| It is difficult to make a decision to
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| | continuity of program, staff, and
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| seek treatment for alcohol abuse,
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| | facility.
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| dependency, or addiction. But having made
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| | The drawback is that the client isn't
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| that choice it becomes even more
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| | isolated or protected from their usual
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| confusing when seeking an appropriate
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| | stresses and temptations. But is this
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| type of program. Essentially the first
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| | really a negative point?
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| decision comes down to opting for either
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| | Nearly anyone can modify a behavior in a
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| Inpatient or Out-Patient.
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| | controlled environment for a short period
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| First consider In-Patient, commonly
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| | of time. People do lose weight at spas;
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| referred to as "Residential." Generally
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| | they get into shape at camps; they quit
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| these programs run from 30 to 90 days at
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| | drinking in rehab. But they almost always
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| an average cost of $1000/day, though some
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| | return to their old patterns when they
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| may run three or four times that amount.
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| | return to their usual lives and problems,
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| Usually the client is confined to a
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| | people and jobs, neighborhoods and
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| facility, shielded from outside
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| | families. All that has changed is that
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| pressures, assessed, counseled, and
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| | they've had a very expensive vacation.
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| released to aftercare which usually
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| | The harsh reality is that change takes
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| consists of weekly groups at a hospital,
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| | place within the individual in their
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| clinic, or other local facility and the
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| | usual surroundings, or it doesn't last
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| mandate "don't drink, attend AA, work
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| | for long. That said, Out-Patient
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| your program."
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| | treatment is more effective because it
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| The benefits are fairly straightforward:
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| | works with all of the day-to-day problems
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| removal from immediate stressers;
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| | that must be coped with. It's cheaper,
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| isolation from temptation; appeasement of
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| | and you can always stay at a hotel for
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| family and employers; time to regroup and
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| | awhile if you need to escape long enough
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| collect one's thoughts; and a period away
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| | to clear your head and develop some
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| from the usual alcoholic fog.
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| | plans. It's more inclusive, again because
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| The drawbacks are equally apparent:
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| | it is done within the context of your
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| expense; disconnection from reality;
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| | real life. It's also less prone to
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| labeling; depression; and re-entry shock
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| | labeling you with a permanent diagnosis
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| which generally leads to relapse within a
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| | which may or may not be accurate and is
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| month or two and a return to old
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| | usually demeaning.
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| behaviors which will now necessitate
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| | Finally, modifying behaviors over time is
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| out-patient services if you can can
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| | more apt to result in lasting change. It
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| afford them either financially or
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| | takes time to alter behavior, thirty days
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| emotionally.
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| | to break a habit and a year or more to
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| Out-patient, on the otherhand, allows the
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| | replace the activity. If you want to
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| client to gradually modify behaviors
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| | succeed, expect to give yourself the time
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| within the ongoing context of their daily
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| | you deserve in the most efficient ways
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| life. It also provides assessment and
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| | available.
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| counseling and followup, but with
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