Can Anyone Please Tell Me What Happens in a Drug Treatment Program?

Question by annmarie n: Can anyone please tell me what happens in a drug treatment program?
It seems like a handful people I know, or am acquainted with, are going to undergo drug treatment programs. I don’t really know how these programs can help them. And why do they take so long? Enlighten me, please?

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Answer by SkullDragon
you will be locked in a basement for a long long time, and make you believe that drugs to very bad things, if you want to get out from the jail, you have to tell that drugs are not good or else you will never released… lol

actually you do some pointless excercising, and learn stuff about how good drugs are not.

Answer by Miss Kitty
Residential treatment is often the last stop for an out-of-control substance-abuser. It offers a “time out” from situations that trigger self-destructive behavior, a chance to experience predictable and consistent consequences of behavior, an opportunity to participate in community, and for family bonds to be repaired. In the process, self-esteem — the major antidote to alcohol and drug use – is increased.

There are stories here to get a sense of what they go through on this site and a brief explaination:

http://www.drugrehabtreatment.com/drug-treatment.html

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