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Long Term Drug Rehab

Some of us just need more than 28 days to get better. Those of us who have been through rehabs before, felt the hopes of sobriety crash into relapse over and over again and who are just so tired of this kind of life; maybe we need a longer stay to get the help we so desperately need.

For many addicted individuals, long term drug rehabs offer more effective and permanent treatment options. Because of the nature of this kind of rehabilitation, one will more commonly find that long term treatment occurs in residential facilities offering care around the clock in a non-hospital setting. The best-known long term program model is the non 12 step rehab, but residential treatment may also employ other models, such as biophysical therapy.

An effective long term drug rehab generally ranges from three to twelve months in length and, although the specifics vary from program to program, the focus is the same: a) give the individual a substantial amount of time in which he can get to the root of his addiction(s) and b) give him the tools to live a drug free life outside of treatment. Long term programs seek to assess the various facets of addiction or alcoholism while addressing one’s personal accountability and responsibility for choices made—both the good and the bad. A well-rounded long term rehab will offer aid in refining one’s basic life skills such as communication, relationships and dealing with situations.

Through long term drug rehabilitation, individuals who are suffering from drug or alcohol addiction are afforded the opportunity to experience what sober living truly feels like. While a 28 or 30 day program may work for some, many need more time than those four short weeks to reflect on months or years of drug and alcohol abuse. The struggle of withdrawal or detox can sometimes take up half of one’s time in treatment, giving little or no time for substantial rehabilitation to occur.

For many, the cost of long term drug rehab can be a setback. Low cost drug treatment centers do exist, majority of which are faith-based.  Many of the longer termed programs work with insurance, and offer payment plans to help offset some of the cost that is required for an effective long term drug rehab.

Benefits of Inpatient Long Term Rehab

To put it simply, statistics prove that the longer a drug or alcohol addicted person spends in a residential rehab program, the better their long term prognosis. As such, the benefits of a long term drug rehab program are not to be ignored.

The benefits of a long term drug rehab are incurred from length of the programming, which can proceed from 3 months to as long as 2 years. These long term rehabs are rarely used as an initial attempt to help a using addict, and generally long term rehab is only undertaken in response to years of abuse, and repeated failures in other treatment environments.

If outpatient therapy does not prove sufficient, the next recommended step is often a residential rehab program, customarily about a month in duration, and if these rehabs do not serve to induce sobriety, the benefits offered by a long term drug rehab become more persuasive.

When contemplating the life disruption of such a long sequestered stay versus the possible benefits of long term drug rehab; the severity of the addiction, the length of abuse, and the number of previous attempts at treatment should all be examined.

Interestingly, studies show that patient willingness and desire for treatment do not greatly affect eventual outcomes of sobriety, and that court or otherwise mandated stays at a long term rehab program prove almost equally effective as self admission to a program. The changes in thinking seems do not need occur prior to admission, and the lengthy and enforced sobriety offered by a long term rehab program are often enough to reverse the motivations of even the most reluctant participant.

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How Long Term Drug Rehab Works

The detox alone can take a week or more, and even with a month of therapy and education, the learning and therapeutic time offered falls short of what is truly needed. For some people, who have been heavy user for years, simply imagining a life free from drugs or alcohol is difficult, and while a month of sobriety is something, it is sometimes insufficient to the needs of severely dependent patients.

A long term rehab is different, and during stays as long as two years, patients learn once again how to live sober, and that life without drugs or alcohol is both possible, and even preferable to a life of intoxication. Learning that enjoyment of life is possible without substance use, and learning to appreciate the real and emotionally honest relationships that develop, are as much a part of the healing as is the therapy offered.

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