Alcohol abuse help is very important if you are unable to control your alcoholic cravings. Otherwise, alcohol addiction shall result from it. Alcoholism is very dangerous. Sometimes, it can cause death either as a victim or as a perpetrator.

Alcohol addicts have distorted thinking faculty. They are driven by intense and overwhelming emotions. If the emotions are negative such as anger or hatred, it may compel the addict to commit crimes such as physical abuse or worse, murder. Victims may be a family member, relatives, friends, co-workers, neighbors or anybody else.

There are four types of alcohol treatment. These are in-patient, out-patient, Christian-motivate, and adolescent-exclusive. Each of these treatments is unique.

In In-patient alcohol abuse help, you will have to attend support groups, where you shall meet different individuals sharing alcoholic problems similar to yours. These support groups are held in a safe environment conducive to your recovery. It is different from what you have been accustomed to when you were still binge drinking on beers, vodka, gin, whiskey, and combination of other alcoholic beverages.

You can also make friends with other members of the support group and earn support from them as well. At times, the friendship made inside the support groups extend even outside when you all have recovered and graduated from the treatment.

In Out-patient treatment, you will experience symptoms and emotions similar to the In-patient treatment. Detoxification is necessary and you have to stay sober and rid your body of alcohol, leading to physical withdrawal stage. In this stage of the alcohol abuse help, most alcoholics experience pain as they fight the urge to have a shot of alcohol. However, this period is relatively short. Thence, it is very important that you are able to survive this stage.

You do not have to worry about it because you will be given all the support. You will also attend your own support groups just like in an In-patient treatment. The only difference is that, instead of staying within the centers facilities, you will have to go home and stay with your family.

Support groups are helpful in keeping you sober until your cravings are gone and you will start living an alcohol-free life. Among the support groups, the most popular is the Alcoholics Anonymous. It is widely available in the United States. Alcoholics Anonymous has a 12-step program to help addicts earn their life back.

Christian-motivated alcohol abuse help is governed by a Christian organization. Its program is integrated with faith in God. Those who are admitted are asked if they believe in the existence of God. People running such treatment centers believe that God can help you become sober and live a peaceful life.

Most often, patients who are admitted to Christian treatment centers become a believer of God. In fact, it is taught that only through him can you find yourself healed and on the right path.

Sometimes, teens and adolescents may become alcohol addicts. Of course, while they may also share symptoms and emotions identical to the adults, it would be better if they are admitted to an alcohol abuse help center designed exclusively for teens and adolescents.

Question by Angie: Will medicaid pay for alcohol rehab in Utah?
If you had a brother, sister, son, or daughter that needs help. Would you do anything you could to help them? This is a disease!

Best answer:

Answer by raysny
No. Although alcoholism is considered a disease by some, it is treated as a behavior by the government.

http://askjan.org/media/alcohol.html#ADA

Most rehabs are 12step-based, based on AA. Rehabs have a slightly better success rate than Alcoholics Anonymous which is estimated to be about 5%, the same as no treatment at all. People who fail in AA and 12step facilitation tend to fall harder than those who were not exposed to 12step treatment, which teaches people they are powerless to do anything about their addiction, that even God cannot cure alcoholism, only grant a daily reprieve from the desire to drink.

Dr. Brandsma found that A.A. increased the rate of binge drinking, and
Dr. Ditman found that A.A. increased the rate of rearrests for public drunkenness, and
Dr. Walsh found that “free A.A.” made later hospitalization more expensive, and
Doctors Orford and Edwards found that having a doctor talk to the patient for just one hour was just as effective as a whole year of A.A.-based treatment.
Dr. George E. Vaillant, the A.A. Trustee, found that A.A. treatment was completely ineffective, and raised the death rate in alcoholics. No other way of treating alcoholics produced such a high death rate as did Alcoholics Anonymous.
http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-letters85.html

What works? A summary of alcohol treatment research:
http://www.behaviortherapy.com/whatworks.htm

“About 75 percent of persons who recover from alcohol dependence do so without seeking any kind of help, including specialty alcohol (rehab) programs and AA. Only 13 percent of people with alcohol dependence ever receive specialty alcohol treatment.”
Alcoholism Isn’t What It Used To Be:
http://www.spectrum.niaaa.nih.gov/features/alcoholism.aspx

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Question by Maryy: What percent of rehabilitated people actually are cured?
ok so this is for a project….
does anyone know what percent of rehabilitated people get out and dont do the same mistake agian??? (i.e.- they would use drugs daily, went to rehab, then when they got out they quit completly)
i searched yahoo, google, and ask jeeves. i did all of my project and this is just a small part of it wich isnt really gonna be graded so keep your useless coments to yourself

Best answer:

Answer by raysny
Rehabs often claim amazing results, but the reality is less than spectacular.

According to Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_addiction
“The effectiveness of alcoholism treatments varies widely. When considering the effectiveness of treatment options, one must consider the success rate based on those who enter a program, not just those who complete it. Since completion of a program is the qualification for success, success among those who complete a program is generally near 100%. It is also important to consider not just the rate of those reaching treatment goals but the rate of those relapsing. Results should also be compared to the roughly 5% rate at which people will quit on their own. A year after completing a rehab program, about a third of alcoholics are sober, an additional 40 percent are substantially improved but still drink heavily on occasion, and a quarter have completely relapsed.”

That estimate is based on information from Dr. Mark Willenbring of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and in my opinion, optomistic.

” About 80 percent of addiction patients will relapse, studies suggest, and long-term success rates for treatment are estimated at 10-30 percent.
“The therapeutic community claims a 30 percent success rate, but they only count people who complete the program,” noted Joseph A. Califano Jr., of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. “Seventy to eighty percent drop out in three to six months.” ”
http://www.addictioninfo.org/articles/1633/1/Little-Evidence-that-Costly-Treatment-Programs-Work/Page1.html

90-95% of rehabs in the US are 12step-based. The rest are Scientology or religion-based.

The 12step treatment method has been shown to have about a 5% success rate, the same as no treatment at all:

Although the success rate is the same, AA harms more people than no treatment:
1) Dr. Brandsma found that A.A. increased the rate of binge drinking, and
2) Dr. Ditman found that A.A. increased the rate of rearrests for public drunkenness, and
3) Dr. Walsh found that “free A.A.” made later hospitalization more expensive, and
4) Doctors Orford and Edwards found that having a doctor talk to the patient for just one hour was just as effective as a whole year of A.A.-based treatment.
5) Dr. George E. Vaillant, the A.A. Trustee, found that A.A. treatment was completely ineffective, and raised the death rate in alcoholics. No other way of treating alcoholics produced such a high death rate as did Alcoholics Anonymous.
http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-letters85.html

1) http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-effectiveness.html#Brandsma
2) http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-effectiveness.html#Ditman
3) http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-effectiveness.html#Walsh
4) http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-effectiveness.html#Orford
5) http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-effectiveness.html#Vaillant

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