Here are some tips to find out where you are going to be at the end of the treatment course. These are things to think about and ask counselors if you are in or planning to enroll in a drug rehab.
1: Can you handle physical longings for drugs and alcohol using the program? In what way, if yes? You will not find long term solutions in substitute drugs as they only relieve cravings temporarily.
What usually happens is substitute drugs worsen the cravings following the wearing off of prescription meds. Better solutions would be physical exercise and nutritional programs to combat the physical longing for drugs.
One primary reason relapses occur after treatment is the cravings for the alcohol and drugs. Programs that employ some type of safe and effective method for getting drug residues out of the body and that drastically reduces physical cravings is one of the most effective drug rehab methods available.
2: What is the drug rehab helping you to battle? Physical sluggishness and depression encountered following detoxification from the first time you used alcohol or drugs comes back over and over until methods are used to get the toxins out of the body.
Prescription meds only compound this problem often causing users to become cross addicted or relapse once their prescription is no longer there. Once the physical element of addiction is handled there are emotional components.
If you are on prescriptions, consider asking counselors or doctors about other assistance you will be getting to obtain life skills you can use to deal with challenges associated with an addictive existence which is also behind the depression.
Those currently in drug rehab that encourage being on medication permanently and offer nothing else should get out quick and look for other more reliable ones. Choose a place that will force you to confront problems and find solutions for them through better problem solving and communication skills and not avoid them.
Where you go for drug rehab can determine what happens throughout the rest of your life. Choose a program that can help you handle all aspects of drug and alcohol addiction permanently.