Posts Tagged ‘inpatient drug rehab’

Lindsay and Paris – What Role Models!

Monday, September 20th, 2010

Wow.  These two young women are such shining examples as role models for girls in this country.  Apparently they don’t get it, and their need for self-destruction is greater than their need for survival.  With Lindsay’s latest blunder of failing a drug test right after being released early from treatment, and Paris’ guilty plea for cocaine possession in Las Vegas, it makes me wonder if they will ever get their acts together. 

People (and most doctors, too) often underestimate the need for a long-term drug rehab that works, and offer too many chances to fail with light punishments, short-term inpatient rehabs or even outpatient treatments.  The most effective approach, according to The New Face of Recovery, is a long-term, drug-free non-disease-based treatment that promotes personal responsibility and doesn’t give more drugs to addicts.

Long-Term Drug Rehabs Show Promise

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

Why the majority of inpatient rehabs are still only a month long is a mystery to me when it has been clearly documented time and again that long-term drug rehab programs are much more successful.  Sure, there are some cases where a shorter program may be fine, but addiction doesn’t happen overnight and it is very difficult to handle in a month or less.

More than a decade ago I attended a long-term rehabilitation center and not only did it help me save my life, but it also helped me find a new purpose to help others overcome addiction.  I went to a program that was over 90 days and individually-paced, so that some people finished in 3  months, others in 4 or 5 months or longer.  Thankfully there are promising signs that more facilities are offering long-term treatment options

Amy Winehouse Drug-Free?

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

A new article posted in the UK included a statement from Amy Winehouse’s dad that she has been drug-free for a year now.  If that is the truth, then that is wonderful.  In her father’s statement to a parliamentary committee he said he was making a film about under-served populations that need addiction treatment help but because of their socialized healthcare in the UK they often have to commit some type of offense to get inpatient help.  Due to Amy’s success she was able to go to a private drug rehab, but there are varying levels of inpatient drug rehabs that even the most amount of money won’t guarantee success.  For example, if a drug rehab program uses drug replacement therapy, then the addict is almost assured of having a relapse.

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