A new topic has just been covered by an article in the New York Daily News on the need for drug rehab intervention. According to the article this service can be very beneficial yet some families feel that they cannot take the steps to hire one because they think that they are betraying the trust of the addicted person. One mother in the article stated that it even “went against her maternal nature” to hire someone to get her child into a rehab program. Regarding this situation, let’s look at the facts: Right now 23.5 million people in the country are addicted to drugs. Drug related fatalities outnumber traffic fatalities now and are soon becoming the number one cause of preventative death in the country. Every day averages of 15,000 young people will use drugs for the first time. Prescription drugs are now abused by 7 million people nationwide. Only 2.6 million people out of 23.5 million receive treatment every year. The average time a drug user waits to get help is 15 years. Even though it is not fair, upsetting, sad and hopeless the one people that can help an addicted person is their family and loved ones. Often the phrase is used that “an addict can get help unless they want the help themselves.” To a degree this is a truth, however there are several things that can get the addicted person to agree to the help in the first place. These things are simple and can be done by any family.   1. Find a treatment center for the person that is long-term and residential and achieves a high success rate of 70% or more. 2. Make sure that the program does not use drugs to get the addicted person off drugs. 3. Try to get his or her agreement to attend the program. 4.If the addicted person refuses use family support to help to convince them with all family members and loved ones. 5.While this is happening do not give the addicted person money, a place to live, pay their bills or do things that will enable them in any way. 6. If all attempts from family members and other loved ones fall short hire a professional interventionist. 7. Continue to try to get them into treatment despite any barriers. A drug rehab intervention is not only not a betrayal of trust but it is the only choice when someone won’t get help. At Drug Rehab Referral we have spoken to a few very unlucky family members over the years who lost their loved one to addiction. Often they tell us that they wished they had done more. Unfortunately when this happens it is too late. If you still have a loved one who is addicted what are you waiting for? Call now to get them into treatment. Addiction can be overcome with drug rehab intervention and long term treatment. For more information call 877-212-2070.

Every year more than 7 million people use a prescription drug for a non-medical reason according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The organization has also found that prescription painkillers are the most highly abused drugs with 5 million users of the substances and drugs like tranquilizers, prescription stimulants and sedatives following.   Prescriptions are being abused by not only teens but older adults and all age groups in between. In fact, over 2500 teens try prescriptions every day and percentages of older adults needing treatment are expected to skyrocket over the next 10 years.   If you know someone addicted you prescriptions you understand how confusing, upsetting and frustrating the problem can really be.   However, there are several steps that can be taken my family members, loved ones and communities to prevent the abuse. The first thing includes the proper disposal of prescriptions in the household. Members of the house can go through medicine cabinets and take these drugs to registered drop off locations as well as flushing them down the toilet and getting rid of the pill containers.   When it is known that someone is taking a prescription it is best to be educated on the side effects and problems with the drug and watch for signs of abuse. In addition to this there are also many Take Back events that anyone can attend to be educated on proper disposal of these drugs as well as their addictive nature.   Even with all of the educational measures and help from the family, one could still develop a prescription addiction problem. If this occurs families should act fast to get the individual help through a prescription drug rehab that is drug-free and has a high success rate for sobriety.   Intervention services may be used if the addicted person is unwilling to get help and the program should be residential and deliver at least 90 days of treatment.   The key is not to allow prescription addiction to get out of control and if it does happen to get help immediately to recover from the problem.   Call us today for a professional assessment to get someone help through a drug rehab at 877-212-2070.

[This is a true story of someone who was helped by Drug Rehab Referrals.]   Coming from a loving family who always had taken care of me I never thought addiction would be something that I would struggle with. I had my wild teenage years and while in college, put them behind me. At 21 I was about to graduate college and move on to what I thought was the best part of my life.   After an operation I had to take the prescription drug Vicoden. I became addicted to it within weeks and then started to abuse other painkillers, eventually moving onto Oxy Contin and then to heroin. Within a year of taking my first prescription, I had a $100.00 a day heroin habit.   Now with 10 years sober and having worked with hundreds of other people who had my same problem I can say that there are certain things that contribute to helping to fight an addiction and winning. They are as follows:   1.    Don’t Wait To Get Treatment – At the time of my addiction I was not willing to get help but I had a family who pushed me in the right direction. I completed treatment at 22 and was able to change my life and become permanently drug free because I did not wait to get help.   2.    Go Into A Program That Is Long Enough – After trying to get away with doing detox and then leaving treatment after a month, my family urged me to stay in a 90 day program. This contributed to my sobriety because I had a long enough time away to change my behavior and habits.   3.    Do It Drug Free – The treatment program that I completed did not use any drugs and it was the best thing for me. After working with addicts and having many friends who had to get help for addiction I can say that the majority of people will not get off drugs if they are taking drugs and will have a higher rate of relapse.   4.    Change Your Environment – After treatment I was planning to go back to the same environment that I used drugs in and decided not to. That was the best decision I made as changing your environment can greatly aid in staying sober.   5.    Have A Support System – Having a loving family who is supportive of your sobriety or friends is the best therapy a person can have outside of treatment.   Drug addiction is a difficult battle but with the above one can win it and live a long, healthy life. For more information on getting help for an addiction through a drug abuse rehab center call 877-212-2070.