| There is no reason for anyone to continue to suffer | | | | state funded rehab, and you may even qualify for |
| with addiction, to believe that no one wants to help | | | | completely free treatment. The quality of some |
| them and to believe that without quite a lot of | | | | state funded facilities is quite high, and it is well worth |
| money, that they cannot get the care they need and | | | | a few phone calls to determine your level of eligibility. |
| deserve for a better life of sobriety. | | | | Call you state social services office to find out what |
| Governmental and conservative estimates show that | | | | you need to do to get onto a waiting list of state |
| ever dollar invested into substance abuse treatment | | | | funded care. |
| programs yields an eventual dividend of 7 dollars in | | | | Totally free charity rehabs |
| societal savings, and although the government does | | | | If you are ineligible for state subsidized care, or you |
| not yet do as much as they could, they do run an | | | | are eligible, but the waiting time for entry is just too |
| enormous array of free treatment programs to | | | | long, you may want to get into a private but low |
| those in need. | | | | cost rehab. A great many people fall into the gap |
| In addition to governmental programs, there are | | | | between being able to afford private rehab and being |
| thousands of charity, church and non profit rehabs | | | | eligible for state funded programs. You need not be |
| that will take you in regardless of your ability to pay. | | | | poor to be unprepared for a many thousand dollar bill |
| So where can you go to get help for drug treatment | | | | of care, and many of us enter into a need for rehab |
| if you don't have much money? | | | | after addictions have already wreaked havoc on our |
| If you have private insurance: | | | | finances. |
| Firstly, if you have any degree of private insurance, | | | | Many of these rehabs will discount their already low |
| you may be covered for more than you think you | | | | cost programs to those in real financial need, and |
| are. Certain legislative changes have compelled | | | | some operate completely free programs for those |
| insurance providers to cover a greater percentage of | | | | unable to pay. A great place to find out about low |
| needed addictions treatment, and so if you are | | | | cost rehabs in your area is through your local church, |
| relying on dated policy documents for your coverage | | | | through your local doctor, or through the state social |
| information, you may want to call your carrier, and | | | | services office. |
| find out what you are currently entitled to. | | | | Sober living housing |
| If you can possibly afford private care, this is likely | | | | A last but not at all least option is to bypass rehab |
| the best option for you. With private care you can | | | | entirely, and enter into sober living housing. Sober |
| get into treatment immediately, you benefit from the | | | | living homes are not treatment centers, but ordinary |
| greatest amount of individual and group therapies and | | | | residences comprised of a group of alcoholics and |
| you recover in a very comfortable and meditative | | | | addicts supporting each other through recovery. |
| environment. You may be required to contribute a | | | | These homes are generally very low cost or free to |
| substantial amount of money, but if you can achieve | | | | enter and all you must do is agree to abide by the |
| sobriety, it is always a good financial decision to get | | | | rules of the house, and agree to contribute your |
| sober. | | | | share of the expenses once you can secure gainful |
| If you can access state funded rehab: | | | | employment. |
| Secondly, if you cannot afford private care, you | | | | No one in America needs to live with addiction |
| should determine whether you are eligible for state | | | | thinking that they have nowhere to turn. You may |
| funded treatment. Even if you do not qualify for | | | | not recover in luxury, but you will recover, and that's |
| Medicare, you may qualify for partial payment in a | | | | surely the more important thing. |