Drug Rehabilitation (How to Choose a good drug rehab)

This is not a book about drugs, or the inevitable consequences of drug use.
There are plenty of books about that already.

It is about taking a close hard look at the Drug Rehabilitation programs available to people who need them, and the importance of truly studying and assessing these programs.

It is hard to get a clear perspective when the varieties of treatment options to lead a healthy, drug-free life have their purpose skewed by money, politics, self-interest, false data and perhaps at worst, becoming nothing more than a business profit vehicle and a consumer commodity.

So with all those factors at play, how do we make the call? What do we use to tell the difference between the good, the bad and the ugly? How do we pick a good drug rehab program?

We start with the meaning of the word Rehabilitation.

The dictionary says it is to return to a former or better state or condition.

Unless this happens at the end of a rehab program one could say that the rehabilitation failed.
In this book I discuss my findings from doing an extensive research into the programs available and the surprising results.

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Hooked: Five Addicts Challenge Our Misguided Drug Rehab System

Deeply felt, deftly rendered, stunningly informative and often enraging (Publishers Weekly), Hooked appears as we are finally waking up to the inadequacies of our current drug-rehab policies. With court-mandated rehab being debated across the country, Shavelson's in-depth look at the struggles of five addicts as they travel through the treatment maze makes a powerful case for reform.

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POCKET SPONSOR IPHONE APP: 31 Days of Morning & Evening Recovery Meditations for Alcohol & Drug Treatment

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Blowing Smoke: Rethinking the War on Drugs without Prohibition and Rehab

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Dr. Reznicek provides a new framework for understanding drug abuse: the habit model. Habits are practiced as long as they provide comfort, and are abandoned when they cause pain. The habit model is more consistent with current neuroscientific knowledge and it accounts for the widely observed phenomenon that most substance abusers don’t change until they “hit bottom,” the point where the consequences of drug use finally outweigh its benefits.

Using the habit model, Dr. Reznicek suggests the solution to the drug problem is to turn back the clock, and to take lessons from societies that use social controls and consequences to deal with addiction and drug abuse. He recommends the legalization of drugs for adults, the implementation of social practices to dissuade abusers, and the end to the use of rehab as a

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American Euphoria: Saying 'Know' to Drugs (1)

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