subject: Combating Your Addiction With Alcohol Treatment [print this page] The Treatment of alcohol can vary greatly depending on the place you go. In essence it all boils down to funding, the wealthy get a choice of many different and flamboyant alcohol treatment programmes with all sorts of activities thrown in such as camping and expensive gyms etc. What they probably don't realise before going into these types of programmes is that you are not there for a holiday or a break from your normal life, you are there to deal with real issues that effect you as a person and although a fancy expensive clinic would be a nice it wouldn't help you in the long run with combating your addiction and the true cause of your drinking.
Most alcohol treatment programmes in the UK work on the 12 step programme with an exception of a few, this is mainly because of the effectiveness of the programme its self.
Alcoholics and addicts world wide use and live their lives by this tried and tested process and many owe their lives to it.
Many people have a pre conception to an alcohol rehab or alcohol detox of a locked room where they aren't let out until there cured. This is not the case at all; alcohol detox is just the first stage of a successful alcohol treatment. It usually starts with a medical examination of the person and then depending on the seriousness a prescribed medicine will be issued to combat the withdrawal affects of alcohol. One in Four alcoholics can have serious fits and seizures if not treated with a controlled substance; this is gradually reduced over the course of the detoxification process until all the alcohol is gone from your system.
Many people after a successful drug detox feel that they are cured and that they can go on to lead a normal life; this can be true for some but the majority have not dealt with the serious issue that led them to drink in the first place. This is where an alcohol rehab comes in and starts to delve deeper into the issues that an alcoholic or addict hides from and is usually the cause of many of their problems. Good alcohol rehabilitation programmes consist of intense one to one counselling sessions and group therapy to start to break down the barriers that an addict has put up to protect themselves from the real world.
Alcohol treatment programmes vary in many different ways from the duration of a stay to the type of accommodation you will receive. But what is most important is that you receive the best treatment for you because the truth is as soon as you have yourself on the right track you can start to make a difference in other people's lives and your own.
