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The Drug-Free Alliance is committed to helping people find the resources and information they need to lead drug-free lives. If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, contact us for help finding a drug rehab or alcohol addiction treatment program. Call 1-800-305-9350.

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Drug-Free Rehabilitation

There are several thousand drug rehabilitation and alcohol addiction treatment centers in the United States that provide varying levels of care. The majority of people who receive some type of drug treatment in any given year go through outpatient counseling sessions. Sometimes this can be intensive outpatient where the individual will go every day for 30 days or more. Other times the outpatient treatment merely consists of a couple meetings per week.

Looking for a drug rehabilitation program? Call 1-800-305-9350 to speak with a counselor that can help. Inpatient treatment, also called residential treatment, can have different approaches as well. This can run from short-term hospitalization for medical detoxification, 30-day inpatient rehabs and long-term residential programs, which can last from about 90 days up to a year.

The Drug-Free Alliance supports organizations that provide drug-free rehabilitation. This includes 12-step programs, faith-based programs, non 12 step rehab programs, therapeutic communities and half-way houses. We feel it is vitally important that addicts are not given more drugs as a part of their treatment. The only exception is if it is during a medical detoxification procedure to stably step down from a drug. Millions of Americans are being prescribed damaging pharmaceuticals, including hundreds of thousands already in drug treatment. Replacing one drug for another is never a long-term solution and cannot be considered true rehabilitation.

While the Drug-Free Alliance cannot give any direct medical advice, we do suggest that you take the time to find out the real information about drugs you or a loved one has been prescribed, including side-effect information and results of studies on the drugs. A good resource for this is the National Library of Medicine and prescription drug public health advisories can be found at the Food and Drug Administration's website. You should also seek a second opinion from a qualified medical practitioner for alternative approaches to taking that medication, especially when attempting to treat some of the symptoms that often accompany addiction, such as depression and anxiety.

If researching drug rehab programs and addiction treatment centers for yourself or a loved one, be sure to ask if they prescribe more drugs to addicts and what their long-term sobriety results are. You can also contact us for drug-free rehabilitation help.