| When you at last make a decision to get the help | | | | from your rehab experience. More is always |
| you need you take a giant step forward to a | | | | better. |
| better life, but when faced with so many available | | | | 7) Are the days filled with therapy? |
| drug rehab options, it can be tough to know what | | | | Ask to see the weekly schedule and look for a |
| you need and where you should go. Rehab can be | | | | rehab that fills each and every day with the |
| very expensive, but it's not only about the | | | | therapies and treatments you need to get better. |
| money, and you don't want to waste your time, | | | | Beware of too many sessions called personal |
| energy and hope on a drug rehab that's not going | | | | meditation, free time or self reflection. A little of |
| to work. | | | | each can be helpful, but a lot simply indicates a |
| Here are ten ways to evaluate the likely quality | | | | low intensity of the therapies that you need. |
| of a rehab, and to make sure that the rehab you | | | | 8) How much aftercare is offered? |
| select is offering effective care. | | | | The single greatest predictor of long term |
| 10 ways to evaluate the quality of a rehab | | | | success is how intensely you participate in the |
| 1) Is it clean? | | | | therapies of aftercare. Don't go to a rehab that |
| While the general level of cleanliness and | | | | doesn't offer you comprehensive aftercare as a |
| organization may not be directly related to the | | | | part of the price of admission. |
| effectiveness of therapies, run down or dirty | | | | 9) Do they use medications? |
| facilities signify a poorly run or under funded | | | | Nothing works well on its own, and that includes |
| rehab, and when they can't even keep things | | | | pharmacological interventions, but when craving |
| clean, they probably can't perform well on other | | | | minimizing medications are combined with |
| more important aspects of care. | | | | comprehensive therapies, addicts in recovery truly |
| 2) Do they return your calls quickly? | | | | have the best chance at success. If they don't |
| You don't want to get treatment at a facility that | | | | medicate, why not? |
| doesn't treat your concerns with respect. You | | | | 10) Does it feel right to you? |
| deserve information in a timely manner and if | | | | A complete intangible, but nevertheless extremely |
| they don't treat you well before you enter, don't | | | | important; you need to select a facility that you're |
| expect things to change once you're a patient. | | | | going to be happy to live in for a month or more, |
| 3) Does the rehab have a good reputation? | | | | and you don't want to enter into a program that |
| Call your doctor, ask around, and call the better | | | | somehow seems off to you. You don't need to |
| business bureau. One bad report may not mean | | | | be able to label what's wrong, just listen to your |
| much, but if no one has anything good to say, | | | | gut and if it doesn't feel right...it's not. |
| you may want to turn elsewhere. | | | | Make an educated choice |
| 4) Does the philosophy of care match your | | | | At some point you just need to make a |
| personal beliefs? | | | | commitment, hope for the best and get into |
| If you don't believe in god, don't go to a Christian | | | | treatment, and any treatment is better than no |
| rehab. | | | | treatment and a life of continuing abuse and pain. |
| 5) Is the rehab accredited? | | | | Most rehabs offer an excellent level of care and |
| An accredited rehab must conform to | | | | are run by committed and passionate |
| governmental standards of therapy and care, and | | | | professionals, many of them recovering addicts |
| an accredited facility must employ professional | | | | themselves. There are unfortunately some rehabs |
| therapists and use proven treatments. | | | | that do not provide effective or concerned |
| Accreditation doesn't prove that a rehab is good, | | | | treatments, and you do need to do a bit of |
| but it likely tells you that it's not terrible. | | | | research to ensure that you get what you pay |
| 6) Do they offer a comprehensive mix of | | | | for, and get what's going to work for you. |
| therapies? | | | | Use the above ten questions as a starting point, |
| No one form of treatment works well for | | | | add any unique concerns you have, and make a |
| everyone. If the rehab only uses one form of | | | | list that you can use to narrow down your |
| treatment and you don't relate well to that one | | | | options. |
| form of therapy, you are unlikely to get much | | | | |