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Recommendations for Life After Drug Rehab
The following is a list of tips that are easy to follow put together by drug treatment professionals to assist those in recovery to stay clean after they finish their drug treatment program.
- Be Healthy
The Benefits of Long Term Drug Rehab
Drug treatment programs need to be two-fold; they need to address both the psychological and physical dependency experienced by an addict. In addition, the addicts’ social and behavioral symptoms will also need to be changed in order for them to completely recover and maintain that recovery by minimizing the chances of a relapse. Although there has been some debate about what exactly constitutes successful rehabilitation, complete avoidance of the abused substance, or simply responsible moderation, when it comes to illegal and very harmful addictions it is best that abstinence is practiced.
Beginning in the mid 1970′s, scientific research has concluded that treating addictions can only be successful by eliminating the negative behaviors that are the source behind the addiction and lessen the chance of a relapse. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) states that, “Recovery from drug addiction is a long-term process and frequently requires multiple episodes of treatment.” From several decades of studies and research, the NIDA has identified some key factors for making long term drug rehab effective.