When an alcoholic or drug addict is caught driving while intoxicated (DUI) there often is a sudden fear and exposure of a self-destructive path that prefers going unknown by others. A phone call to your spouse or parent, spending a night in jail, the legal processes, etc. are all disturbing events for professional women and men who are drinking or using drugs and deciding to operate a vehicle. Some sources state there have been 250,000 fatalities associated with DUIs in the past ten years in the U.S. More and more states are instituting ignition interlock systems for drivers charged with a DUI. The dangers of driving while intoxicated are countless and the physical, emotional and spiritual costs are significant. Some people see a DUI as a proverbial "wake-up call" and seek help. Before you lose your privilege to drive and loss your license, which often makes your ability to work difficult, it is wise to seek a rehab stay today and begin to embrace recovery! If you, or someone you know is manipulating the legal system secondary to a DUI, please have them call our 24-hour HelpLine at (866) 478-9898 and speak with one of our recovery counselors. Recuperatio Primoris!Dr. Bill Heran CEO and Co-Founder Paradise Recovery, LLC Labels: alcohol treatment program, drug rehab, drug rehabilitation, DUI, interventionists
  
It is a good question. Most people say that an addict has to hit "rock bottom" before they can really be helped. This may not always be true. Also, keep in mind that rock bottom means something different for each of us. For some, the loss of a job or a relationship is rock bottom. For others, it might be the loss of family, house, car, job, and living homeless. Most people don't need to experience that kind of rock bottom in order to seek help! To lose everything, you have to be either incredibly stubborn or incredibly stupid. Or both! The purpose of hitting rock bottom, if there is one, is that at that point you are able to admit that you are powerless over your addiction and you will do anything you can to try to treat it. (Which, not coincidentally, is the First Step of AA). If it takes the loss of everything and everyone around you, then that's what it takes. For some, the simple threat of a loss of important things in their life is enough for them to realise that it is time to get help. For others, the loss of a job or loss of a relationship with a loved one is rock bottome enough to realize that "this is serious and I need to get help". If you are thinking about getting help, or a loved one is in need of help for their addiction, haven't they hit rock bottom enough? Maybe they are not at the point of admitting they have a serious problem and they need a little "push" in the right direction. Getting an intervention could be the little push (or big push) that they need to realize that they have hit rock bottom enough to get help. Give our HelpLine a call at 866-478-9898. We can help with an intervention referral and also work with you to get your loved one into treatment. Labels: addiction treatment, alcohol rehab, cost of addiction, drug rehab, interventionists, step one
For some reason, addiction is a very cruel disease. It is a disease that often breeds denial with the addict and a refusal to get treatment. Imagine if your loved one had cancer but it was still treatable. Yet, they denied they had cancer and refused to get treatment. Each day brought them closer to death, yet they continued to deny their illness. In fact, they would get angry at any mention of getting help. The slow descent to death would be so heartbreaking to watch. This is exactly what thousands of families are experiencing right now. Not with cancer but with another deadly disease: addiction. There is help available. And hope. Paradise Recovery has a HelpLine that is toll-free: 1-866-478-9898. Sometimes something called an intervention is needed. An intervention is a method in which a professional person, the interventionist, uses special techniques to work with the family and the addicted person to convince them to come into drug rehab or alcohol rehab. They have very high success rates with the most difficult of cases. The HelpLine can refer you to an excellent interventionist. Help is just a phone call away. Labels: addiction, addiction and family systems, alcohol rehab, denial in addiction, drug rehab, interventionists
The term "rehab" has become quite sexy in the past year. From the Spears to the Lohans, from most members of the Baldwin Family to dozens of trust fund babies across the country. We even have award-winning Amy Winehouse singing about rehabs! Rehab has become "cool". Imagine not even ten years ago when the social stigma attached to rehabs, otherwise known as primary treatment were "low life" or "down and out" or "weak". Today, people from all segments of society are checking-in to rehabs with less of a stigma. Their families are hiring interventionists, in some cases forking out big bucks, and taking more of a total family approach to the disease of addiction, instead of merely blaming the alcoholic/addict of their flaws and infirmities. Studies are showing that the 'ole 28-Day model is becoming a preferred treatment of the past. Today, we are seeing people staying in rehabs from 30 to 60 to 90+ days. They are extending their experience of "stopping to smell recovery" much longer than there alcoholic and addict predecessors. Why is that? Is it because there is a new way to treat alcoholics and drug addicts? Are alcoholics and addicts more patient than addicts in the past? The private rehab experience ensures that the client will receive individualized care and begin to touch on the core issues that may be maintaining their drinking or using. I don't believe there's been independent studies that look at the outcomes of private rehabs vs. state operated rehabs, but I wouldn't be surprised that the outcomes would be similar. The purpose of rehabs, in general, is to introduce the client to many tools, ways, or therapies that they may continue after their relatively brief stay in primary treatment. The rehab experience is sort of a retreat, a calming of the chaos, insanity that has affected their loved ones and families. What makes rehab work? YOU! If you feel you may have an addiction of some kind, please contact a trusted friend or family member...someone who will not judge you, but support you in making a courageous move to get the help you need and want. Recuperatio Primoris! Aloha, Dr. Bill Heran Honolulu, Hawaii March 14, 2008 Labels: addiction rehab, alcoholism, exculsive drug rehab, executive rehab, interventionists, private drug rehab
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