| A drug treatment center includes the scope for | | | | chat most of the required information is extracted |
| treatment by medicines, emotional counseling as well | | | | from the drug addicts. This is the most difficult stage |
| as by other spiritual ways and exercises or yoga. | | | | as mostly the addicts do not accept the fact of their |
| According to experts in order to have success in the | | | | addiction and try to deny or justify their deeds by any |
| process of rehabilitation a drug addict must definitely | | | | and every means. |
| realize their problems and reach out to be helped. | | | | In the second stage the drug addict is made to interact |
| When drug addiction is discovered in the family there is | | | | with other recovering addicts. This is a helpful exercise |
| a usual tendency to try to talk the addict out of the | | | | as it encourages drug addicts to attain fast recovery. |
| situation. But usually this is of no help as in the majority | | | | They can freely share their problems and insecurities |
| of cases drug addicts do not consider their condition to | | | | with these recovering addicts as they feel that they |
| be a problem. In a reverse fashion they start believing | | | | are being understood by the right kind of people. |
| that whoever is trying to lecture them on this is not a | | | | In the third stage these addicts are made to have |
| part of their well wishers. Rather they are best left to | | | | group sessions with each other. Interacting with drug |
| themselves during the time of extreme addiction. A | | | | addicts at different stages of recovery makes them |
| drug addict can be helped with medication or | | | | feel hopeful about their recovery and also warn |
| counseling only when they are ready to hear. | | | | against the possibility of a bad case of drug addiction. |
| How to make counseling Work? | | | | In the final stage a drug treatment center provides a |
| A drug treatment center tries to break the stubborn | | | | proper medical and psychological counseling to the |
| attitude of the drug addicts towards the process of | | | | recovering addicts. Usually at this stage they |
| friendly counseling. In most cases addicts are brought | | | | understand their problem and the stage of recovery. |
| to the center by their well wishers, friends and family. | | | | Some of them also become conscious of the |
| Meaning that they do not come voluntarily to the | | | | possibility of relapse and are afraid to go through the |
| treatment centers they are brought there on some | | | | whole process again. |
| excuse or the other. These treatment centers adopt | | | | A drug treatment center can very well make |
| the following steps to make counseling effective: | | | | counseling work by making use of the optimum means |
| In the initial stages counseling is done by any of the | | | | and having well qualified professional s and doctors at |
| personnel of the treatment center in casual attire, as if | | | | their disposal. Making the drug addicts see the light at |
| they are not a part of the staff. Initially as an informal | | | | the end of the tunnel is the main aim of counseling. |