What Would Be the Best Addiction Treatment Program?

Question by bayley n_n: What would be the best addiction treatment program?
What are the components that should be present in an addiction treatment program?

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Answer by andie l
First of all, addiction treatment programs are not just about medication. It’s not all about anti-depressants and mood stabilizers. There must be continued care and supervision. There must also be counseling and therapy. There must be a periodical assessment to keep track of the progress of the patient. The intensity and length of the treatment of the patient depends upon the severity of his drug addiction.

Answer by AwesomeBill
A 12 step program is the ONLY thing that has helped me to stay clean. In 35 days – if I make it – I’ll be clean for 3 years. When I was using, I couldn’t go 3 hours without drugs.

Methadone or Saproxen (sp?) aren’t going to work, they mask the withdrawal symptoms. Living clean – one day at a time – is the only way, and there is an organization designed specifically for that:

www.na.org