| Rehabilitation is the term used to refer | | | | few charitable centers, most treatment |
| to the restoration of lost capabilities | | | | programs are expensive. |
| or the treatment used to heal a body | | | | While choosing a rehabilitation center, |
| from ailments. Alcohol addicts are | | | | it is of prime importance that the |
| usually admitted to an alcohol | | | | patient is kept away from the people or |
| rehabilitation center. Alcohol addiction | | | | surroundings where this addiction began. |
| begins with a casual curiosity or peer | | | | In the initial stage of addiction, an |
| pressure. It affects the brain and | | | | outpatient treatment program may be |
| creates a desire to consume more alcohol | | | | sufficient. Patients with an acute |
| resulting into addiction. Typically, a | | | | history of alcohol addiction may require |
| person starts consuming alcohol to | | | | an inpatient treatment program wherein a |
| obtain relief from his problems. Alcohol | | | | patient is supervised and his progress |
| addiction affects a person's life in all | | | | is monitored 24 hours a day. This |
| spheres. | | | | treatment may be in a hospital or a |
| A rehabilitation center begins treatment | | | | residential surrounding which offers |
| by studying all the psychological | | | | supervision like a hospital. |
| factors of the patient, including their | | | | Almost all major cities have |
| social background and the degree of | | | | well-equipped rehabilitation centers. |
| addiction of a patient, to decide a | | | | Rehab centers not only work towards |
| course of treatment. A patient is | | | | treating a patient, but also towards |
| counseled, and sometimes given | | | | ensuring that the patients do not revert |
| medication. There is a whole range of | | | | back to the addiction. They restore the |
| treatments to choose from. The time | | | | addict's lost faith and confidence. |
| required for recovery varies from one | | | | These patients come out as confident |
| person to another. Money can be a major | | | | individuals ready to face life with |
| constraint for treatment. Apart from a | | | | renewed vigor. |