The Dangers of Drugs
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True Story of the dangers of drug addiciton
This is a true story of what happened during the summer of
2003, with a family from the New Jersey Area who had
contacted one of our counselors and were looking for help for
their Daughter (D.B.).
In the month of June, 2003 a mother from New Jersey (S.B.)
contacted a counselor about getting help for her Daughter
(D.B.). Our counselor recommended a rehabilitation program and
(Mom S.B.) contacted this facility to get information about how
to help (D.B.) who was wanting help one day and not the next.
Our counselor recommended an intervention and (S.B.) went
ahead as planned. (Mom S.B.) contacted the facility to get
information and then a couple days later called back to ask
when she could come to check in.
The counselor recommended that she be brought the next
morning as (D.B.) was very unstable and was likely to change
her mind or even worse.
(Mom S.B.) decided she would wait until Tuesday to bring
(D.B.) to the facility.
On Monday (D.B.) left without telling anyone and went to
Florida. The counselor from the drug rehab facility tried to
contact (D.B.) in Florida but was unable to contact her.
In Late July, (Mom S.B.) contacted counselor of the rehab
facility to inform him that (D.B.) had overdosed, and that she
was buried 2 days earlier. (Mom S.B.) was devastated that she
had not taken the advice of the counselor to get her daughter
(SB) to the centre the next day and she said she wanted to make
sure that he (the counselor) never gave up on anyone, and as
well that she hoped any other family member out there would
take the advice of the counselor and act fast so as to prevent the
one last hurrah from being a deadly reminder of how real this
problem is.
Never Give Up
Addiction & alcoholism are afflictions. The addict has most likely
deeply hurt the family. Lying, cheating, job loss, violence, even
criminal behaviors are all symptoms of the addictive behavior. If
these were the symptoms of cancer would you give up? Of course
not, you would try other treatments. You would go to the end of the
earth to find something to save your loved one's life. If you have a
chronic relapse victim in your life you are in the same position as a
terminal cancer patient's family if not effectively treated. The
addict/alcoholic will die or end up in prison. Unfortunately addiction
is viewed all too often in light of lack of will power or the addict just
wants to get high and doesn't care about his family. This could not be
farther from the truth.
Never giving up should not be confused with enabling on the part of
the family. The enabling behavior is destructive and must be stopped
immediately upon identifying the active addict or alcoholic. The
family must provide treatment options and use a lot of control to get the addict to do the right thing.
Unfortunately, most families have depleted most of their resources with ineffective treatment and by the time that they contact National Drug Rehab Treatment Centers, we find that the only options that are available are state funded programs. The staff of National Drug Rehab Treatment Centers have been in the alcohol and other drug rehab field for over 35 years and one staff member was the Director of all of the state funded programs for the State of New Mexico and he tried to move his programs into a modality of alcohol and drug treatment that has proven success, but because of the nature of the funding the clients that state funded programs are addressing, it has been impossible to get state funded programs to offer a modality of treatment that is open ended. Biophysical programs take as long as they take, but everyone spends at least four months in treatment and may spend six to eight months. State funded programs have not been willing to change their routine and offer this more successful form of treatment.
However, over the many years that National Drug Rehab Treatment Centers has been helping families find effective treatment, we have seen many family find creative means to finding the financial resources to get their loved ones into effective treatment. It is usually a matter of building ones awareness to the point that the family truly believes that the program that they are investing their money in, will actually work for their loved one. Once that is firmly realized, there is always a way to find the resources. However, because there are so many ineffective drug treatment providers, it is easy to believe their justifications of things such as "the disease is so bad in your loved one, that he/she may never get well" or "you know that it is a disease of relapse and he will need other treatments throughout his life".
Very few people ever questioned these responses. They could be statements of fact, but if they were, then alcohol and other drug rehab and treatment field has surely done a poor job in addressing this issue. However, they are actually justification for a job poorly done and since someone's life hangs in the balance, these statements are not only excuses, but they are immoral.
Even the best and most effective drug rehab and treatment programs will have attendees who are not willing to follow the rules of the organization and will be routed out of the program. These individuals will go back on drugs immediately, but they will also spread vicious rumors that the program doesn't work. With so many losses in the lives of these families, it is easier to believe that a programs doesn't work than to spend the time to investigate the truth, so even the best of programs will have others that try to discredit their successes.
This is why it is important to have National Drug Rehab Treatment Centers staff available to answer your questions and to help you discern truth from marketing. We are here and our mission is to keep you from having more pain in our lives by building up hope for something that is doomed from the beginning. Call us to learn more about alcohol and other drug treatment and rehab... you will be glad you did!
