August 20th, 2010
I wish I had seen this website years ago… would have probably saved my family and I years of agony searching for the “right” drug treatment rehab. My brother was a heroin addict for 8 years. We struggled month after month trying to help him in finding a detox program. And some months we gave up completely, subscribing to someone’s [bad] advice that it was “his life, and we should let him live it how he wants to live it.”
I finally realized that I was no longer dealing with my brother. He was long gone, and his personality replaced with a new identity controlled entirely by heroin. So “his life” wasn’t being lived the way “he wanted.” It was out of his hands and up to his family to bring him back.
He did out-patient, 30 Day, 28 Day, 12 Steps, Narcotics Anonymous, hospitalized Rapid Opiate Detox (which I would NOT recommend)… you name it, he did it. Eventually we realized that we needed something different, and after dozens of Google searches I discovered that “different” in the drug rehab field is anything non-12 Step (AKA: Alternative Drug Rehab.) I just didn’t buy into these programs that felt his addiction was incurable; that it was only “manageable” with addictive opiate drugs.
He did a long-term drug rehab alternative program tailor-made to his specific dependency. He was away for a good 3 or 4 months, which was hard but necessary. And now our family is complete again. But like I said earlier, if I had you guys helping me out I probably could have cut out weeks and months of searching.
Good luck and God bless to everyone out there searching. I hope you find answers.
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July 19th, 2010
When do we step in to see that our loved ones, struggling with addiction to drugs and or alcohol, get the help they need? How long is “too long” to wait? And what if this person refuses to see they even have a problem? What then?
One of the most important things to remember about dealing with persons tangled up in substance abuse is that you can almost guarantee your loved one is unable to make good decisions. If he/she were able to think clearly and rationally while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, then you wouldn’t be facing a problem, would you? If the addict were able to just stop, then he would have already done so.
I don’t mean that drug abusers are eternally afflicted or unable to ever make good choices. This is, after all, what drug rehab is about—returning to the addict his ability to make good choices again. But as the sober onlooker it is your job to know what is right and see to it that the addict gets help. The term rehab specialists use for stepping in to see that a substance abuser gets help before it’s too late, is “intervention.” Occasionally situations like this call for the help of a professional interventionist to ensure results in getting the individual to agree to get help.
Private interventionists are available to help your situation and guide your family through to successful results. Call us today for help finding the right drug intervention for your situation.
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