Substance Abuse Inpatient Rehab

If a loved one is addicted to any kind of drug, inpatient drug rehabilitation can provide many benefits. Whether his or her substance abuse problem involves illegal drugs, prescription medication, or alcohol, he or she can recover from his or her addiction. Please call 800-303-2482 to receive immediate assistance from one of our counselors.

The first step in recovering from alcohol or drug addiction is to stop using the substance. If his addiction is very serious, he or she may need to go through detoxification. The safest place to do this is an inpatient treatment or detox center. Whether he or she needs medication or some other type of medical assistance, help is available when he or she needs it.

However, getting clean is not the same as recovering. Inpatient rehabilitation can help him or her through withdrawal symptoms, but it will also accomplish much more. First, your loved one needs to learn to live successfully without substances. In addition to staying clean and sober, he or she must change his or her outlook and behaviors.

Alcoholism and drug abuse usually include a wide variety of negative patterns. Whether his or her tendency is to blame other people for problems, exist with self-pity, feel hopeless about his or her life and future, or any number of other forms of negativity, inpatient rehabilitation can help him or her take an honest assessment of him or herself and his or her life, and begin to make appropriate changes.

Not only can he or she relearn how to live with other people, he or she can learn to enjoy living with him or herself. Second, serious problems can be addressed in inpatient rehabilitation. Whether it involves harming other people, employment difficulties, or health problems, there are doctors and counselors who can help him or her face his or her problems and find solutions.

A third benefit of inpatient rehabilitation is for your loved one to understand the changes addiction has caused in him or herself. In active addiction, he or she may have become unmotivated or lazy, begun to dislike people, or become very depressed. If he or she has experienced these or other changes, simply getting clean will not help him or her understand him or herself.

The special help he or she will receive during inpatient rehabilitation will show him or her the person he or she was before substance abuse took over, the person he or she is today, and the person he or she would like to be in the future. Even more important, his or her inpatient rehabilitation program can help him or her become the person he or she wants to be.

Instead of excuses and blame, he or she can start to see how addiction has affected his or her life, and why he or she must take responsibility for behavior and actions. He or she will develop a stronger sense of self, a stronger sense of confidence, and the knowledge that he or she can beat his or her addiction. Learning about personal responsibility is the key to making all of this happen.

Recovery from alcoholism and drug abuse requires a number of steps, or stages. Unfortunately, many people who are addicted believe all they have to do is stop using the substance. This mistake can lead an addict to return to his or her drug of choice, substitute a different drug, or live without drugs yet never get well.

The reason for this is all the changes that took place during active addiction must be addressed and resolved. If your loved one is like most addicts, this probably includes many, many changes and problems. He or she may have physical and mental difficulties. His or her relationships with other people may be strained, or nonexistent.

He or she could be having trouble with work, and may not feel productive. These are a few of the problems he or she can start to resolve when he or she is in inpatient rehabilitation. As his or her treatment program can be customized to meet his or her particular needs, you and your loved one can both be confident that his or her clean life can be a good life.

In addition, he or she will learn what he or she should do when he or she experiences cravings. In some instances, cravings can continue for over a year. Between avoiding people who drink and use drugs, and taking constructive action to work through his or her cravings, every day without drugs or alcohol can be a wonderful accomplishment.

A recovering drug addict or alcoholic must live one day at a time. He or she must also know he or she has hope for the future, and the ability to put that hope into action. None of these amazing benefits will come from simply quitting drug or alcohol use. Everything he experiences in inpatient rehabilitation will be a tool to help him or her along the way. The knowledge he or she gains is not something he or she will leave behind after he or she finishes an inpatient treatment program. It will be useful for the rest of his or her life.

If your loved one is ready to become clean and sober, or if you are ready to help him or her make that decision, let him or her know how inpatient rehabilitation can give him or her that extra edge he or she needs to succeed. He or she will not need to resign him or herself to simply existing without substances. He or she can have a clean, sober life in which he or she is truly free.