| An addiction to drugs or alcohol is incredibly resilient, | | | | rehab, to honestly soul search and self reflect on how |
| and rehabs that boast of 80% or better success rates | | | | to do better, and to stay with aftercare programming |
| are either lying, or purposefully ignorant. These types | | | | long after the end of rehab, has an enormous impact |
| of success rates are simply not currently possible, and | | | | on the eventual success rates, and anyone who does |
| any rehab that advertises such impressive figures | | | | all of these things during and after rehab has a great |
| should be regarded with great suspicion. | | | | chance at beating an addiction to drugs or alcohol. |
| Why 40% is more likely than 80% | | | | Personal will and determination are intangibles, hard to |
| A relatively positive assessment of post rehab | | | | quantify, but do exert considerable influence over the |
| sobriety rates puts the figure at closer to a 40% | | | | ultimate prognosis. |
| success, and more conservative estimates have a | | | | Rehab is the best chance at sobriety |
| figure even lower than that. Addiction is a disease, | | | | So although rehab is hard, it can be very expensive, |
| there is no cure, and all we can currently hope for is | | | | and it offers nowhere close a guarantee; it is still worth |
| remission and symptoms management. | | | | doing, it does offer the best chance at sobriety, and a |
| While a 40% or worse success rate is not particularly | | | | determined and committed addict in recovery can use |
| encouraging, a quality drug or alcohol rehab still does | | | | the therapy, time of sobriety, and continuing access to |
| offer addicts in recovery the best chance at achieving | | | | aftercare programs to great effect. |
| sobriety, and although many may need to attend a | | | | Remember that this is a problem for life, that addiction |
| rehab twice, three times or more throughout life, the | | | | always threatens and beckons with temptation, and |
| price of doing nothing is unfortunately far worse. | | | | for a lot of people, a relapse or two is all a part of the |
| And addicts looking to recovery should not look to the | | | | process and progression of the disease. We can |
| 6 out of 10 that may use again, but at the 4 out of 10 | | | | never hope to cure it, and we need to stay vigilant if |
| that use a brief period of rehab to transform their lives, | | | | we can even hope to control it. There are no perfect |
| achieve very difficult sobriety, and live a far better life | | | | solutions, but a rehab and a 40% chance at success |
| without drug or alcohol abuse. | | | | are actually pretty good odds. |
| An individuals motivation and determination to | | | | Be very careful with rehabs that boast too much. If |
| treatment, to participate actively in the therapies of | | | | they lie about that, what else are they lying about? |