Why is a 28
day rehab program likely not enough?
A 28 day program is not a good choice for
everyone. The first two weeks of the program is
focused on detoxification, cleaning and withdrawal
symptoms. Then during a client's first week to ten days
following detox, they are struggling with the immediate
physical and mental after effects of addiction and detox.
To leave addiction permanently behind, they will need to
change almost every single aspect of their lives,
including sleep, diet, exercise, and thought patterns.
During the initial 2weeks of
extreme mental and physical exhaustion, it very difficult
for a client to listen or learn. The first 2weeks of the
program is spent mostly in physical recovery,
detoxification, dealing with
anger and anxiety, and improving personal self-care. Once
a client is not feeling sick and restless, they actually
start to listen and participate more actively.
They then start to make a connection with
their counselor and begin progress in healing. By week 3
and 4 of the program, they really start to dig in and
learn.
Unfortunately, in a 28 day program, instead
of continuing to learn and practicing new skills, the
client is too quickly again focused on getting out of
rehab and possible relapse. Week 4 is lost to learning and
instead is focused on where to go next. Frequently, the
stress and anxiety of leaving rehab results in a return to
old habits and addictions.
This actually means that a 28 day
program is really a 2 week program...
Does it make any sense that someone can
truly change a long standing addictive pattern in just 2
weeks?
Although many addicts feel hopeful after 28
days of rehab, they often relapse quickly. They have had
too little time to learn new behaviors and virtually no
time to practice them. Repeated relapse can be reduced
and prevented when clients attend a structured program
with sufficient time to allow them to succeed. You can't
plant vegetables on Saturday and expect to have them for
dinner on Sunday.
A ninety day program means someone will get
10 weeks to learn and practice new behavior, not 2 weeks
as in a 28 day program. They get 5 TIMES as much
treatment as in a 1 month program. They get past the
euphoria of simply being sober and get down to the hard
work of change. A 3 month program is a real shot at
creating a permanent drug and alcohol free lifestyle, 1
month may simply be a short break from using and from
addiction.
Who is well suited to the 60 or 90 day
program?
The 90 day program is ideally suited for
people who struggle with addictions, and particularly for
those who have a history of relapse.
Our program is challenging and
multifaceted, just like you. Rather than focusing solely
on the addiction, we build on the individual’s strengths
so the experience of addiction becomes a learning
opportunity. We assist you to change your addiction from a
barrier to a stepping-stone to increased effectiveness in
all aspects of your life. We provide group and individual
experiences, challenges, and skill building opportunities
that empower you to move past addiction and into positive
life change.
You return to work and home:
- better able to
manage conflict and stress
- confidently moving
toward renewed life goals
- physically and
mentally more healthy than ever before
- renewed and ready
to succeed in your career.
You can find out more...
... about our 60 and 90 day programs by
calling our staff at 1-808-988-0800. You'll also find out
about how comprehensive our program is.
Long Term Alcohol & Drug Rehab Programs
60 - 90 day treatment program
Typically patients from residential long
term alcohol and drug rehab programs lasting 60 to 90 days
or longer experience much higher success rates than those
who have shorter treatment programs or have been involved
in an outpatient program. Residential treatment programs
remove negative influences and help the resident adjust to
living a drug and alcohol-free lifestyle and develop the
necessary skills to sustain their recovery. The longer
negative influences are removed from their environment,
including the availability of drugs and alcohol, and the
more time they have to learn and adjust the higher the
probability of success.
 Successful alcohol and drug addiction
treatment …
… clearly involves far more than reducing
alcohol and dependency through abstinence. Many drugs and
alcohol are emotional suppressants and their abuse is an
emotion-based disease. That means that the root cause of
the disease, why they started drinking or became drug
addicts in the first place, must be resolved or they will
relapse when they are returned to the environment that the
problem developed. That takes time, and more than anything
requires the expertise of highly trained certified
addiction counselors to assess each patient and develop
and deliver an individualized one on one counseling and
holistic treatment program that addresses the issues
unique to that individual.
A major factor contributing to the success of Hale Ola's
addiction treatment and rehabilitation programs is having
the best addiction counselors available who spend a
majority of their time on one to one counseling, support
and individualized program development and assessment.
Quite simply, the more time an inpatient spends with our
addiction counselors and under the influence of their
treatment programs the better.
Holistic rehabilitation programs
Consider the time required for detoxification, assessment,
counseling and completion of a minimum rehab program. Then
add to that the components of our holistic treatment
model, which includes the rehabilitation of the body
through detoxification, nutrition and fitness programs and
the rehabilitation of the mind and spirit through a
complete range of dozens of other programs and activities,
and the possible need for a 60 to 90 day treatment program
becomes evident. That's why many of our short term
residents, feeling the benefits of the 30 day program and
appreciating their developing renewal, extend their stay
to assure their successful recovery.
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