Questions to ask any Rehab before making any decisions

The Sober Services Team have been researching and evaluating residential rehab centres for alcohol and drugs all over the world for well over 10 years, and we only work with clinics that we’ve visited and approved based primarily upon outcome statistics, crossed referenced by the standard (luxury) of their facilities verses the cost to the client.
A great rehab centre will offer choices and options to their clients, understanding that all residents will have specific requirements and different needs. Often we’ve seen clinics fairly inflexible with their treatment programmes which may be understandable for some of the less expensive ‘one size fits all’ programmes and still maintain high success levels, but can also considerably improve the quality of someone’s level of recovery upon graduation if a more bespoke attitude is adopted.

The following are some good examples of questions you could be asking potential facilities to judge if they’re right for you or your loved one:

Does your facility offer personalised care or is it a generic programme?

Personalised care is really rather important, because addiction is such a personal experience. Psychotherapy is the most common treatment method for addiction (that Sober Services would recommend) because it helps to uncover the underlying causes of addiction on a personal level. As such, all decent treatment programme will focus on the addict / alcoholic and their needs. Almost all 12 Step rehab centres operate like this.

What levels of staffing do you offer, especially during detoxification?

One of the biggest dangers during any treatment for addictions, particularly alcohol and opiates (heroin / methadone etc) is the detox period and it’s highly important that you’re satisfied with the levels of care offered during they period. At least you should expect to have a single bedroom with 24 hour support available, though if possible your preferred rehab centre should be providing 24 hour medical care rather than just a support worker. The costs of having a Doctor on site 24 hours a day is often prohibitive, but do ask the time it would take for action to be taken in the case of a medical emergency and what their protocols are.

What are the bedrooms and patient areas like?

The top treatment centres will aspire to offer the most comfortable and luxurious facilities possible in order to attract clients to their clinic and also because it’s so important that all clients going through early treatment feel safe, secure and a strong desire to remain in treatment. Therefore being able to recover in desirable surroundings that assist with calmness and relaxation are strong foundations for keeping the residents in a strong sense of security, thus permitting them to focus their attention on their treatment and achieving better results. A good facility would feel clean, inviting, cheerful, protected and sheltered. A well maintained environment is very important to the treatment environment too.

Will the family be involved in the treatment?

It’s genuinely important whenever possible that the family of anyone undergoing treatment for their addiction are engaged with the process as much as possible, not least because healthy personal relationships and a happy home environment are both are crucial aspects of the pending journey into recovery. The best treatment programmes will include family psychotherapy sessions to work on your family dynamics and will actively engage the immediate family into supporting the whole recovery process. Education around their loved one’s specific recovery programme can be a vital part of understanding the boundaries going forwards and therefore increasing the chances of a positive outcome.

Do you have any former clients available for me to chat to, or are there any (video?) testimonials available?

In this day and age all business are offering testimonials and endorsements from previous clients on their website. Anyone who doesn’t could be considered to be a new start up or potentially lacking in vision. Please do ask the representative from the facilities that you’re dealing with if it’s possible to meet some previous clients. They will often have them back in the centre volunteering or passing by for Aftercare or to check in with their peers. You’ll want to attend a rehab centre with a great reputation and it’s important for you to be able to decide based on your own opinions gathered from a variety of sources of facts and commentary and not rely solely upon the institution’s marketing materials.

What Aftercare does your services offer and is it included in the price?

Aftercare services significantly help the addict / alcoholic towards a successful recovery once someone has graduated from primary / secondary / tertiary care treatment programmes. Aftercare services vary between facilities but may feature such options as evening sessions, weekend support, other activities with fellow alumni peers, closed support group meetings, special workshops, guest speakers and more. It always in the best interests of a rehab to record high success stories and therefore it’s in their interests to encourage as many graduates as possible to remain engaged in Aftercare services. Therefore we have found that most clinics offer Aftercare free of charge as standard.

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Sober Aftercare helps clients and families serious about their recovery in the long run. This is a monthly programme and is used to support someone’s residential experience and to maintain his or her journey towards permanent recovery in addition to any Aftercare services the rehab may offer.

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