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Inpatient Treatment is most often residential in that they require that the client live within the facility during treatment. Inpatient treatment centers and programs are a higher level of care than outpatient programs and provide more intensive services and treatment than lower levels of the care continuum.Drug Rehabilitation
Drug Rehabilitation
is an umbrella term for a variety of processes by which a person addicted to a
drug stops using that drug. These processes can vary from cold turkey to the use
of substitute drugs which do not have the same action upon the state of consciousness
as the original drug to which the person was addicted.
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The Picture of Drug Addiction
When you think of drug addiction, what kind of picture do you get in your mind? Do you see a person dressed in tattered clothes sitting in a rain soaked alley with needle in hand? Do you picture addiction in terms of a person begging on the street for money to buy just one more hit? The picture of drug addiction can be either of these images, but you might surprised to learn that there is another side of drug addiction you may never have thought of. Consider that the picture of drug addiction includes a man in a business suit sitting at a desk every day working a full-time job. He has a family, children, a dog, and a wife. To everyone else, he projects the picture of having it all. The only problem is, the pressure of life got to him and he looked for a way out. A colleague offered him some cocaine. He liked the way it made him feel. Now he juggles credit card advances to pay for his $100 a day habit. The picture of drug addiction could also be the popular cheerleader at your child’s high school. She’s blonde, beautiful, smart, and personable. But every morning, she takes a shot of vodka to stop the shakes. At lunch, she drinks a six-pack in her car, and at night, she’s at all the parties drinking until someone has to bring her home because she’s passed out. Finally, the picture of drug addiction could also be in the form of a bored housewife. She has three children, laundry, dishes, and many other responsibilities. She’s tired all the time and sometimes just can’t get out of bed because of her exhaustion. She saw something on television about housewives taking their child’s Ritalin for energy. She decides to try it with her own 7-year old’s medication. Now she has to make excuses to the pediatrician why her child has run out of medicine before he should have. Sure, we all picture a person with drug addiction as the homeless, down-on-their luck bum (so to speak) begging on the streets for money to buy drugs, but the cold reality is that drug addiction occurs in all walks of life to all types of people. Drug addiction has no boundaries and doesn’t pick and choose its victims. The picture of drug addiction has changed over the years to include your neighbor, your child’s teacher, and even possibly your clergy. No one is immune, but all can get help. If you notice drug addiction in someone you care about, have a talk with them and encourage them to get help for their problem. Maybe one day, the picture of drug addiction will be a blank canvas.
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On Nov 13th, 2007 brandy wrote:
I would attempt to involve him in positive activities- new hobbies, sports, doing something responsible around the home, and try to build his self esteem and feeling of being loved by his family and community. Perhaps Alateen, narcotics anonymous, and/or church fellowship - many have midweek "rock" concerts, for example, or volunteer work, but the ideas might be more receptive if offered calmly with love, and not as a shameful experience or punishment. Listen to him, and allow some choices to help the power struggle, and follow his lead on what he might like to do instead of the illegal or unsafe activities. At some point, maybe have him list the pros and cons of the substances if he can maturely understand health and legal consequences, money, problems with other relationships, the sacrifices he is making on himself by not exploring other hobbies and goals. You need to set loving boundaries, and to protect yourself from the behavior problems, and do it with expecting his respect. Take care of yourself, pray for serenity, and for other people to cross his path teach him. An addict sometimes will only listen to another addict. Try to detach your love for him from thinking you can control it.
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On Nov 14th, 2007 Amber wrote:
You should get him into inpatient treatment as soon as possible and don\'t enable him. Meaning--don\'t give him money to support his habit. I realize he is a teen, but you have to cut off his resources.
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On Nov 18th, 2007 Anji wrote:
I have a question. My son 18 is barely getting by in school. I just found out he is smoking pot and that pain pills due to a injury. His friends are not who I would approve of. I asked him is his friends be someone that he would want is kids hanging around? He said NO. His grandmother has just been diagnosed of terminal cancer and they were close. He isn't visiting her. He states he just can't deal with it. He is skipping school alot. Should I cover him with excused notes or should I just let this year go to the birds?What should I do?
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On Dec 24th, 2007 Terry Orsten wrote:
Have a look at some of the top numbers of searches around the word addiction on the internet. You will be surprized what the number one searched addiction on the internet is.
http://www.clearhavencenter.com/addictions-research/special-features/top-10-non-drug-based-addictions.html
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On Dec 31st, 2007 william david dice wrote:
We have addictin in my family that goes back generations. Both of my sons are drug addicts. One dead murdered buying drugs the other still using. Addiction is a horrible disease. Just ask the parents of any drug addict. This is from a parent & recoverying addict's point of view.
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On Apr 21st, 2008 caitlin lundy wrote:
well my mom was addicted to pills and meth at one time and it made her think about lots of things then when her kids got taken away she relized what she had really lost and changed her life all the way around. I Love You Mommy! Thank You alot of caring!!!!!
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On Apr 21st, 2008 ann wrote:
i am trying to get my life back. i was hooked on xanax for many years now i;ve went threw detox and going threw theropy now but im not sure why i stopped .i know for my family but i still want something to help me hold it together cause i cant!!!!!!!!!!!
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On Jul 1st, 2008 tpink wrote:
well me and my brother used many different drugs for years and a couple of months ago he died due to drug over-dose. i promised myself to never smoke again but shortly after found myself smoking marijuana. everytime i use i want more and more but when i dont im very aggresive and anxtious all i want to do is stop.
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On Jul 8th, 2008 ryan wrote:
My dad is addicted to cocaine and pain pills and he has been in-n-out of rehab and theropy most of his life. He lost people that meant more than life to him. I dont know what to do. My sister and I are stuck we want to help but how can we help a person if they cant help themself?
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On Jul 13th, 2008 muhammad hussain wrote:
Drugs are dangerous and govt should build atleast one rehabilitation centre in each city and the entire team has to work hard through outreach activities.
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On Jul 30th, 2008 ERIC wrote:
If you have a child under 18 who's grades drop, and who is hanging with the "wrong crowd", etc. DON'T ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN. DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD IS NOT LEFT ALONE OR UNSUPERVISED. Forget about their privacy, wanting them to have fun etc. THEY are doing drugs and you need to intervene! Once they are 18 there is nothing you can do. If you are lucky they will just "experiment " and get over it. DO you want to leave your child's life to luck. Get involved and don't worry one damn bit about what they think YOU ARE THE PARENT! My 22 y.o. son just called and started cussing and calling me names after I refused to come pick him up and give him a ride. He has been an alcoholic and drug addict since early teens. He has been living on and off the streets for the last 4 years. I failed to see it until it was too late. He went to live with his mother when he was 15. He quit school 3 months from graduation. He calls occasionally like nothing is wrong until you try to reason with him or explain to him he needs help. Then his whole personality changes and he becomes angry. His mother finally quit letting him move back in. She moved and filed a restraining order on him. He has been back to my house only once when he stole a car and tried to switch license plates with my car. He has been in and out of jail. He has worked a total of maybe 6 months at 5-6 different jobs. He has not worked at all in 3 years. He has been to every shelter and rehab, in Oklahoma City and several other towns. I quit visiting him years ago and tried to stop taking his calls. The problem is I never know if this might be the one call I fear or maybe even the call where he finally is serious about help so I pick up the phone only to again be disappointed. Now I am afraid, He has been in the area for the last month and continues to call. I cannot understand where or how he gets money for his drugs and alcohol. He called 4 times from a bar the other night. I believe now that he has serious mental health issues from all his drug use. I am just surfing the net hoping to find others who are or have dealt with this. It is effecting my health and causing me to become extremely depressed whenever anyone asks about my son. The worse is meeting someone knew and being asked about your children. What do i say.I have no answer.
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On Jul 30th, 2008 kate wrote:
Everyone that I have read here seems to be worried about what they can do for another person. It's a great concept, but most of the time, until that person truly wants your help, there is NOTHING you can do for someone who really doesn't want your help. They have to decide on their own that they need to do something about their behavior. Otherwise, every attempt that you make will be viewed as an interruption to their daily routine. Just be sure not to enable them in any way. I lived with an addict for quite a while. I slowly, but surely removed the things that he depended on to help him keep up his habits. I thwarted those habits whenever I could and stood back to watch someone that I loved dearly hit rock-bottom before I offered any assistance. At that time, he realized that his behavior was hurting everyone including himself and it was time to make a change. Stay strong. It can and does happen to people every day. They clean up and straighten out. You can be strong enough to help them do it.
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On Jul 31st, 2008 Jane wrote:
I totally agree with everything you posted.It is very difficult and heartbreaking but like you rightfully say it is the person who has to help themselves.We just pray it doesnt come to late and we hang in there with them and show them we still love them to ride the storm until the suns shines again.................
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On Sep 18th, 2008 sugar wrote:
My family just recently found out that my brother is not only smoking pot, but he is also selling it as well as pills. My family is not of a good income, I'm 18 and already pay for my own car, clothes,gas, and insurance. He is almost 17 and soaking my parents dry of cash;claiming its for "gas". I've privatly known about him smoking for a while now when he knew about me experimenting drugs as well. he has told our family he finds nothing wrong with smoking pot, although he has offenses for driving under the influence. When he is not high he lashes out at people, expecially my dad. I do know he is going through a lot, a good friend of his just died of an overdose recently; the kid was barely 18 with a deep drug related past.my mom slips my brother money when my dads not looking although the both agreed they were not going to give him anymore untill he finds a job to occupy his free time. I don't know what I can do, I understand a lot of people don't want to quit what there doing untill they are ready on their own.
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On Sep 18th, 2008 sugar wrote:
My family just recently found out that my brother is not only smoking pot, but he is also selling it as well as pills. My family is not of a good income, I'm 18 and already pay for my own car, clothes,gas, and insurance. He is almost 17 and soaking my parents dry of cash;claiming its for "gas". I've privatly known about him smoking for a while now when he knew about me experimenting drugs as well. he has told our family he finds nothing wrong with smoking pot, although he has offenses for driving under the influence. When he is not high he lashes out at people, expecially my dad. I do know he is going through a lot, a good friend of his just died of an overdose recently; the kid was barely 18 with a deep drug related past.my mom slips my brother money when my dads not looking although the both agreed they were not going to give him anymore untill he finds a job to occupy his free time. I don't know what I can do, I understand a lot of people don't want to quit what there doing untill they are ready on their own.
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On Sep 18th, 2008 sugar wrote:
My family just recently found out that my brother is not only smoking pot, but he is also selling it as well as pills. My family is not of a good income, I'm 18 and already pay for my own car, clothes,gas, and insurance. He is almost 17 and soaking my parents dry of cash;claiming its for "gas". I've privatly known about him smoking for a while now when he knew about me experimenting drugs as well. he has told our family he finds nothing wrong with smoking pot, although he has offenses for driving under the influence. When he is not high he lashes out at people, expecially my dad. I do know he is going through a lot, a good friend of his just died of an overdose recently; the kid was barely 18 with a deep drug related past.my mom slips my brother money when my dads not looking although the both agreed they were not going to give him anymore untill he finds a job to occupy his free time. I don't know what I can do, I understand a lot of people don't want to quit what there doing untill they are ready on their own.
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On Oct 13th, 2008 recovering addict wrote:
The only thing that anybody can do for a family member is to separate themselves both financially and mentally. You can be there for someone to listen to them when they need a shoulder to cry on, but you can't support them. Worry about yourselves. You've been affected enough and the only thing you can do is try and make yourself better. In AA we say, keep your own side of the street clean. About a year ago, I had an intervention. I went to a drug rehabilitation facility for thirty days and when I got out I stayed sober for about a month and a half until I started using drugs again. Once I realized that my life was going the exact same place as it was not only two and a half months ago, I went back to treatment on my own. So far, it has worked for me. But the only reason why I am still sober today is because I want to be. Not because anybody else wants me to be. Not one addict/alcoholic in this world cares about who s/he looses. How can they if they don't even care about themselves? The ONLY thing that can be done is trying to get them into treatment. If it doesn't work after that, either they'll figure it out for themselves, or they won't. That is completely out of your control. Just pray about it and hope for the best.
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On Nov 13th, 2008 Randy wrote:
I really hope what the recovering addict wrote isn't true. I love my wife very much and we have three beautiful daughters. I'm afraid my wife is addicted to prescription medication. When I ask her about it she doesn't agree, but the number of pills just don't lie. Is there anything I can do to help her?
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On Jan 5th, 2009 Deborah Hamilton wrote:
You all have opened my eyes. Thank you. Our enabling will stop now.
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On Jan 19th, 2009 Dan and Louise Kramer wrote:
Wow!!! I tend to think what the recovering addict wrote is true enough. You see, our daughter had been using drugs...hid it well until we finally figured it all out recently..her lies,memory loss, losing her hair,losing her JOBS due to high absenteeism, her loss of sparkle, her disappearing for days...not knowing where she went..Our daughter, whom we will always love...is not the personn we thought we knew. A stranger indeed!!!
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On Feb 8th, 2009 Aida wrote:
My son is addicted to PCP Just recently he exhibited signs of paranoia, delusional, hallucination, apathy, self destructive. He is 25 years old and has no medical insurance. We have no money to pay for a program. Today is Sunday and I cannot get any immediate help. I have to wait to tomorrow. I am interested in knowing other family's experiences and what can be one to get immediate in this situation.
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On Feb 19th, 2009 Concerned wrote:
My story is much the same as everyones here, but he wasnt my son. He was my boyfriend from the age of 15 I am 29 now. From the start of our relationship he abused drugs and alcohol. Mainly pot, meth and alcohol. I spent my whole time with him trying to make him stop. I lived what I thought was my own life, when we separated I realized it never was my life at all. My life was a lie a facade.
I still suffer daily guilt stricken that I didnt do enough (or I did too much, its confusing) I also knew that when we did part he would only become worse, this has happened. I sometimes think that if I had turned my back from the beginning he may have hit what they call rock bottom earlier and he would be sorted now. Who knows. I will never know the answer to that question.
I still have not been able to shift my self from this life even though I have never used pot or meth myself. It becomes a way of life. The effects have been enormous and debilitating. My advice is to others is to turn your back asap. As soon as you know there is a problem remove them from your life, nothing you do can help and it will only affect you long term. Another mistake, I never talked to anyone about his problem. Talk to as many people as you can and get counseling to deal with the guilt of walking away.
Its been almost 2 years since we parted, I still need to see someone to help me overcome the effects on me personally. I thought I was able to heal myself but I cant. Out of anger I found my self always criticizing him and attacking him personally, I wish I could take it all back. This is especially hard to deal with.
Drug addicted loved one, child, relative or parent is the hardest thing anyone has to deal with. The grieving process feels similar to death but you still have to continue thinking and worrying about them daily, this is the hard part.
Three things I have to keep telling myself are: Enabling and codependent behavior is as irresponsible as the addict themselves, I didnt make him an addict and there is no such thing as recreational drug use. (Dont let them trick you, if you suspect addiction there is one)
Good luck to everyone who has to endure addiction. Starting your life with out them is hard and unthinkable but you can do it.
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On Feb 27th, 2009 Michelle wrote:
My ex boyfriend hid his drug addiction from me for about a year. He became a different person after becoming addicted to marijuana, cocaine, and pain pills. He lost his job, our relationship, and now works odd jobs to barely get by. I am praying that one day he will goto rehab and regain his life and tried to help him, but he lives in denial. Sometimes you have to hit rock bottom.
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On Mar 5th, 2009 yolanda wrote:
there is a solution after years of the same sort of addiction I have been free of all mind altering substances
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On Mar 23rd, 2009 Sara wrote:
My father died of an overdose when I was 17. I am now 24. My mother and my brother are both addicted to drugs - any drugs they can get. They are both in denial. My brother is 22, can hardly take care of himself and is now bringing a baby into this world. I never know exactly what to do, but I do know you cannot enable them. My grandmother paid for EVERYTHING for my father when we were growing up. I cannot blame her for his death and I love her. I know she was only giving him money hoping he was feeding my brother and I and paying the bills so we had a place to live. But I agree with a few posts up - they have to WANT help and recognize they need help. All we can do is pray for the best, and do the best for ourselves. I am a senior in college now and have never tried a drug in my life - not even a ciggarette. Growing up I always cried because of what my parents did and say I would NEVER live like that - and I don\'t. But please, do not enable the addict.
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On Mar 23rd, 2009 Sara wrote:
My father died of an overdose when I was 17. I am now 24. My mother and my brother are both addicted to drugs - any drugs they can get. They are both in denial. My brother is 22, can hardly take care of himself and is now bringing a baby into this world. I never know exactly what to do, but I do know you cannot enable them. My grandmother paid for EVERYTHING for my father when we were growing up. I cannot blame her for his death and I love her. I know she was only giving him money hoping he was feeding my brother and I and paying the bills so we had a place to live. But I agree with a few posts up - they have to WANT help and recognize they need help. All we can do is pray for the best, and do the best for ourselves. I am a senior in college now and have never tried a drug in my life - not even a ciggarette. Growing up I always cried because of what my parents did and say I would NEVER live like that - and I don\'t. But please, do not enable the addict.
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On Apr 25th, 2009 Joey Loftis wrote:
I spent over half my life addicted to drugs. I am now 32 years old. Most of my life was spent on crystal meth. I am now a born again christian and I am starting a home for drug and alcohol addiction as a ministry of my local church in Spartanburg, S.C. I am raising funds to remodel the house that we have purchased to use for the work. I am also putting together a video presentation that shows the pain and destruction of addicts and their families. Anyone who would like to volunteer to help me with this by way of interview would aid in getting this ministry under way quicker. Lord knows we need a place! I can be reached at joey@samaritansinn.com
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