Drug Rehabilitation centers provide the essential support that addicts need, if they are to kick their drug habit.
Drug rehabilitation is best handled in a residential setting, where the clients have no access with the outside world. Mobile phones, Internet access and phone calls are not allowed. This is to prevent clients arranging illicit supplies and undoing all the good work being done.
They are not rest homes and many addicts find the regime unpleasant, but that is only to be expected with any system that deprives them of their daily drug needs.
Before sending an addict for treatment you should visit the center and assess for yourself the level of care and treatment provided. Having made a careful decision you will have to harden yourself against your relatives complaints.
Drug addiction is physical as well as a mental dependence on drugs. A drug addicts body has adjusted to cope and expect the daily dose of whatever substance the addict is using. The body shows unpleasant withdrawal symptoms that the addict has to go through.
A rehab center will have medical, nursing and care staff to cope with the needs of the addicts. This should...