Drug treatment home or sober home is a term for a after care or extended care program house where recovering addicts can live in a safe and supportive environment that is conducive to their recovery.
Drug addiction has become a serious problem in the United States and is growing in alarming proportions. Drug addiction is a chronic disease and has to be treated effectively with a combination of therapies if the treatment is to be effective. Drug rehab is the most important thing to do and for those that have succumbed to a drug addiction, rehab is the best chance to get a hold on your life once again. The decision will have to be made and the person who has developed a drug dependency will have to seek help and enrolling in a rehab program is not the easiest thing to do.
Timely intervention
Reaching out for help in time is the key to recovery. There are many signs and symptoms that one can look for and the moment the truth is discovered, families and friends must get together and offer support to the individual who has developed the addiction. The path to recovery can be long and arduous and there might be relapses but a few setbacks are to be expected.
Consequences of drug addiction:
Drug addiction strips the person of their self-esteem and the individual withdraws into a shell. There is a sense of hopelessness that sets in and takes away all the joy of living.
Drug rehab programs:
Drug rehab programs are a combination of therapies that aim at restoring the person’s life in every possible manner. The person will have to make a meaningful drug recovery. Under normal circumstances, the drug rehab programs last for about one to three months. Most often this is an adequate time period for most drug users to recover and gain control over their cravings for the substance. However, that might not always be the case as there are a number of people for whom this length of time is insufficient. This happens when the addictions have reached serious proportions. Here there is a serious health risk both to the drug user as well as those around them. These individuals also have a history of relapse time and again. Some of them might even exhibit suicidal tendencies. Such individuals would require ‘extended care’ at a drug treatment home.
For whom is the extended care rehab program designed?
These extended care programs at the drug treatment home typically last a year or more and takes place in the residential setting. The extended care rehab program is designed keeping in mind the more serious cases of drug dependency and for those with a history of relapse. It is also meant for those individuals for whom the normal length of treatment is insufficient and ineffective. The time taken to rehabilitate such individuals might go up to a year and will involve extensive counseling sessions on a daily basis alongside the combination therapy of medication, diet, exercise and other treatment methods.
Such individuals need the extra care and attention as they are incapable of handling themselves and might be a threat to themselves as well as the others. They might exhibit self-destructive behavior time and again.