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The most common treatment at a drug rehab center is based upon the 12 step model where
people have to admit that they have a problem with their addiction and then develop a set
of tools to deal with the addictions. So, treatment facilities typically approach recovery
from this 12 step model. It's important to note that treatment facilities are not a place
to go if you're tired, and you just want to rest up and get some spa services. Or if you
want a place to go to sort of hide out from all the problems in your life. They're a place
that you go to do some serious therapy and take a look at some very serious issues that
have been plaguing you through your entire life and that you have resorted to drugs and
alcohol to manage. For people who have become very dependent on prescription drugs, or illegal
drugs, or alcohol, there's typically a period of detox that they go to. Where they come
off of it. So, if they stop taking the drugs cold turkey, they can experience severe physical
and psychological distress. So, treatment facilities provide this medically supervised,
contained environment where a person can detox from the drugs that they're currently on,
and then move themselves into a program of recovery that's highly structured, requires
an enormous amount of work, but that will recover you in a way that you can sustain
for the rest of your life.