The type of treatment found an addiction center in operation today has changed from years past. The days when a person had to suffer through the excruciating pains of withdrawal and detoxification with nothing more than someone to hold his head while he vomited, and at the same time wipe the sweat from his face while trying to keep him covered through bone-jarring chills, have passed.
And, in some cases, they didn’t call them alcohol “asylums” for nothing. It was not unusual for an addiction center to be located on the same campus, if not in the same building, where mentally ill patients were housed. Unfortunately, many of these facilities were not in the best of shape and the staff may not have had adequate training in dealing with addiction.
Nowadays, an addiction center may just be the nicest, most modern building in its area. Inside are clean, comfortable rooms and meeting areas. At least some of the staff members will be licensed physicians and licensed or registered nurses, fully capable of administering medications which will ease the agonizing withdrawal and detoxification symptoms.
Once the withdrawal and detoxification periods have passed, the well-trained staff, which includes counselors whose specialty is dealing with addiction, helps the person begin the process of living life with the strength and tools needed to control the addiction.
Privacy, dignity, and self-esteem are protected and nurtured at a modern addiction center, which allows the patient to be more amenable to accepting the treatment. The staff knows that a person had worth before his or her addiction, and still retains that worth even now.
Those who may have heard horror stories about addiction treatment in the past can rest assured that things have definitely changed for the better. Logging on to http://www.centerforaddiction.org/ or 1-800-559-9503 will give a person access to information about a clean, modern addiction center where he can receive the help he needs.
