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On Thursday, August 29, 2013 7:05:36 AM UTC-4, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 8/28/13 11:57 PM, wrote:

On Wed, 28 Aug 2013 17:40:56 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 8/28/13 5:35 PM, wrote:

OK your turn. Show me some peer reviewed studies about the 10 year

success of "rehab".

I'm sure you can do your own lit search. Have at it.

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.

It was your contention I was wrong. Prove it.

I would accept 25% as a win for you if it was a real study that

actually tracked patients for any significant amount of time.

(not just people who stopped coming back)

I only have to look at the half million or more addicted homeless to

see all is not going well in paradise. That does not include those dis

functionals who are living with friends or family.

Then you have the addicts who are working at some level of

functionality and the high functioning addicts.

Once again, you are exhibiting an inability to think abstractly. Drug

addiction is not an illness like, oh, the usual childhood diseases that

can be prevented by an inoculation or that caught once, tend not to

haunt you again. Drug addiction treatment, once administered, does not

mean the individual who receives it has lifetime or even 10-year

protection from a relapse.

Drug addiction is a chronic disease, and it can be managed properly and

successfully. But relapses are more than possible, as they are with

other chronic medical illnesses, such as asthma or hypertension. And

because there are strong possibilities of relapses with drug addiction

doesn't mean treatment is a failure. As with other chronic illnesses,

treatment for drug addiction necessitates lifetime evaluation and

perhaps modifications when necessary. If you suffer from diabetes,

proper treatment can help you get it under control and most of the

symptoms will disappear, and the treatment is successful.

What happens if you discontinue treatment for your chronic disease? It

probably returns and you have a relapse. When a drug addict relapses, it

doesn't necessarily mean the treatment he is receiving (or ignoring) has

failed. It may just mean the treatment needs to be re-started or changed.

Many people with certain mental/emotional illnesses get relief with a

combination of medications and therapy that help them feel better and

regain control of their lives. Some of those illnesses will require

patients to take medications for the rest of their lives. After a while

on meds, though, some patients talk themselves into believing they are

"cured," so they stop the medications. So, what happens? In many cases

the symptoms of the mental/emotional illness returns.

Oh, and once again, 12-step programs are not treatment…they provide support.

You are an english major, and as such, are not qualifified to make any statements concerning this subject.

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