Inpatient Drug and Alcohol Rehab

Inpatient facilities allow persons to stay overnight in the facility. A patient will generally stay until they are able to stop using. The specific amount of time will obviously differ from person to person. Some individuals will not need much time while others will need to stay for several months.

Inpatient rehabilitation will give the patient a good deal of structure. They will have a schedule that must be adhered to. The staff will do their best to ensure that no one uses drug while in the facility. This might involve patients taking periodic drug tests. Intensive counseling is also nearly always provided. A patient will eat and sleep at the treatment center and their contact with the outside world may be limited.

The advantages are that this type of arrangement allows an individual to get away from untoward influences, gives them a change to sober up and for their body to go through detoxification. The detoxification process is a very difficult one and having trained staff around to deal with it and ensure that a person does not drink or take drugs to avoid the symptoms can be very important and will make a big difference in whether or not someone will be able to even start the recovery process.

One of the primary disadvantages of this sort of rehab is the cost. The price can be prohibitive for some people. This is especially true if they don’t have insurance to cover the cost of their stay, no job or can’t find a subsidized or free inpatient program. Another negative is that inpatient rehab requires that a person leave their family and friends behind for a period. This can be quite distressing. If a person has a job, they run the risk of losing it if they have to be away for a long period of time.