| In the United States, around seventy thousand | | | | enhancement therapy, wherein the focus is to give |
| Americans receive alcohol rehabilitation treatment on | | | | patient the motivation to stop drinking by showing |
| any given day. Due to the fact that alcoholism affects | | | | patients how their lives would be better if the were |
| a large number of people, rehabilitation centers are | | | | alcohol-free. Another common type of treatment is the |
| constantly developing modes of treatment that will | | | | cognitive-behavior therapy, wherein patients are |
| ensure long-term sobriety for their patients. These | | | | encouraged to modify their behavior and how they |
| treatments are usually combinations of medication and | | | | perceive stresses so that they would be able to avoid |
| therapy, which help alcoholics to stop drinking and | | | | instances where they would be tempted to drink |
| prevent a relapse in the future. However, the | | | | alcohol. Another popular therapy is the 12-step |
| effectiveness of these treatments vary for different | | | | facilitation therapy, wherein patients are given a |
| people as some alcoholics may have specific needs | | | | "checklist" of things they need to accomplish on the |
| that only certain types of treatment can address. | | | | road to sobriety. These treatments have also been |
| Common treatments | | | | proven to reduce the chances of relapse for the |
| The type of alcohol treatment that alcoholics receive | | | | patients that receive them. |
| will depend on their alcohol dependence history and the | | | | The high incidence of alcoholism has prompted experts |
| severity of their dependence. However, there are a | | | | to formulate different new treatment programs that |
| few treatments that have been proven to work for | | | | can help alcoholics achieve long-term sobriety. |
| most alcohol dependents. Two of the most common | | | | However, the success and the effectiveness of these |
| and more effective modes of treatment are the | | | | new programs have not been fully determined and |
| three-step process of intervention, detoxification, and | | | | more studies need to be done to assess their |
| rehabilitation and the AA program, both of which have | | | | long-term effects. Given this, employing proven modes |
| been proven to significantly reduce the chances for | | | | of treatment would be the best route that alcoholics |
| relapse. | | | | can take. |
| Another common treatment is the motivation | | | | |