Delray Beach 3/13/2012 4:10:07 AM
News / Health & Wellness

Alcohol Treatment Success at Delray Recovery Center

Alcohol contains several harmful and dangerous chemicals. As an individual consumes alcohol, these chemicals are stored in the body. They can cause several side effects. Some of the effects are temporary memory loss, weakened physical state and, worst of all, violent behavior. Alcohol can not only destroy individuals, but also result in broken families and eventually a damaged society. To tackle the growing menace of alcohol abuse, alcohol treatment centers have been set up across the country.

These alcohol treatment centers provide you with state-of-the-art facilities and great high quality treatments and programs. These treatments are effective and are designed to help the addict overcome his or her issues. There are two major programs that are adopted by the alcohol rehab centers. They are:

  1. Inpatient program – Also known as a residential rehab program, this program allows the addict to stay with in a residential facility. He or she will be under observation 24/7 for the entire period. The addict will be able to focus all the efforts and concentration on his or her rehabilitation.
  2. Outpatient program – It offers the same facilities and treatments as an inpatient rehab program. However, the major difference is that the patient does not have to remain in a residential facility. He or she can go home or fulfill any work or college commitments.

However, having just the facilities is of no use and help to any body. For this reason, the facilities are manned by highly skilled and trained individuals. These individuals are not only knowledgeable but also caring, gentle and sensitive. They are not judgmental or critical of the patient. It is only because of the combination of excellent facilities and professional alcohol treatment specialists, that we see a high alcohol treatment success.

It may be difficult to measure alcohol treatment success rates. That’s because there is a lack of consensus on the meaning of the term “success” in terms of alcohol treatment programs. Another point to be noted is that there are many treatment centers do not make the records of their patients public. This is done to protect their privacy. One method used to determine the success of the program is whether the patient relapsed after the completion of the program. However, this is often misleading. Alcoholism is, after all, a disease, and like any other disease a patient may relapse later on in their life.

However, there is one important measure that can determine whether the program is a success or not. On the completion of the program, if the patient is armed with all the necessary tools to lead an alcohol-free happy and fulfilling life, then the treatment is considered a success.

In fact, the longer the alcohol treatment program, the greater the alcohol treatment success. There are a growing number of such treatment programs that extend the treatment period from 30 days to 90 days. There is a general consensus that longer the program, more effective is the treatment.