| When people become addicted to alcohol they need | | | | surrounds and thus stand a better chance to |
| to seek help. Sadly alcohol addiction is a major problem | | | | overcome their addiction. |
| in society and the cost of the disease is considerable. | | | | The temptation to drink may be constantly present but |
| There are many programs available to help people | | | | the availability or opportunity varies dramatically |
| and these programs can be roughly divided into two | | | | depending on if you are a resident or a day patient. |
| different types. The first is a day-care program where | | | | The day patient traveling home has the opportunity to |
| patients attend the sessions and at the end of the day | | | | stop and buy a drink. At the end of the final session in |
| go home. The second is where the patient resides in | | | | the residential facility, the patient is already home. They |
| the facility and for the period of the treatment, | | | | have no travel requirements and no opportunity to |
| becomes a fulltime patient. | | | | stop for a drink. |
| A person who resides in an alcohol treatment center | | | | 24/7 care is a brilliant advantage because the staff in |
| has an excellent chance of overcoming their addiction. | | | | the residential facility are trained professionals used to |
| There is no guarantee that every patient will make a | | | | working with recovering alcoholics. The residents get |
| full recovery and go on to live a life free of alcohol | | | | fulltime care and can be helped at any time of the day |
| addiction but residing in the treatment center means | | | | or night. |
| they get support on a 24/7 basis in their quest to | | | | Having fellow alcoholics around them means the |
| recover. | | | | residents can take strength from their fellow patients. |
| Travel to and from a day center takes time and costs | | | | They can share stories, trials and successes and give |
| that much particularly if the alcoholic lives a fair | | | | one another encouragement. This is a decided |
| distance from the center. A residential patient has no | | | | advantage over the day patient who may go home to |
| time constraints and no travel costs. Being able to | | | | an empty house or worse, to a partner who drinks |
| reside in your place of caring brings relief and gives | | | | albeit socially. |
| comfort just in itself. | | | | If you are seeking a program to help in your recovery |
| One of the problems for a recovering alcoholic is their | | | | from alcohol addiction or for a loved one, you should |
| environment. At home they are comfortable. They | | | | understand that not all residential facilities are the same. |
| have ready access to drink and it is the place where | | | | Check out what is available knowing the health, age |
| they often spent time drinking perhaps for many years. | | | | and needs of the would-be resident. It may well be far |
| In a residential alcohol treatment center, the | | | | better to live-in to help in your recovery but living in the |
| environment is friendly but different. There is no alcohol | | | | right facility is equally as important. |
| available. The residents are not in their familiar | | | | |