Prescription Drug Rehab

There are two major philosophies in prescription drug rehab today. One group defines addiction as the result of genetic coding which is faulty and is thus caused by a hereditary disease. The second group defines the cause of addiction as being the environment and is thus an issue of mental health. The second group treats prescription drug rehab as being best handled by psychiatry and drug therapies. The problem is that most addicts who go through therapeutic treatment relapse in a relatively short period of time.

There is concern that using prescription drugs to provide prescription drug rehab is a somewhat self defeating action. There is an alternative method for prescription drug rehab which is achieving better results in treating addiction. The treatment consists of working with the addict on an individual basis to educate and replace negative behavior patterns with positive ones.

The first step in prescription drug rehab is to cope with a withdrawal period. Typically a Withdrawal Specialist who is trained in methods to assist the addict in reducing the negative effects of the detoxification. These methods might include a vitamin regimen with additional minerals and amino acids. Assistance is provided during this stage to help the addict get in touch with the environment, to begin to understand the processes which the body uses to heal itself and to help to reduce the obsession to return to the use of drugs that is so common amongst addicts.

The next step is to encourage the addict which is first beginning to participate in a prescription drug rehab course to begin to deal with the realities of life. Instead of using a easy solution to interact with their environment and to avoid confrontational issues, the addict has been using drugs. The first effort in prescription drug rehab is to teach communication on a very basic level. The addict, for instance, first needs to be less withdrawn and introverted so that they are able to communicate with those around them.

The drug free detoxification in a prescription drug rehab will include precise schedule of mineral and vitamins, as well as exercise and time in a sauna. These activities help the addict to naturally sweat out the residual effects of the drugs and metabolites which have been stored in the fatty tissues of the body. This step of the process is vital for long term prescription drug rehab.

During the second phase of the prescription drug rehab, the addict begins learning how to learn. This step builds on the earlier basic communication skills and begins to draw the addict into contact with living in the real world instead of living in dreams of how they want the world to be. People who have been addicted to prescription drugs for any length of time may often have an inability to retain information as well as finding it difficult to apply information that is picked up to situations in daily life. Classes and exercises which helps the individual realize the study barriers and teaches them solutions to overcome those barriers will help them to apply, remember and understand the knowledge they acquire. The client is thus not only able to learn more, but they become more willing to learn as well.

Often, the person who is addicted to prescription drugs has a false view of reality. The addict may make up their own reality so that when the drugs begin to lose their effectiveness, the addict goes looking for their version of reality. The addict must be taught to perceive their surroundings as they really are, not as the addict would like them to be. Only in this way will he be able to be in control of their environment and themselves. This phase of the prescription drug rehab is often worked jointly with another person who is the same phase of the program.

The third phase of prescription drug rehab is to review people and behaviors in the life to the present point. These associations are reviewed in terms of how the relationships in the past were carried out. Care is taken to determine whether the relationships and behaviors were positive or negative. Typically, past associations and influences have been negative and the addict has been involved in relationships which are antisocial thus leading the addict to perceive himself as not a part of any circle of behavior except those opposed to positive behavior. The new learned behavior begins by teaching the addict how to live a new lifestyle. The previous behavior included lies, distrust, mayhem and thievery; the new method of dealing with society is to learn honesty, goodness, integrity and other positive moral principles generally accepted in society. The addict needs to integrate these tenets of society into their own behavior patterns in order to successfully interact with society.

The addict is taught new ways of behaving which reflect what they have learned about unacceptable previous behavior. This is not a quick fix, but a concerted and gradual effort to repair and improve previous behavior modes. The process is meant to lead the individual to become a functioning, contributing and trustworthy member of society. They learn how to reason from one behavior or course of action to the results which inevitably follow.

Further classes and training help the addict to learn basic common moral precepts and to incorporate them into their own behavior and thought processes. They will begin to understand the value of living by a code of conduct which includes morality, integrity and honesty.

This plan of prescription drug rehab is beneficial in that it teaches addicts that they must take control of the decisions that they make about not only addiction but about how they view themselves in relation to the society in which they live. So, addiction is regarded neither something which cannot be controlled as in an illness, nor a therapy which is often only a surface fix leaving the addict in the same condition because they are using the same methods of dealing or coping with their environment.