| ug Rehabilitation Programs and Alcoholism Treatments | | | | involvement thereby extending the approach that |
| have come and gone. One research shows that the | | | | treats addiction as a disease. With a mind set of |
| top treatments in terms of effectiveness and success | | | | addiction and self-definition as an addict or alcoholic, |
| are those that provide brief intervention, motivational | | | | moving on with one’s life almost becomes |
| enhancements and community reinforcement. | | | | impossible. The assumption that lifelong treatment and |
| Treatments found to be at the lower end of the list | | | | support is necessary for recovery defeats the very |
| are those that use education, general alcoholism | | | | purpose of the treatment which is to bring back belief |
| counseling and psychotherapy. There is no guarantee | | | | in oneself under the gravest conditions and situations. |
| that one treatment can offer the best solution since | | | | An innovative program that seeks to pave the road to |
| total recovery would depend on a number of factors. | | | | recovery from alcoholism is the Life Process Program |
| The most commonly availed program is the average | | | | developed by Dr. Stanton Peele. It is an 8-week |
| 28-day medical, 12 step drug treatment program. This | | | | residential program that offers a choice for permanent |
| is the traditional option which rarely achieves true | | | | recovery from drug and alcohol abuse. The program |
| rehabilitation but rather tends to perpetuate recovering | | | | provides for behavior modification training, life-skills |
| addiction or alcoholism. The 28-day period appears to | | | | exercises and Cognitive Behavior Training (CBT). It |
| be dictated by the length of time reimbursed by | | | | places emphasis on a person’s place in the |
| insurance companies and not on any proven basis for | | | | world including one’s work and purpose in life |
| effective time treatment. | | | | plus the motivation and rewards derived from doing |
| Even the sanctioned meetings like Alcoholics | | | | activities that replace substance abuse. |
| Anonymous are believed to encourage lifetime | | | | |