Florida Drug Treatment Programs
There are many different
types of drug treatment programs in the state of Florida. Some of these include
dual-diagnosis programs, 12 step programs and bio-physical drug treatment
programs.
We recommend longer-term programs that don't subscribe to the disease theory of addiction and do not use any type of replacment drugs or prescriptions. Contact us to find a successful drug treatment program for yourself or a loved one.
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The bio-physical method of
drug treatment focuses on the premise that addiction is not a disease and that a
person can recovery permanently from addiction. It includes a physical
component, a detoxification process that eliminates toxins from the body that
cause physical cravings. Once the physical cravings are addressed the
bio-physical program handles all the mental and emotional components of
addiction addressing the underlying reasons why a person uses drugs in the
first place.
The 12-step method of drug treatment was first started in 1935 and follows the principles of steps and traditions where people meet anonymously for meetings called Alcholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meetings and work the "12 steps to recovery" which includes things like admitting you are powerless over addiction, believing in God and asking for forgiveness making amends with others in order to achieve a spiritual awakening to stop using drugs of alcohol. The 12-step methods have been used for many years but most 12-step treatment programs believe that relapse is a part of recovery and patients can do many, many programs before being able to achieve and maintain sobriety.
A dual-diagnosis drug treatment program is a program that believes that "addiction is a disease." These types of programs will often interview patients as to their symptoms and treat those symptoms as they would a mental illness using various psychiatric medications. The problem with these types of programs is that they rarely get to the root of the addiction and cannot curb physical cravings, especially with the use of more drugs to treat the problem.