Drug Rehabilitation, again and again...

Many of people who already drug rehab threaded  have an aversion to starting over.  Sometimes when things in life are not working for them in their area of their life a little tweaking will do.  Sometimes it involves a change of focus or direction.  Other times it may be more efficient or even necessary to simply start over.  Still other times they may have no option but to start over on paid or free rehab center.  The situation may have deteriorated to the point there is nothing left to work with.  In drug rehab treatment often a person is looking at starting over in at least one or two areas of their life. 

Their addictive behavior may have cost them a job or a career.  Legal issues may have made it impossible to work in the same area as they were previsously employed.  Relationships may have come to an end.  Often clients are faced with divorce.  This always means starting over.  Often we fight and hang on in situations were starting over would make sense.  It probably stems from our fear of failure.  If we are starting over, we must have failed, or at least the voice in our head would want us to think that.  There are at least two errors is this line of thinking.  One is that you may not have failed at all.  Ten years down the road we often see that what we thought was failure was simply a leaning experience or stepping stone to success.  The other mistake is that you are never truly starting over.  


Even if financially or otherwise it looks like you are back at square one, you are not.  You have the wisdom and experience of what you learned.  You cannot help but do a better job the next time because you have a whole list of things you know do not work.  You have another list of things you know you will handle differently.  These two lists are always a valuable asset.  What starting over really might be considered as trying again with a head start.  Funny how changing the words a little bit in a definition can make all the difference.  Drug rehab is not starting over. 

Drug rehabilitation and care program?

There are no quick fixes for the diseases of drug abuse, alcoholism or causes of teenage drinking.  Drug recovery is an ongoing process. The skills one learns during intensive rehabilitation treatment must be integrated into everyday life and this takes time.

Some drug addiction treatment programs will offer a follow-up program but only in one location which may make it difficult to use.

Drug rehabilitation treatment programs should include a quality, continuing care program that supports and monitors recovery, no matter are you in paid or free drug rehab program.

The decision to enter a drug rehab program can be a very difficult and painstaking process. If you are confused by the many choices offered on this drug rehab site, please follow our blog, read and you wil find a lot of useful resources and adequate free or paid drug rehabilitation centers.

How much does a drug rehab cost?

How much drug rehab cost? It is often one of the first questions asked when someone calls a drug rehab program. It can be paid of free rehabilitation, depending on program and center You choose.

The price tag for drug abuse, alcoholism treatment is presented in many different formats. You need to know what is included, what will be added to your bill as a fee-for-service program, and what services your health insurance will cover. This makes it extremely difficult to compare prices by simply asking the question - "What does it cost to be in detox program?"

If you are seeking the best value for your treatment dollar, remember: Price can be meaningful only in the context of quality and performance. 

Also, feel free to read this very interesting article about outpatient drug rehab, that can help you releasing something more.

Types of drug rehab treatments

Today I will write about one of various types of drug rehab (drug rehabilitation) treatments, and mostly of them are aid rehabs, if you are interested for free drug rehabs go here. There is a lot of ways and approaches. There is no 101% secure and safe way. Today we will talk about traditional "12 steps program". Probably most of You heard about famous 12 steps program, and what it is, I will tell you in short: (also click here if you don't belive in 12 steps program, and want something about non 12 step rehab programs)

1) The first step is about recognizing that there is a problem

2) Avoid an addiction is the tendency to "fall back"

3) you will begin to see positive changes in your life

4) Seeking relief from the things in our character that sabotage our lives and keep us from being free of the bondage of self

5) This step requires a measure of humility. You need to feel force that helps you. You need to belive. You need God.

6) We are entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character

7) Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings

8) Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all

9) Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others

10) Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it

11) Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out

12) Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to others, and to practice these principles in all our affairs

Those are 12 steps in very, very short explained. People who need help going to special clinics where they are working in groups in this program,and like I said this is traditional method that gave very high percentage of success. Those days will find some good links and post here to  explained 12 steps but also to proven drug rehab clinics.

First step: How to identify drug abuse problem

Persons who abuse drugs needs help to identify problem,  and much, much more care and love from family and friends to step into medical treatment of drug rehabilitation free or paid. But for this time we will stay on first step: to identify yourself if you are using drugs, or someone who you care about that is one of those who abuse drugs and need urgent detox treatment. You can find a lot of instructions on internet about that, signs and symptoms are pretty clear:

Physical Signs

• Loss of appetite, increase in appetite, any changes in eating habits, unexplained weight loss or gain.
• Slowed or staggering walk; poor physical coordination.
• Inability to sleep, awake at unusual times, unusual laziness.
• Red, watery eyes; pupils larger or smaller than usual; blank stare.
• Cold, sweaty palms; shaking hands.
• Puffy face, blushing or paleness.
• Smell of substance on breath, body or clothes.
• Extreme hyperactivity; excessive talkativeness.
• Runny nose; hacking cough.
• Needle marks on lower arm, leg or bottom of feet.
• Nausea, vomiting or excessive sweating.
• Tremors or shakes of hands, feet or head.
• Irregular heartbeat.
  

Behavioral Signs

• Change in overall attitude/personality with no other identifiable cause.
• Changes in friends; new hang-outs; sudden avoidance of old crowd; doesn't want to talk about new friends; friends are known drug users.
• Change in activities or hobbies.
• Drop in grades at school or performance at work; skips school or is late for school.
• Change in habits at home; loss of interest in family and family activities.
• Difficulty in paying attention; forgetfulness.
• General lack of motivation, energy, self-esteem, "I don't care" attitude.
• Sudden oversensitivity, temper tantrums, or resentful behavior.
• Moodiness, irritability, or nervousness.
• Silliness or giddiness.
• Paranoia
• Excessive need for privacy; unreachable.
• Secretive or suspicious behavior.
• Car accidents.
• Chronic dishonesty.
• Unexplained need for money, stealing money or items.
• Change in personal grooming habits.
• Possession of drug paraphernalia.

Drug Depending Specific Symptoms:

Marijuana: Glassy, red eyes; loud talking and inappropriate laughter followed by sleepiness; a sweet burnt scent; loss of interest, motivation; weight gain or loss.

Stimulants: Hyperactivity; euphoria; irritability; anxiety; excessive talking followed by depression or excessive sleeping at odd times; may go long periods of time without eating or sleeping; dilated pupils; weight loss; dry mouth and nose.

Heroin: Needle marks; sleeping at unusual times; sweating; vomiting; coughing and sniffling; twitching; loss of appetite; contracted pupils; no response of pupils to light.

Those are just brief symptoms info, of course if you identify some of them, try first to consult a doctor before you start searching for appropriate drug rehab treatment. After that it is up to you would you choose some paid, VIP or free rehab, based on non 12 step or classic 12 step program.

Why I decided to wrote about drug rehabilitation?

Hi, I decided to add this blog about drug rehabilitation (or short: drug rehabs) since have very bad experience in my family and also with my friends with hell called 'drugs'. Also, for those who can't afford, I will try to maintain list of free drug rehab centers and free rehabs. This is very common problem today.There is a lot of people in our worlds, that are our family, friends or we meet them every day colleges, and others but we don't know that they have problem. Actually most often they too don't have idea that they have problem... They try to avoid truth, lie himself and us. At the end truth becomes obviously. This blog is related to them who had luck to identify problem with drugs and who want to take some steps to because health and to live life again,but this time on real way!

For this first post i will add Wikipedia definition for this:

"Drug rehabilitation (often drug rehab or just rehab) is an umbrella term for the processes of medical and/or psycho therapeutic treatment, for dependency on psychoactive substances such as alcohol, prescription drugs, and so-called street drugs such as cocaine, heroin or amphetamines. The general intent is to enable the patient to cease substance abuse, in order to avoid the psychological, legal, financial, social, and physical consequences that can be caused, especially by extreme abuse."

To finish this first post, I will tell you just my intention here: I will write about symptoms, first steps when you identify drug abuse, various types of drug treatments and drug rehabs, free drug rehabs, paid drug rehabs, religious drug rehab ,teen drug rehab programs, non 12 step rehabs,  about how health care system treat drug rehab, useful for those who have this problem himself/herself or somewhere near you.