| When dealing with a drug or alcohol addiction, loved | | | | few days, monitor what they are doing in their free |
| ones and family member are often overwhelmed | | | | time and get involved in their recovery. While |
| with the massive amount of information out there. | | | | outpatient rehab is the harder road, it is still a step in |
| And while they are desperately seeking answers, | | | | the right direction. |
| they are left with more questions. This article will | | | | Free or state funded rehabs are available to addicts |
| explain the different types of treatment centers | | | | as well. These government programs were designed |
| available, and the pros and cons of each. | | | | to help those who would not otherwise be able to |
| Outpatient rehabs are probably the most common | | | | pay for treatment. Because these facilities are |
| type of facility that addicts will seek out. Originally, | | | | funded by the government, they are often filled with |
| outpatient treatment centers were developed to help | | | | people who have been in and out of the prison |
| those who had a DUI, or who were struggling with | | | | system, transferred straight from jail, or have gone |
| drugs like marijuana. Over time, the insurance | | | | in and out of rehabs their whole life. Essentially, these |
| companies began to only pay for outpatient | | | | people are not there to get clean, they are there |
| treatment. So people struggling with longtime heroin | | | | because they are forced to be there. |
| addictions or dangerous alcohol addiction are going to | | | | Long term, inpatient rehabs are by the far the best |
| outpatient therapy and continuously relapsing. | | | | solution to a drug and/or alcohol addiction. These |
| Outpatient rehabs are meant to educate, not | | | | types of facilities provide more clean time for the |
| detoxify and handle a person's life. However, even | | | | individual, they are staffed with individuals who have |
| with this information, some people still insist that they | | | | also handled their addictions, and they allow the |
| will go to an outpatient rehab. If this is the case, | | | | person to really handle their addiction, without the |
| make sure that they are getting drug tested every | | | | fear of relapse. |