What You Need to Know When You Consider
Residential Drug Rehabilitation

If you or a loved one is considering residential drug rehabilitation, you can find the answers to many of your most important questions here.

• Perhaps you aren’t sure what goes on in a rehabilitation center, or what happens once you return home.


• You may not be sure how to go about finding the rehabilitation center that fits your needs. There seem to be hundreds of choices, and you're not sure what features you should look for – or should be certain to avoid.


• You may not be sure if residential drug rehabilitation treatment even works. After all, you've seen many celebrities go in and out of drug rehab, and yet so many never really seem to overcome their problems.

To make things even more complicated, you may be under pressure from a court system or police department to enter treatment now or else face legal consequences. No doubt you're wondering how you can work with your employer or school in order to take the time off for your program without damaging your career. You may not be sure how long you’ll have to remain in a residential drug rehabilitation center.

If any of these concerns sound familiar to you, you’re in the right place – and as you continue to read these pages, your drug rehabilitation search is going to start making much more sense.

Let's take a look at each of your concerns one by one, and find the answers to your questions about drug rehabilitation treatment programs.

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Common Questions about Residential Drug Rehab

What are the different kinds of drug treatment programs?

How do I find out which drug rehabilitation treatment program is best for my needs?

I’ve been ordered into drug treatment by a court system. Does that affect which type of program I should select?

How can I tell if a program is any good? After all, they all have great looking websites.

What kind of accreditations or certifications should I look for in a drug treatment program?

What happens in a drug rehabilitation center?

I don’t see the point of doing paintings or drama or music as a way to treat drug addiction.

I don't like Narcotics Anonymous or any 12-step program that involves a higher power. Will they make me go to these meetings?

What happens once I get home?

I just can’t bring myself to enter a drug treatment center, even though I know it would be for the best.

How successful are most drug rehabilitation treatment programs?

If I've tried and failed in the past, how can I be sure I'll make it this time?

Common Questions about Drug Rehab, Careers and Finances

How do I talk to my employer or school about entering drug rehabilitation?

How will I pay for drug rehabilitation?

Common Questions about Drug Addiction

What is drug addiction anyway? 

Why did I get dependent on drugs when other people don’t?

Why can’t I just quit on my own? Should I try quitting on my own before I enter drug rehabilitation?

Is there a way that I could talk to a professional counselor right now?

I'm addicted to cocaine. How will my treatment be different than for someone who is addicted to heroin?

I've heard you can't get addicted to marijuana -- but I can't stop smoking it. Are there drug rehabilitation centers for marijuana smokers?

I'm pregnant and addicted to drugs. What should I do?

The person who needs drug treatment isn’t me, but someone I love. What do I do?