Question by Maryy: What percent of rehabilitated people actually are cured?
ok so this is for a project….
does anyone know what percent of rehabilitated people get out and dont do the same mistake agian??? (i.e.- they would use drugs daily, went to rehab, then when they got out they quit completly)
i searched yahoo, google, and ask jeeves. i did all of my project and this is just a small part of it wich isnt really gonna be graded so keep your useless coments to yourself

Best answer:

Answer by raysny
Rehabs often claim amazing results, but the reality is less than spectacular.

According to Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_addiction
“The effectiveness of alcoholism treatments varies widely. When considering the effectiveness of treatment options, one must consider the success rate based on those who enter a program, not just those who complete it. Since completion of a program is the qualification for success, success among those who complete a program is generally near 100%. It is also important to consider not just the rate of those reaching treatment goals but the rate of those relapsing. Results should also be compared to the roughly 5% rate at which people will quit on their own. A year after completing a rehab program, about a third of alcoholics are sober, an additional 40 percent are substantially improved but still drink heavily on occasion, and a quarter have completely relapsed.”

That estimate is based on information from Dr. Mark Willenbring of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and in my opinion, optomistic.

” About 80 percent of addiction patients will relapse, studies suggest, and long-term success rates for treatment are estimated at 10-30 percent.
“The therapeutic community claims a 30 percent success rate, but they only count people who complete the program,” noted Joseph A. Califano Jr., of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. “Seventy to eighty percent drop out in three to six months.” ”
http://www.addictioninfo.org/articles/1633/1/Little-Evidence-that-Costly-Treatment-Programs-Work/Page1.html

90-95% of rehabs in the US are 12step-based. The rest are Scientology or religion-based.

The 12step treatment method has been shown to have about a 5% success rate, the same as no treatment at all:

Although the success rate is the same, AA harms more people than no treatment:
1) Dr. Brandsma found that A.A. increased the rate of binge drinking, and
2) Dr. Ditman found that A.A. increased the rate of rearrests for public drunkenness, and
3) Dr. Walsh found that “free A.A.” made later hospitalization more expensive, and
4) Doctors Orford and Edwards found that having a doctor talk to the patient for just one hour was just as effective as a whole year of A.A.-based treatment.
5) Dr. George E. Vaillant, the A.A. Trustee, found that A.A. treatment was completely ineffective, and raised the death rate in alcoholics. No other way of treating alcoholics produced such a high death rate as did Alcoholics Anonymous.
http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-letters85.html

1) http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-effectiveness.html#Brandsma
2) http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-effectiveness.html#Ditman
3) http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-effectiveness.html#Walsh
4) http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-effectiveness.html#Orford
5) http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-effectiveness.html#Vaillant

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Question by Becca: How can I learn to drink properly when I’m a serious binge drinker?
Both parents were alcoholics. I don’t have any friends to hang out with so when I go out and get really drunk and feel like a make a fool out of myself. I used to live in a large city and my drunken behavior was normal, but now I live in a very small town and people think I’m some kind of wild woman.. I don’t know what to do. Many of my so called buddies won’t hang out with me because I get too rowdy, but I don’t know how to control my alcohol

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Answer by Richard K
You can’t control it. When you are addicted to something, no matter what it is, it is uncontrollable. You need to stop it. You can’t drink anymore. You will notice a huge change in your life if you stop. Find an AA meeting and go and listen, and you will hear your story. Then you’ll find people who will be there to help you get sober. Do yourself a huge favor, and get help. Binge drinking can be deadly. Good luck.

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Question by Becca: How can I learn to drink properly when I’m a serious binge drinker?
Both parents were alcoholics. I don’t have any friends to hang out with so when I go out and get really drunk and feel like a make a fool out of myself. I used to live in a large city and my drunken behavior was normal, but now I live in a very small town and people think I’m some kind of wild woman.. I don’t know what to do. Many of my so called buddies won’t hang out with me because I get too rowdy, but I don’t know how to control my alcohol

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Answer by Richard K
You can’t control it. When you are addicted to something, no matter what it is, it is uncontrollable. You need to stop it. You can’t drink anymore. You will notice a huge change in your life if you stop. Find an AA meeting and go and listen, and you will hear your story. Then you’ll find people who will be there to help you get sober. Do yourself a huge favor, and get help. Binge drinking can be deadly. Good luck.

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Question by Becca: How can I learn to drink properly when I’m a serious binge drinker?
Both parents were alcoholics. I don’t have any friends to hang out with so when I go out and get really drunk and feel like a make a fool out of myself. I used to live in a large city and my drunken behavior was normal, but now I live in a very small town and people think I’m some kind of wild woman.. I don’t know what to do. Many of my so called buddies won’t hang out with me because I get too rowdy, but I don’t know how to control my alcohol

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Answer by Richard K
You can’t control it. When you are addicted to something, no matter what it is, it is uncontrollable. You need to stop it. You can’t drink anymore. You will notice a huge change in your life if you stop. Find an AA meeting and go and listen, and you will hear your story. Then you’ll find people who will be there to help you get sober. Do yourself a huge favor, and get help. Binge drinking can be deadly. Good luck.

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