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The New Face of Addiction Recovery

May 28, 2008 on 2:26 pm | In Uncategorized |

The 12-step program has been the oldest and most prevalent group in the country for many decades when it comes to treating drug and alcohol addiction.  The original purpose was for people to recover - not to stay “in recovery”. 

Throughout the years the ideas about drug rehabilitation and addiction recovery have been changed and warped into being life-long treatments of mental disorders with many newer made-up diseases piled on top of it and all of the new prescription drugs to treat these symptoms.  What has happened with all of these new treatments is that the problem of addiction and helping someone to completely recover has become more compound and in most cases worse, not better. 

Unfortunately millions of families over the years have been on the receiving end of this deceptive pit of hoplessness that has been perpetuated by the idea that addiction is an incurable brain disease and that people have to fight it and treat it for the rest of their lives.  However, after several failed treatment attempts (and many substitute drugs being erroneously prescribed) people are waking up and realizing that there are some simple truths to helping someone permanently recovery.

One of these truths is that addiction is not an incurable brain disease - there has never been a single study ever in history to prove that it is, yet the concept is continually forced upon even those of us who have successfully beaten addiction and are cured.  People are ultimately responsible for their own condition, but may need help regaining control.  Addiction isn’t a pre-determined or hopeless fate.

Another is that giving more drugs to addicts on any long-term basis will not help them become drug-free.  The simple concept is that someone still taking drugs is not free from them.  This includes the myriad of prescriptions for “dual diagnosis” and drug replacement therapy for opiate addicts as well as others.

The third is that very few people ever get permanently better in 28 or 30 days.  In most cases, it takes time to undo what has taken some years to create.  People aren’t magically better in a month.  This was an arbitrary timeline set up by insurance companies unwilling to pay for much more.

What we continue to see each and every week is that when addicts and their family members begin start to see these truths then they have hope.  They see that a drug and alcohol rehab that approaches addiction treatment with these fundamentals has a much higher success rate for permanent rehabilitation.  These basics are creating the new face of addiction recovery - those who have permanently recovered and move on with a happy, productive and drug-free life.

For more information or to get help for a loved one in need, contact us today by calling 1-877-421-9659 or visit www.drug-addiction-rehab.net.