Christie praises drug rehab programs for offenders
PATERSON, N.J. – Gov. Christie on Wednesday extolled the virtues of drug and alcohol rehabilitation as an alternative to incarceration – a key component of his agenda last year – in moral, economic, and religious terms. "We're dependent upon each other. Read more on Philly.com

Women's drug treatment center to open in March
Long-term recovery programs after the relatively brief period of withdrawal from alcohol or drug addiction are available, but beds are scarce. The new center would more than double the available beds for women in the early stages of recovery. “It's for … Read more on The Recorder

Planned luxury rehab for Red Hook worries locals
Locals are up in arms over a plan to open a high-end drug and alcohol abuse rehab center in Red Hook. Urban Recovery House, a for-profit provider, plans on opening an upscale 25 to 30 bed inpatient treatment facility on an industrial stretch of Beard St. Read more on New York Daily News

Butler clinic faces opposition
Toohil spoke to Butler's manager, Maryanne Petrilla, about the proposal after getting numerous calls at her office as rumors about the facility abounded, and was told it would be a 28-day, inpatient drug and alcohol rehab clinic, she said. Like others … Read more on Standard Speaker

County employees may face testing
… drug and alcohol testing policy in 2012. Prior to the law change, if the county instituted a drug and alcohol testing policy, it would also be financially responsible for additional services such as potentially costly in or out patient drug … Read more on Sapulpa Daily Herald

New rehab unit debuts
29, the hospital will move into its new inpatient rehabilitation center on the fifth floor of the main hospital building, relocating from the South Campus. Hospital officials say the new center, which cost about $ 6 million, has many improvements over … Read more on Sandusky Register

Famous Ex Monk Santikaro Delivers a Buddhist Interpretation of Addiction …
The American-born Santikaro, prodigy of the 20th century's most influential ascetic-philosopher monk Buddhadasa, was invited by The Cabin Chiang Mai – Asia's top inpatient rehab, to talk about how Buddhist principles can be incorporated into the 12 … Read more on PR Web (press release)

Detox, rehabilitation center at Hillside is first in Monroe County
A historic inn and landmark has returned to its roots, in a sense, with Friday's official opening of the Pyramid Healthcare drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility at Hillside. The 110-acre property in … Pyramid's nearest out-patient facility is in … Read more on Pocono Record

Upper Ferntree Gully drug rehab clinic stay open over Christmas to help ice …
The centre started fortnightly information sessions to educate family members about treatment options and offered a 10-day intensive outpatient program to cater for drug, alcohol and gambling addictions, Mr Hall said. DayHab will hold its next free … Read more on Herald Sun

Residents recruited for California rehab clinics
On a recent Thursday morning, a van emblazoned with the logo of VIP Outpatient Treatment Center stopped outside Faith Manor, a board-and-care home for the mentally disabledin Central Los Angeles. A few residents got in for an hour's ride in traffic to … Read more on The Desert Sun

Choose Right Alcohol Rehab Center
Registering with a alcohol rehab center should not be the first thing for everyone fighting with alcohol addiction. Not at all, it should be the last option. This indicate that every addict should have taken various preliminary steps to give up and … Read more on PR-BG.com (?????????????) (press release)

Question by Angie: Will medicaid pay for alcohol rehab in Utah?
If you had a brother, sister, son, or daughter that needs help. Would you do anything you could to help them? This is a disease!

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Answer by raysny
No. Although alcoholism is considered a disease by some, it is treated as a behavior by the government.

http://askjan.org/media/alcohol.html#ADA

Most rehabs are 12step-based, based on AA. Rehabs have a slightly better success rate than Alcoholics Anonymous which is estimated to be about 5%, the same as no treatment at all. People who fail in AA and 12step facilitation tend to fall harder than those who were not exposed to 12step treatment, which teaches people they are powerless to do anything about their addiction, that even God cannot cure alcoholism, only grant a daily reprieve from the desire to drink.

Dr. Brandsma found that A.A. increased the rate of binge drinking, and
Dr. Ditman found that A.A. increased the rate of rearrests for public drunkenness, and
Dr. Walsh found that “free A.A.” made later hospitalization more expensive, and
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.
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

What works? A summary of alcohol treatment research:
http://www.behaviortherapy.com/whatworks.htm

“About 75 percent of persons who recover from alcohol dependence do so without seeking any kind of help, including specialty alcohol (rehab) programs and AA. Only 13 percent of people with alcohol dependence ever receive specialty alcohol treatment.”
Alcoholism Isn’t What It Used To Be:
http://www.spectrum.niaaa.nih.gov/features/alcoholism.aspx

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Question by Skull Boy: Does anyone know of any free drug/alcohol rehabs in So Cal?
I have a nephew that has a really bad alcohol and speed addiction. He’s been in the emergency room several times over the past two years and almost died the last time. He needs to go a rehab center, but the family can’t afford it. Does anyone know of any free rehab centers in So Cal? He lives in Victorville CA, but will travel if needed. It needs to be a place where he can stay. Out patient won’t work for him I’m afraid.

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Answer by shawniewap
Wow, this is a bad situation. I went to inpatient treatment for alcohol a couple of years ago myself…and I am a completely different person now, thanks to treatment/the desire to heal/God’s grace. I wish I had some answers for you as far as facilities go, but I reside and was treated here in Virginia. if there is a Community Services Board in your area, that needs to be his first stop. They assess the person to establish “need for treatment” to form a diagnosis axis, and are the ones who make referrals to treatment facilities. They are publically funded, and should be able to cover his costs if he is categorized by the intake counselor as “indigent”. Get out the phonebook, make some calls…he can’t do it for himself right now…GOOD LUCK..to you, and him..

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Amanda Bynes out of rehab; looking at colleges
5 (UPI) — Actress Amanda Bynes has completed inpatient treatment for mental illness and is staying at her parents' Los Angeles home, a family representative said. "Amanda and her entire family would like to thank everyone who's contacted them with … Read more on UPI.com

Cedars-Sinai, UCLA team up to open inpatient rehab facility
The new hospital, expected to open in late 2015, will more than triple the capacity for inpatient rehabilitation in the community. The beds currently available for inpatient rehab—28 at Cedars-Sinai and 11 at UCLA Health—are usually full, according … Read more on ModernHealthcare.com