| The best drug and alcohol rehab program is the | | | | denial. |
| program that best addresses your specific needs. | | | | Counseling is a key feature to a good drug and alcohol |
| Addiction is an individual and personal disease. | | | | rehab program. A counseling program is designed for |
| Rehabilitation must be customized to ensure success. | | | | you based on your psychosocial evaluation results. |
| Good drug and alcohol rehab programs share similar | | | | You participate in individual counseling. This involves |
| features. | | | | you and a counselor working one on one to help you |
| Upon admission, you are given a psychosocial | | | | address problems that can hinder your recovery. |
| evaluation. This evaluation is used to determine your | | | | Individual counseling also provides support and |
| current psychological state. It also measures your | | | | reinforcement to you for your progress. |
| social skills, attitudes towards drugs and alcohol, and | | | | Family counseling is available for you and your |
| perception of current relationships. The intent is to | | | | immediate family. Your family may include a spouse |
| establish a base line to help measure your recovery | | | | and children. It may be your parents and siblings. You |
| progress. The evaluation will determine underlying | | | | decide who your support system is outside the |
| problems you have including family conflict, suppressed | | | | program. It is important that your system changes as |
| emotions, and past victimization. Identifying and | | | | you change. It is difficult to return to an environment |
| addressing these issues help you build a solid | | | | that does not support your recovery. |
| foundation for your recovery. | | | | Group therapy takes place in the rehab program. You |
| You are offered detoxification if needed. This is a | | | | participate in group counseling with other patients. |
| medically supervised process that helps you deal with | | | | Recovery is more likely if you have a peer group that |
| physical drug and alcohol withdrawal symptoms. You | | | | understands what you are going through. Support is |
| may need medication to help you deal with the pain of | | | | provided without judgment. Group therapy is one of |
| withdrawal. Your rehab program will have medical | | | | the most important aspects of recovery. In fact, you |
| professionals on hand to administer drug therapy in | | | | are given information on AA meetings as part of your |
| accordance with your detox plan. | | | | aftercare plan. |
| Once you have completed detoxification, you begin | | | | A good drug and alcohol rehab program is one that |
| your rehabilitation. You learn about addiction and | | | | successfully guides you to recovery. You might have |
| alcoholism. This is critical. It helps you maintain your | | | | to visit several programs before finding one that works |
| abstinence from alcohol use. You learn why you use | | | | for you. It is better to do this than stay with a program |
| alcohol and what it does to you physically and mentally. | | | | that fails to help you kick your addiction. |
| This understanding helps break through your initial | | | | |