Inpatient Alcohol Treatment Is Essential For A Successful Recovery
Sometimes it is difficult to recognize when it’s time for yourself or a loved one to enter into an inpatient alcohol treatment facility. In the case of alcoholism, it is especially difficult to perceive that there is a problem.
Alcohol is widely accepted in many social settings, thus making it an addiction that creeps up on you and doesn’t allow you to foresee a problem on the horizon.
With illicit drugs, the line is clear—you see someone using cocaine or heroin and you know there’s a problem. You see someone having a drink and it takes more than a glance to distinguish if alcohol abuse occurring.
The most common things to look for in identifying (for yourself or someone else) if alcohol has become an addiction is, obviously, if the person is intoxicated most of the time or requires alcohol to get out of bed or get through the day.
Most alcoholics develop the ability to cover up the obvious signs of intoxication, and so sometimes you have to really look for it. These signs would be consistently observed over several days—one bad day does not make someone an alcoholic. Most inpatient treatment centers can help educate you on signs and symptoms of alcoholism.
Once these things are observed, what then? Alcohol Treatment, yes; but what kind? We strongly recommend inpatient alcohol treatment. This means treatment done in a residential setting, or (in other words) the person lives at the treatment facility while doing the program. They remain under the care of medical doctors, clinical psychologists, and social workers.
These types of programs have the greatest success because, no matter the program length, they are away from the old environment twenty-four hours a day. This old environment, riddled with habits and former tendencies, is not conducive to treatment. A change of environment is a good first step to changing one’s life and relieves the person of all the stresses he may face at home.
The Longer The Treatment Program Is The Better
The length of inpatient alcohol treatment varies from facility to facility. Many alcohol addiction treatment specialists advocate residential alcohol treatment programs because they tend to be longer-termed than out patient.
You can find short-term residential alcohol rehab as well, but it is important to remember that in the grand scheme of things, 30 days is not very long. Usually the alcoholic has been drinking for years or, at least, months.
Several months of individualized inpatient alcohol treatment is both a normal and appropriate estimation of what it takes to overcome this addiction. We can help you find inpatient treatment for alcohol abuse today.