What can make a personal drug rehabilitation program or plan more successful?
According to the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and the National Institute on Drug Abuse, treatment for substance abuse is typically more effective when: • You remain in treatment for drug addiction for an adequate period of time • You engage in counseling and other behavioral therapies. Like people with diabetes or heart disease, people in treatment for drug addiction need to change their behavior to adopt a healthy lifestyle • You find a counselor or therapist with whom you can develop a strong therapeutic relationship as you fight addiction • You engage in services that can help you take care of the different aspects of your life that are all affected by substance abuse. For instance, if you have another medical or psychological condition, you receive treatment for that as well. It could also mean that you receive help with employment or housing, if needed • You and your family understand that substance abuse or opioid addiction is a chronic illness and not something that just
