Read more about the importance of aftercare Rehab Aftercare
Read the daily recovery blog Choose the right Drug Rehab
How long should you stay in drug rehab?
No one can answer this question without first making an evaluation of the needs and degree of addiction of the individual. Many addicts find an initial month of drug rehab treatment more than sufficient, and a month of rehab allows them to live better lives of sobriety with only a minimal participation in aftercare. Still others, with longer addiction histories, with less sober family support, or with dual diagnosis' may well require a slightly longer period of residency.
But one often overlooked option, as addicts consider their time investment in a drug or alcohol rehab, are the advantages of remaining a resident in a drug rehab after a successful graduation, as a nominally paid recovery assistant.
3 advantages to staying on in drug rehab
1) The largest single advantage to remaining a resident and employee at a drug rehab is the continuing access to the care and therapies of rehab. The greatest influence on continuing sobriety is the degree of aftercare participation, and those graduates who maintain residency within a rehab even after graduation can maintain intensive therapeutic participation, without worry about the costs of therapy, or time away from employment.
Continuing residency in a drug rehab reduces temptation from daily life and allows you to gain strength and time over addiction, without having to pay the monthly expenses of therapy.
2) Staying on as a therapeutic advisor can also give meaning and worth to those unsure of what to do after rehab. The experience of addiction and successful recovery does lend authority and weight to your story, and resident advisors can offer great therapeutic assistance to those newly sober, and new to recovery.
Addiction is a disease, and although you had little control over your actions while using and abusing, the period and behaviors of addiction are nonetheless very selfish and self centered by nature. The act of giving and of helping those new to recovery lends meaning to a lot of lives, and can be a very beneficial part of anyone's long term recovery process.
3) Staying on in a rehab also removes much of the stress from the end of rehab and concerns about a full transition back into the outside world. While obviously as a resident gradate you are not as restricted in your movements, you do not need to worry about finding a sober living environment, finding outside employment, and facing all of the temptations intrinsic to the outside world.
The longer you can stay sober, the easier continuing sobriety becomes; so staying on in rehab as a resident gradate advisor greatly increases the odds of your own long term sobriety and success.
It may not be right for everyone, but by staying on in rehab you continue to gain access to intensive therapy, you avoid the full stresses of a return to the outside world and complete temptation, and you lend meaning to your recovery through helping those newly sober achieve their own goals.
- Related Videos
- Related Articles
- Ask / Related Q&A
- Are You Struggling With An Addiction To Drugs Or Alcohol?
- Addiction: a Holistic Approach to Recovery
- Addition Recovery Programmes - Addict Group Therapy, The 12 Steps and a Healthy Lifestyle
- Massage Therapy Helps Addicted Produce Good Chemicals, Expel Bad
- Massage Therapy Helps Addicted Produce Good Chemicals, Expel Bad
- Massage Therapy Helps Addicted Produce Good Chemicals, Expel Bad
- What Makes Russians Protest Against Methadone Treatment For Heroin Addiction?
- Help With Drug Addiction – How to Recover Without Rehab
Stop Fibroids eBook - Stop Fibroids eBook Review
By: Leslie Waler | 02/12/2009If you happen to be one of those countless women who are unfortunately afflicted with uterine fibroids all you can really think of is how to get rid of it permanently. Your health practitioner will normally prescribe medications or even suggest an operation but this can only alleviate you from the pain, bloating and having irregular periods temporarily, they can’t guarantee that these fibroids will not recur. Stop Fibroids eBook is dedicated to all women out there to effectively eliminate fibroi
Stop Fibroids - How To Stop Fibroids From Growing
By: Leslie Waler | 02/12/2009Women who have been detected to have ovarian cyst and have undergone some conventional treatments that just suppress the symptoms and not totally eliminate it, are by now so desperate to find ways on how to stop fibroids from growing. Medical treatments like surgery, birth control pills and pain reducing drugs only acts as partial and temporary relief. And most of the time the side effects of these treatments can cause other symptoms or issues as well.
Stop Fibroids - Fibroids Natural Treatment
By: Leslie Waler | 02/12/2009These days, one of the main reasons why females who have been detected to have uterine fibroids are selecting fibroids natural treatment compared to the usual medical techniques of treating this condition is it has no negative side effects. It is very important to restore a woman’s hormonal balance in order to reduce the symptoms and further growth of fibroids. This approach must be combined with appropriate changes in diet and lifestyle to be able to get its full benefits.
Prostate Cancer Screening Needs a Massage!
By: Katt Mollar | 02/12/2009Unfortunately making an initial accurate diagnosis of prostate cancer is not easy due to the nature of the disease and the limitations of current screening methods. On the bright side, PSA test unreliability has and is stimulating the quest for better management techniques, especially in the non-invasive arena. However,the PSA test still remains the so called gold standard
Are You Working Out Too Hard?
By: Pablo Bressan | 02/12/2009Next time you're in the gym, pause for a moment and look around. How many people do you see wearing braces of some kind? Elbow braces, knee braces, back braces, wrist braces. All of them clearly trying to continue at some previous level of workout intensity despite the fact that...
Anxiety Dizziness and How to Deal with it
By: Kenneth Svensson | 02/12/2009In this article I will talk about anxiety and dizziness that result from it. The phrase 'feeling dizzy' is often used as a general term to describe anything from a vague sense of wooziness to feel like you're about to faint or lose consciousness.
Risk Free Weight Loss with Slim Acai
By: Mrs Forex | 02/12/2009If you are worried about gaining more pounds and being overweight, then it's time to discover a good solution to cut off the excess body weight. This is the ideal time to ultimately search for the right weight loss supplement in your diet. Slim Acai is maybe what you want to help you scale back the weight. Let us have a fair unpartisan review. First I'm not selling Acai Slim. All I know is that Acai berry can help you boost your energy. This is especially superb for folks who ea...
Start Changing Your Weight Loss Habits With These 3 Simple Changes
By: Dr. Becky Gillaspy | 02/12/2009Changing your weight loss habits in order to lose unwanted pounds is a simple necessity. The problem is that very few of us understand how to change our long-standing eating habits. This article shows you 3 simple changes you can begin to use today to make this shift and create beneficial weight loss habits.
Christian Rehab, Jesus Has the Answers. You Never Need to Drink Again
By: Christin Shire | 09/10/2007 | HealthUntil we can rid ourselves of the delusions and denials that bar our understanding of God, we cannot ever hope to make a meaningful recovery from addiction, and we can never hope to live as God wishes. You do not need anything but prayer and the bible to get better, all the answers are there; but we sometimes benefit from shared prayer, shared exploration of our denials, and Christian counseling, as is offered in a Christian rehab.
Christian Recovery; Live for Jesus, and Never Take Another Drink
By: Christin Shire | 09/10/2007 | HealthAlthough when you abuse your body with drink or drugs you walk far from the Christian path, Jesus forgives you, and with His help you never again need take another drink. Find out how Christian Recovery can help you.
Alcoholic? God Has the Answer. Work the Christian 12 Steps, and Get Better
By: Christin Shire | 09/10/2007 | HealthProblems of the flesh have worldly causes but spiritual solutions. Although we get ourselves into trouble with our drinking or drug taking behaviors, we too often cannot get ourselves out of these difficulties. Only through an understanding and admission of our spiritual conceit, and by turning our will and our hearts to the Lord for guidance, can we relearn what has always been needed for a good, honest and righteous life.
Drug Rehab; 4 Reasons Why you Need Group Therapy
By: Christin Shire | 09/10/2007 | HealthAlthough people often emphasize the importance in individual therapy in drug or alcohol rehab, group support therapy is as important if not more so. You ideally want a rehab that offers a comprehensive therapeutic experience, but make sure that group support therapy is offered; here are 4 reasons why you need it.
Addiction; When We Think That God Won't Love Us We Presume Too Much
By: Christin Shire | 09/10/2007 | HealthWhen addicted, we do terrible things, we fall into despair and we even question our worth before God. Jesus loves us always, and He wants us to get better and live a better Christian life, and he will show us how. All we need to do is ask. Consider a Christian rehab, and consider the Christian 12 steps. You got yourself into this problem, Jesus can get you out.
Addicted to Pills? Jesus Can Help…christian Rehab for a Better Life
By: Christin Shire | 09/10/2007 | HealthAlthough we get ourselves into trouble when we seek the transient pleasures of a pain pill high, Jesus will always forgive us, will always have the answers to our problems, and can give us the strength we need to break free from despair and abuse. A Christian rehab offers far more than any secular rehab ever could. Find out why.
Alcoholism; Can an Atheist Get Help From Aa? 12 Steps But No God?
By: Christin Shire | 09/10/2007 | HealthAA is essentially a religious organization, trying valiantly to broaden access to alcoholics of all creeds and beliefs. But for those with no belief in any form of God, can AA offer any assistance with alcoholism? There are ways to work the steps to sobriety even without a belief in God, and some atheists find that AA can help. Find out how they do it.
After a Dui; Treatment Can Help you Get Better, and Stay Out of Jail
By: Christin Shire | 09/10/2007 | HealthA DUI can cause you significant legal problems, but perhaps more worrisome are the use behaviors that allowed for the occurrence of the DUI. If you can use a DUI as a catalyst for personal change and the betterment of an abuse problem, your arrest may be the best thing that ever happened to you. Help yourself with needed treatment, and as you do it, show the judge your commitment to change.