine the underlying…
Two types of drug and alcohol treatment programs exist – inpatient and outpatient. Inpatient treatment facilities are intensive, residential programs for treating serious addictions. You'll reap many great benefits from inpatient treatment. These include: This environment is both stable and sober. You'll receive psychiatric monitoring throughout your withdrawal and recovery. This is important if you've been an addict for a long time or you have a major addiction. Doctors and nurses are…
directors spend a very long time establishing Jenny’s drug addiction but no time covering her treating it. The only reference we have to her troubled past in the later part of the movie is her mysterious illness that leads to her death and we never see her struggle with residual cravings, depression, or any other real things those going through treatment go through. The representation of a drug addict in this movie is someone who has a troubled past uses drugs to cope with that troubled past and…
No progress was made in this dimension. The client’s social system remains non-supportive of his recovery and appears to have a high risk of returning to addictive behavior as evidenced by the lack of commitment for his recovery and disengaging from treatment. Client’s living environment does not appear to be supportive of addiction recovery as he has little social interactions. Client did report that he attends church, but he lacks contact with and a connection to the 12-stap sober support…
November 2016 There are many problems in the world and there is one specific one that is not only unsafe but also deadly, and that problem is Meth. Meth is a drug that not only is addictive, it is extremely dangerous. The problem with Meth is what it does to someone’s body and how it affects others around them. Brief description of Meth; it is a drug that is cheaply made out of normal everyday products such as: gas cleaner chemicals, the red stuff on matches, etc. Going along with being…
Determining a drug treatment program for an addict can be a very difficult process. There is no one program that will help treat everyone with different addictions. It is important for treatments centers to figure out the root of the problem in order to completely rehabilitate the individual. Rehabilitating a person consists of much more than having someone keep sober for 90 days. It is about giving them the right tools to cope with their stress, disorders, or trauma in their lives. In some ways…
The recovery process is inevitable for all addicts go through that want to quit their addictive behavior. Since addiction hijacks a person’s brain, a person needs to surround his external climate with other addicts and ex-addicts. One of the best ways most addicts can recover from their addictive behavior is enrolling in a twelve-step program. To see how a twelve-step is like, I visited a Narcotic Anonymous (NA) candlelight meeting. The twelve-step meeting researched contradicts Mate’s…
Luxury drug rehab in the mountains offer the finest, most effective drug treatment programs. You'll enjoy private accommodations coupled with attention and exclusive amenities. Throughout your stay you also get effective drug treatment that remembers even the really small details. What Luxury Drug Rehab in the Mountains Offers With so many luxury drug rehab in the mountains existing today it's important to know what to look for. Some of the things you'll want to remember include: Comfort…
What are some weaknesses in the 12 step program? Athena, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is well-known for its use of the 12-Step program model in treating addiction: A model copied and disseminated by many other similar programs. According to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) (2014), the 12-step program or parts of it are utilized in approximately 74 percent of treatment facilities in the United States. However, something’s popularity or widely-acceptedness neither…
When you're suffering from addiction, substance abuse treatment centers will help you detox, recover, and rehab. Luxury treatment facilities do this while offering high quality amenities at the same time. This is the main difference between these centers. However, you will probably want to know what these amenities include and how scientific research says they'll benefit you. Why Luxury Amenities are a Beneficial Part of Substance Abuse Treatment There are many great benefits to attending a…