Drug treatment starts off with the suffering addict wanting to get help. It does not matter if the addict thinks they have a problem or not, this makes no difference at all, it is in the fact that they are willing to get help. Now many will say that the mind set is already determined by the addict admitting that they need help but in part this means that they know of their problem. This is not always the case and should not be seen as such. Drug addicts are many faceted people, kind of like a diamond with brilliant points on each side. Don’t be blinded by one of the points so that you can not see the true reality of the second point. Addicts who realize they need help sometimes do not realize they have a problem. When discussing drug treatment with an abused person it is best to go in slowly, walk softly, and do not tread on any toes. Listening is the best way to start off a conversation with any drug addict and open up and distill information that their feeling about, do not interject your own feelings onto their realities.
Perception is the key but is also not necessary during a discussion with a suffering addict as they will only run away or feel pushed back from the topic of conversation. Hands off is a good way of determining what the severity that the drug sufferer is experiencing, and what is the best drug treatment course in order to get them clean and sober. The main goal in drug treatment is to get the people off of drugs and get them back into a normal acceptable lifestyle. Understanding also that this is the year 2009 and socially acceptable is a very loose term at best. Someone who wants to live a lifestyle akin of the hippies in the 60’s has full rights to do so and without being stigmatized by the social environment and the United States or the world today. We have come along way since prohibition and a long way since Woodstock and we are on our way to freedom world 2012, if we just sit back and listen more and talk less.
Drug treatment is one of the May ways that a person can get clean and sober and improve the quality of their life and the quality of others. It’s as if somebody throws a stone in a pond, the rippling effect is the aftereffects, the shock waves if you will of a drug addict who needs drug treatment. Do not be put back by the squabbles and cantankerous undertakings of the initial addict as they will kick and scream all the way to the doors of the drug treatment facility if necessary. It is all manipulator tools and tactics and should be seen as such. Discuss the drug treatment policies of the institution or if it is outpatient thin about riding along with the drug addict sufferer to give them moral support and personal support. Love is a big factor in drug treatment and should be considered the main focal objective of this drug treatment program.
