Program Options for Addiction Treatment Programs

 

Drug Addiction Counseling

This is one of the more basic forms of addiction treatment, and it involves getting setup with weekly meetings that directly treat your ongoing sobriety and staying sober, in either a oneo-on-one counseling session directly with a counselor, or in a group counseling setting.

Outpatient Addiction Treatment 

Outpatient Addiction Treatment is a step above basic drug addiction counseling, While the counseling sessions are just that, an outpatient addiction treatment program takes the counseling a step further, and puts together a program of multiple counseling sessions -- group and individual -- and holistic programs that further treat the addiction, and keeps those participating in the program sober.

Addiction Detox Treatment

Some forms of addiction -- like those found in Opiates, Alcohol, and Heroin -- are so strong that simply stopping the use of the substance can be more dangerous than tapering off the drug. In these cases of addiction, a detox treatment program is needed to successfully ween the individual off of the drug or substance causing the addiction. These medically-supervised detoxes safely remove all traces of the substances left in the body so that the real addiction treatment can begin through counseling, outpatient treatment, or one of the other addiction treatment program options available.

Inpatient Addiction Treatment

This is what you are probably thinking of when you think of a traditional drug rehab and treatment program. Inpatient addiction treatment will take place in a facility -- either or medical facility, clinic, residential rehab, sober living facility or otherwise -- and combines multiple forms of addiction therapy and treatment into one holistic program that takes place while the addict is staying at the facility. Lengths of Stays in these treatment programs can vary, as do the types of programs included in each type of treatment.

All of the above options are open to any and all addicts who are searching for the best program to end addiction. Weigh all of your options before making a decision on which program will fit you best, and definitely speak to recover counselors at their respective facilities to get a better idea of what type of treatment models they are using.