| Drug and alcohol rehab is referred to as a program | | | | and disadvantages of using drug and alcohol. Hearing |
| which provides treatment to the people who are under | | | | all this provides them the courage to refuse if drug and |
| the influence of drug and alcohol. It refers to a process | | | | alcohol is offered to them. |
| by which drug and alcohol addicts are rehabilitated and | | | | In a rehabilitation process counseling is considered to |
| brought back to life. Thus, the best rehabilitation | | | | be the key feature. Individual counseling helps the |
| program is that which is developed according to the | | | | counselor to know about the problems of the patient |
| specific needs of the patients. The rehabilitation | | | | and they can together find out a way to deal with the |
| program must be changed to some extent in order to | | | | patients problems so that the patient is completely |
| meet the needs of the patients. An evaluation is done | | | | cured. Another important aspect apart from individual |
| at the time of admission to check the present | | | | counseling is group counseling. People tend to recover |
| psychological state. Further, measurements are also | | | | fast when they are treated in a group. Thus, a good |
| made regarding attitude towards drug and alcohol, | | | | drug and alcohol rehab program is that which helps the |
| social skills, etc. all these facts are required in the | | | | patient to overcome this problem. |
| process of treatment. This evaluation will help to find | | | | During the process of the treatment it is really |
| out the problems of the individual and will provide a | | | | important that the patient gets constant support from |
| solid base for the recovery of the individual. | | | | the family. Family may include husband and children or |
| The first step of treatment is detoxification. This is a | | | | parents and brothers and/or sisters. Family support |
| process by which all toxins are removed from the | | | | plays a very important part of the healing process. |
| body of the patient. After detoxification the next step | | | | This is because after undergoing treatment for |
| is withdrawal which is very difficult to handle. Proper | | | | sometime every patient returns back to his house and |
| medication is needed to overcome the pain of | | | | family. And after returning home it is the duty of the |
| withdrawal. There are counselors, therapists and | | | | family members to take care of the erstwhile addict |
| doctors who help them to pass difficult times; actually | | | | and they should motivate him to gain his self |
| without their help recovery is not possible. Once the | | | | confidence. There are drug and alcohol rehab centers |
| detoxification is finished the drug and alcohol rehab | | | | that provide counseling to the members of the family |
| starts. The counselors provide information about drug | | | | which help in speedy recovery. Hence, these |
| and alcohol. One may think that we know everything | | | | substance abuse rehabilitation centers are very |
| about drug and alcohol but still there are some facts | | | | important to provide help to drug and alcohol addicts |
| about them which we do not know. Counseling | | | | and they play a very important role in making our |
| sessions provide information about the advantages | | | | society better. |