When you suffer from alcoholism and you have reached that fork in the road where alcohol has beaten you down to the point where you can’t take it anymore, you start considering your options. You might be wondering whether rehab can help you. Rehab can be an expensive proposition, so it is best to be very serious about quitting alcohol before you take this step.
In most inpatient rehab situations they require that you get up very early in the morning, you have assigned chores, and the one on one and group therapy are very intensive. You are kept busy from early morning until late at night and the staff keeps tabs on the patients to be sure everyone is present at all times. When you first arrive they generally don’t let you contact the outside world for 3 to 7 days. No phone calls allowed.
The percentage of people who are recovered after a rehab stay is unknown, not only because not every patient is tracked after they leave, but the former rehab patients that do volunteer their drinking status after they leave rehab may not admit that they are still using for fear they will be a disappointment.
Regardless, there are advantages to a rehab stay. The two major advantages are you can’t use while you are in rehab which gives you the opportunity to get sober which may not have been possible otherwise, and you can detox under medical supervision which is important to those who are seriously physically diminished from drinking and running the risk of a heart attack or need monitoring for other physical issues for example.
Any alcoholic entering rehab will do so with the best of intentions, but no one can predict the end result. Some drinkers will stay sober after a stint in rehab for a few days, some a year or two, and others not at all. Anything that will help you to stop drinking is worthy of your consideration.
Note: In some areas there are programs available that will help with rehab financing (some programs will pay almost all of the costs involved).
