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Whenever you see, meet or know anyone with a drug problem, you immediately think of a rehabilitation program. A rehabilitation program can help a person recoup their mental and physical balance from any type of addiction. There are many types of rehabilitation programs and facilities – each catering to special types and levels of addiction.

How to Choose a Rehabilitation Program

The greatest and most important aspect in rehabilitation is to accept that a problem exists. Once you accept that there is a drug problem, things will fall into place. You will be able to reach out for help and you most importantly, you will be ready to stick through the ordeal of cleansing the body and mind from the influence of the drug. Unless the determination is there, the best rehabilitation program would be useless. The will to be cured should be coming from within not from outside.

There are a great variety of rehabilitation programs available nowadays and choosing the best fit will be critical to the success of the cure. Some of the most common rehabilitation programs are:

1. Free standing in-patient program – this is, as the name indicates, a short term program which is targeted to cure non-serious addictions.

2. In-patient program – this is usually applicable for people who are seriously affected mentally, physically or both and need detoxification at a higher level. This requires extensive care and 24/7 observation and medication in the initial stages when the withdrawal symptoms are unbearable and the patient is more inclined to give in than give up the drugs. It is mostly advised not to visit the patient during the first stage of rehabilitation because it is easy to emotionally blackmail the people who care for the patient) into alleviating the pain by smuggling to them the drug they require, thus, unwittingly sabotaging the rehabilitation schedule.

3. Out-patient program – under this program, the patients are free to come and go; they usually are treated for the severity of withdrawal symptoms. The treatment also provides counseling and treatment to prevent relapse.

Detoxification is difficult and it involves a lot of effort on behalf of the patient and the rehabilitation professional that works with him/her. Even with the best rehabilitation program, there is the risk of relapse in the first year. If the first year passes without problems, then you can say you are well on the road to normalcy. Statistics show that about 90 per cent of relapses happen during the first year; the figure falls to half in the second year and reduces with every year that passes.