On 8/28/13 5:35 PM, wrote:
I have not found any reliable study that says any significant number
of substance abusers come out of rehab, therapy or any or any other
program with a 10 year success rate. There are a few people selling
rehab who say they have amazing success rates but they are selling
something, not doing research.
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Unfortunately I think you are correct. I did a lot of research on
this subject a year ago when we were funding the cost of private rehab
for someone.
As he neared the end of the actual rehab program the facility started
really pushing the sober house phase which they also happened to
offer.
By that time I was armed to the teeth with current statistical data on
long term success rates of the overall programs and got into a fairly
heated debate with one of the facility administrators. I realized
she was just doing her job but I felt she was over emphasizing their
claims of success rates.
I've forgotten the exact numbers but the long term success rate is
dismally low.
We ended up doing something else to help get him through the next 6
months of supervised "existence" while he pulled his life back
together.
So far, so good, but I am not fooling myself into thinking he is
"cured". Might be, but statistically the chances are low. One thing
that definitely helps (I think) is his continued participation in
meetings and willingness to openly discuss his addiction/recovery.