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Amphetamine Use in Australia On The Increase

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Amphetamine Use in Australia On The Increase

AMPHETAMINE USE IN AUSTRALIA ON THE INCREASE

Amphetamine use in Australia includes many different substances. Crystal meth is the purest form of amphetamine that is available in Australia today and is the drug causing most consternation amongst parents, and big problems among users. Although most users start experimenting in their teens, the main addiction group is between 25 and 40. Only around 10% of users voluntarily seek rehabilitation services below the age of 25.

Crystal meth is usually smoked or injected. Strangely enough, unlike a heroin effect, smoking provides the quickest ‘rush’, which users find irresistible. Other methods of ingestion also exist, such as secreting in bodily orifices, or eating and drinking the drug. All consumption methods and all forms of amphetamines have physical and mental health impacts including a major susceptibility toward dependence.

Anyone who takes any drug in increasing amounts, with increasing frequency, will usually end up dependant. However not all people who use crystal methamphetamine become dependent or experience harm. And the same applies to all forms of amphetamine use in Australia.

The following statistics are the latest available

Current statistics taken from the National Drug Strategy Household Survey in Australia report that the percentage of people aged 14 years and over using Amphetamine type substances has not increased between 2010 and 2013. The survey also suggests that a static 2.1% of the population aged 14 and above have used amphetamines of one kind or another.

What has changed in amphetamine use in Australia is the shift from substances such as ‘speed’ to the more frequent use of methamphetamine (crystal methamphetamine, Ice), which is far more potent. The Survey reports that the use of crystal methamphetamine has risen form 22% of the users in 2010 to 50% of the users in 2013. Conversely, the shift from using less potent Amphetamine type substances, such as ‘speed’ has fallen from 52% in 2010 to 27% in 2013.

The frequency of use among users of all Amphetamine type stimulants daily or weekly has risen from 9.3% to 15.5%, whilst people using crystal methamphetamines with similar regularity increased from 12.4% in 2010 to 25.3% in 2013.

One frightening statistic that demonstrates how amphetamine use in Australia (especially methamphetamine) has mushroomed comes from a survey of 56 hospital emergency departments Nationwide. Recording the years of 2009-10 to 2014-15, the total number of meth overdoses by people aged 16 and over increased more than 10 fold from 470 to 4771. This sounds a lot, and is, of course, serious and alarming, but consider the overdose figures for alcohol in just one year (2015-2016) – 13,042 in the same age group.

This data clearly suggests, amongst wider amphetamine use in Australia, there is an increasing prevalence for the more potent form of crystal methamphetamine, which is high in purity and readily available. To addicts, that is a physical, mental and emotional magnet almost impossible to resist without appropriate treatment. The fact that the associated harms and carnage are multiplied by this fearful addiction is ignored until the habit has taken absolute hold. This physical and mental addiction may take weeks, months or years to manifest, but once it does, the inevitable downturn in quality of life, and the upturn in dangers and losses to mind body and soul take over.

The statistics will be updated in 2017 when the results of the 2016 National Drug Household Survey are released.
https://www.aihw.gov.au/

The Increasing Alcohol Problem in Australia

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The Increasing Alcohol Problem in Australia

THE INCREASING ALCOHOL PROBLEM IN AUSTRALIA

The Alcohol Problem in Australia

Alcohol problem in Australia – It is huge. Alcohol is the most widely used drug in Australia. Despite the current media speculation that stimulants such as amphetamines are at epidemic proportions, alcohol remains by far the most abused and most damaging drug amongst Australians. According to recent official statistics, the consumption and problematic use of Alcohol is catastrophic in comparison to all other substances, especially the much-heralded stimulant drug group.

Australia’s BIGGEST DRUG THREAT? ALCOHOL, not Methamphetamines

The National figures that demonstrate the extent of the alcohol problem in Australia read like a train wreck, with more locomotives approaching quickly!

Figures of the alcohol problem in Australia amongst young people are staggering. Almost all Australians over 14 have drunk alcohol, and perhaps worse, of the same age group, more than one-third drink every week. 1 in 5 of these is opening themselves up to alcohol-related health risks during their lifetime. Of more immediate significance, around 1 in 6 people aged 12 and above have drunk 11 or more standard measures during a single binge in the past year.

Moving away from stats that start with young teenage years, it seems that all ages and groups contribute to the alcohol problem in Australia. For example, almost a quarter of respondents of all ages said they physically injured themselves or others through drinking, and over 40% said they were drinking more than they felt is good for them. Frighteningly for the aged, Australians over 70 years of age comprise the largest grouping of daily drinkers, rendering the alcohol problem in Australia gaining traction from teenage to old age.

Pregnant women do not escape scrutiny as, against all guidelines, 25% of Australian women drink alcohol while expecting.

Looking at the bigger pictures in society is also alarming. Three statistics that stand out are: annual alcohol-related society expenses are $15.3bn, whilst only $7bn is generated annually by alcohol-related tax i.e net financial cost to the taxpayer $8.3bn; 10% of workers say they are negatively affected by a co-worker’s drinking; alcohol-related deaths (in the thousands) were more than double those from road accidents in 2005.

Meth Amphetamine (including Ice) National figures are meek compared to the alcohol problem in Australia stats.

Dealing with the young first, it is noticeable that about 1 in 14 of Australians aged 14 and above has had at least one experience of meth/amphetamines use, whilst in the last year in the same age group, 1 in 50 used crystal meth or ice. Add to this the alarming knowledge that 3% of 12-17 year-olds have tried amphetamines, and the average age of first-time users between 14 and 24 is under 19, and it is clear there is a meth amphetamine epidemic amongst the young.

SafeHouse is acutely aware of and totally capable of treating alcohol dependence, as well as amphetamines, in its programs. Long term dependence, and excessive habitual binge consumption – both major manifestations of the alcohol problem in Australia – are extremely common issues noted by peoples’ enquiries to SafeHouse It’s often when ‘functional’ dependence turns to ‘chaos’ that a significant life-changing event is thrust upon an individual. This exacerbates the progressive nature of alcohol dependence and is hopefully the prerequisite to seeking the kind of help available in the SafeHouse Rehab Centre Treatment Programme.

External Sources and Further Reading

Australia found to have one of the world’s worst drug problem.
Article from the British Guardian Newspaper and Australian Associated Press. Published on Thu 29 Aug 2013.

Drug addiction in Australia getting worse.
News.com.au. Aug 27 2019.

Alcohol Treatment in Australia

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Alcohol Treatment in Australia

ALCOHOL TREATMENT IN AUSTRALIA

Alcohol treatment in Australia, and the need for such, would seem to have diminished substantially, given the constant media coverage and public concerns regarding ICE (methamphetamine) use. Absolutely the opposite is the reality. Alcohol addiction is simply still the most widespread dependence of all in Australia.

Alcohol treatment in Australia, as well as for all other drugs, via the publicly funded Medicare, is at a significant point of transition. Whether for detoxification, residential rehabilitation, pharmacotherapy or psychotherapy, there is increasing evidence of huge demand for treatment and an abject lack of supply. The Australian media is awash with stats, comments and anecdotal evidence. Essentially, not even half of the people needing and seeking drug and alcohol treatment in Australia can get it – and that’s not even counting the hundreds of thousands who need it but aren’t yet seeking it. And the fact is, many, many people will die of alcoholism and addiction before even having a chance of receiving the help they need.

Even the preliminary process for accessing alcohol treatment in Australia is painstaking, bureaucratic, inefficient and time-consuming. The first step generally requires a full bio psychosocial assessment, underpinned by harm minimisation education and practise. This can often take 4 to 6 weeks. Assuming the subject is deemed suitable for entering treatment, it can easily take another 6 weeks to begin the detox, which generally requires a 7 to 10 day stay – or often significantly longer – in a residential facility. This process requires commitment, organisation and efficient communication on the part of the alcoholic. Frankly, even with the assistance of family, friends, or hands-on social workers, that is a very big ask!

Sadly, detox is only the beginning of recovery for an alcoholic. Any chance of success of drug or alcohol treatment in Australia – or anywhere else for that matter – depends on progressing from detox to rehab. This is generally simply not possible for those seeking publicly funded treatment, except for the lucky few. And for those for who rehab is not available immediately, the likelihood of instant post-detox relapse is so high, that the whole process would need to be undertaken again. It is a totally unrealistic process, and it is no surprise that the majority just lapse back into more long-term drinking.

The story around receiving alcohol treatment in Australia via privately funded centres is very different. A quicker admission process of as short as a week – including psychiatric referral and assessment – is generally available. Whether you have private health insurance to utilise or not, the whole process can be seamless, efficient, and therefore highly effective. It is estimated that only 15% of the population have private health cover sufficient to enter alcohol treatment in Australia. Alcoholics often simply cannot afford to maintain the premiums, or privately pay the high prices as shown below, which forces them back to Medicare.

Australians have a high dependency on the Government system to pay for and arrange health care and often don’t consider paying for service. Savings and superannuation are often overlooked due, in part, to the generational expectancy that the health system will take care of them. Government funding, staffing and protocols are simply insufficient to cope with the high demands of a society that has alcohol so deeply engrained in its culture.

The prices for private detox/rehab alcohol treatment in Australia generally start at way over $15,000 AUD per month (plus, plus, plus – as shown in recent adverse publicity), and rise to astronomical rates of $50,000 AUD even $100,000 AUD in some cases, given the captive audience. Alcohol treatment at SafeHouse Rehab Center in Thailand, near Bangkok, is AUD $10,300 (inclusive, inclusive, inclusive… even of return flights to Australia).

SafeHouse is a fully private facility and has a very efficient and quick entry process for in-house or hospital detoxification, after which rehab follows seamlessly. Alcohol can be easily and comfortably handled with well-planned detoxification. It need not be an awful “cold turkey” experience. Alcohol is a drug and drug addiction takes time to recover from and gain new skills to create a full and meaningful life. These valuable assets are never gained in a 7-day detox. SafeHouse prefers a 30-day period post-detox to treat the mind-body and spirit, all of which will have been traumatised by years of alcoholism or addiction. SafeHouse will accept clients post-detox or pre-detox, for 30 days upwards. The program is eclectic, and the clinical staff are highly qualified and experienced. SafeHouse Rehab is absolutely worthy of due consideration as an alternative to alcohol treatment in Australia.

Methamphetamine Addiction in Australia

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Methamphetamine Addiction in Australia

METHAMPHETAMINE ADDICTION IN AUSTRALIA

Methamphetamine addiction in Australia has been on the rise since the heroin drought of the late 90’s to early 2000’s. Speed users have moved to using methamphetamine, as have many career heroin users. Many people who are on pharmacotherapy programs also use methamphetamine fairly regularly.

The increase in methamphetamine addiction in Australia

Crystal methamphetamine (also known popularly as Ice) is just one of a number of amphetamine-type stimulants that are contending for market share against more traditional illicit drugs such as cocaine and heroin. The increase in methamphetamine addiction in Australia is exacerbated by its cheap and readily available status. Its appeal was also magnified by the hugely successful TV series Breaking Bad, which ran for several years and broke many viewing and awards records. Whilst it didn’t exactly romanticise the methamphetamine phenomena, it certainly would have excited all drug users and potential drug users, who are drawn to the chaos of the drug world as a whole. The series itself was addictive, and it definitely had an impact on methamphetamine addiction in Australia, and around the world.

No societal boundaries or barriers

Not all people who use methamphetamine run into trouble with a dependency or addiction problem. People use this drug for many different reasons. It seems to be the flavour of the moment on the timeline of human drug-taking history. Enquiries to SafeHouse Rehab Center Thailand from people in trouble over methamphetamine addiction in Australia have included the full gambit of society: shift workers; fly in fly out workers; family members stressed over financial commitments; people in the party scene; university students who want to cram or study for exams, and many more. Like cocaine and other popular drugs before it, methamphetamine addiction in Australia has few boundaries – certainly not age, race, religion, class or financial status.

This is a huge departure from the previous study strategies of times gone by with students using cigarettes and coffee as stimulants to increase concentration when studying. The simple fact is that methamphetamines are stimulants that make people feel good. Like any mood-altering drug this is the very reason they are consumed. We all want to feel good. Whether it’s a couple of beers at the end of the day or a glass of wine with dinner, people use it to relax. Like any drug, if taken in increasing quantities and frequency, it will sooner or later create a dependency. People who run into problems with methamphetamine addiction in Australia often eventually ask for treatment assistance.

Symptoms, family issues, and solutions

Many of course do not, because they do not accept that they have a problem. As SafeHouse professes during rehabilitation, the state of denial is itself a symptom of addiction, and a self-granted permit for the addict or alcoholic to continue drinking or using their drugs of choice. Other symptoms of addiction – especially of stimulants – include delusions and paranoia, which, along with denial, become a normal way of being. Some people end up in psychosis. All this psychological upheaval, of course, increases other emotional dysregulation such as anxiety and frustration, hostility, anger including violence and other behavioural changes. The SafeHouse treatment program addresses all these issues using the ‘stepped care’ principle that protects clients from delving too deep, too soon, into a stimulant-fuelled past that will certainly have left emotional scars.

For those with moderate to severe addiction problems, the impact on the individual, partners, children, families and communities is immense. The overall emotional and social costs are immeasurable. Whilst it is the recovery of the addict that is the key to commence rebuilding relationships, where appropriate SafeHouse rehab centre welcomes and even encourages the input of family and other affected individuals. But only if offered, when appropriate, and in a fashion that nurtures all parties.

Residential rehabilitation option

Well-structured residential rehabilitation has evidenced some of the best outcomes for those persons who wish to cease using stimulants. Certainly, thousands of sufferers of methamphetamine addiction in Australia have benefitted immensely. Most of these peoples’ lives have spun out of control. Some are in trouble with their partners, their families, the police, courts, and other institutions. It often requires the person to remove themselves from their familiar environment to a safe and sound, unfamiliar place where the reflection acceptance and initial healing can take place, and the seeds of significant change can be sown. This requires the person to at least be partly willing to participate in their own recovery and to begin to take personal responsibility. Of itself, not a huge undertaking, but to the average sufferer of methamphetamine addiction in Australia this can be a frightening concept. This fear is itself a symptom of addiction, and if an addict or alcoholic is scared enough of continuing using, this alternative fear is far easier to face. A quick look at the SafeHouse Rehab Center Thailand website page first week in rehab will demonstrate that, in taking the first tentative steps towards a new life, there is, in reality, nothing to fear.

Drug and Alcohol Rehabs in Australia

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Drug and Alcohol Rehabs in Australia

DRUG AND ALCOHOL REHABS IN AUSTRALIA

Drug and alcohol rehabs in Australia The Providers: Who, How and Why?

They are either day programs or residential and operate in two sectors: non-profit and private. In the non-profit sector the Commonwealth and State Governments both provide contributions, and the balance is funded by the clients’ Centrelink allowances. If the client is not on Centrelink, the personal contribution would be around $470 per fortnight.

Like it or not, the Private sector is a vital component in the drug and alcohol rehabs in Australia supply-demand equation and offers a two-fold benefit. Firstly, it allows those who can and need to pay privately, to do so. Secondly, it diverts demand from the over-subscribed and under-supplied non-profit and State sectors, thereby freeing up valuable drug and alcohol rehabs beds for those who can’t or won’t pay. And when we say pay, the obvious question is ‘how much?’ At SafeHouse Rehab Center Thailand, a 30-day program costs US$9,250 and includes return flights and outpatient detox. Further 30 day periods are discounted. This level of fee compares very favourably with most residential drug and alcohol Rehabs in Australia, which can be as much as US$77,000 per 30 days.

And why is the Private sector so important? The answers are multi-faceted. The number of funded beds that are available in any given State vary. For example, clinics in Victoria might suggest clients seek admission opportunities in New South Wales which has more funded beds. And in some States, in-patient withdrawal management or detox, for example, are operated by mostly by the State Governments, rather than the non-profit (or even the private) sector. Overall, the availability of different elements of the full range of services differs significantly between the States. Good co-ordination and communication between State Governments and non-profit services work well together to deliver treatment options, including residential drug and alcohol rehabs in Australia, to as wide a range of clients as possible. However, both Government and non-profit services have priorities and demands which they need to manage in isolation, before considering other agencies’ needs. The agencies all certainly do their level best, but addiction and alcoholism is a sector where the supply and demand ratios make it almost impossible to serve as they would wish. There are simply not enough services or funds available to provide the necessary residential drug and alcohol rehabs in Australia.

And For Those Needing Services?

And for those needing these services, it is not easy or straightforward to reach out for help. Publicly funded beds can be very difficult to access, and the complexity is magnified if inpatient withdrawal/detoxification and onward referral to residential drug and alcohol rehabs in Australia is required. In some instances, if appropriate, clients can undergo community-based withdrawal via their General Practitioner, but then the waiting time for publicly funded drug and alcohol rehabs in Australia thereafter can be ridiculously long. Any benefits the client may have derived from undertaking the miserable community-based withdrawal will probably be long-lost through relapse by the time a rehab bed comes available. Even the inpatient withdrawal places have long waiting lists, and co-ordinating immediate transfer to residential rehab thereafter is can be somewhat perplexing via the Government or non-profit sectors.

On hearing that there are considerable waiting times to access in-patient detox – let alone inpatient beds in residential drug and alcohol rehabs in Australia – and many multi-agency hurdles to be negotiated and coordinated, many clients, their families and significant others, see little hope of a speedy resolution. This adds to the already immense stress that alcoholism and addiction foist upon everyone involved: including the caregiving agencies and clinicians who work tirelessly to improve matters but concede the major issues involved.

When clients and families are faced with these very difficult and time-consuming challenges, they will look for other admission opportunities other than Governmental and non-profit residential drug and alcohol rehabs in Australia, and consider the private sector. Why would they not, when witnessing the long and degrading descent towards the degradation – and ultimately death – of the addict or alcoholic?

There is, of course, the private hospital route, which offers insured and uninsured patients various length of stay options of rehabilitation or treatment.

There are quite a few private hospitals in Australia that offer ‘detox’ or as it now commonly called ‘withdrawal management’. Some provide medicated withdrawal and some do not unless medically indicated. Some have group programs during the detox phase of withdrawal which can be a useful distraction from unpleasant withdrawal symptoms. Some have short term rehabilitation attached with access to psychology and psychiatry. Private hospitals sometimes offer quicker admission than the public sector, but such short term residential drug and alcohol rehabs in Australia via this route cannot alone solve the addict’s problems, nor those of the family.

Many people believe once detox has occurred then everything will return to normal. This is rarely the case, as overcoming the physical dependence is only the beginning. Many people relapse and return to previous self-destructive behaviours unless they learn new positive behaviours and coping mechanisms very quickly. Therefore, post-detox rehab is hugely beneficial, and admission thereto should be coordinated well in advance.

The Private Rehab Sector

Which leaves the private residential rehab category, effectively the immediate, one-stop-shop, which generally offers the full range of detox, withdrawal, treatment and rehabilitation options. And let’s face it, for most alcoholics and addicts, this full range of services, provided in an immediate and synchronised fashion, is exactly what is needed to give the client the best chance of turning his or her life around.

Some residential drug and alcohol rehabs in Australia, as well as the wider world, have minimally qualified or experienced staff. Some have very experienced and qualified staff. Some are expensive and exclusive and some are affordable to the wider population. Crucially, most have places available immediately. At SafeHouse Rehab Center Thailand, we always have condos available for clients, as, in addition to our own 12 condos, we are able to rent as many more as we need, all within our own condo block!

Most residential rehabs, including SafeHouse and the majority of residential drug and alcohol rehabs in Australia, encourage their clients to stay an absolute minimum of one month, with two or three months being more effective in providing a long-term solution that will benefit the client and their family. This allows the client to settle in the rehab community and get some understanding of their problem, and the solutions. The lengthier the stay, the more opportunities to receive constructive feedback and practice what they learn in a safe environment- skills that will help will shape the success of their ongoing recovery after rehabilitation. Discharge from a rehab centre such as SafeHouse is always co-ordinated with a sound and structured aftercare plan, utilising all individually appropriate care options available.

SafeHouse Rehab provides personalised rehab treatment programs in Thailand for clients worldwide.

Why Spend Christmas in Rehab

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Why Spend Christmas in Rehab

WHY SPEND CHRISTMAS IN REHAB

Why spend Christmas at SafeHouse?

For alcoholics, the story is a little different. Everyone drinks at Xmas, more than usual as a rule. The alcoholic has the perfect opportunity to indulge his or her alcoholism without the normal restraints or camouflage. After all, “everyone’s doing it and nobody will notice if I go over the top a bit”. What a fantastic justification to openly drink and behave even worse than normally. And where does that leave you? Unusually remorseful, unusually ashamed and embarrassed, unusually broke, and nursing an unusually bad hangover than usual. In turn, this requires more booze, time off, and misery under the duvet. Thinking about Christmas in rehab weeks ahead of time may not be great, but surely it would be better than that!

The whole thing about Christmas for addicts and alcoholics is that it is not the fun it is supposed to be. And after Xmas? That awful dead period approaching the New Year. Everyone is talking about resolutions, hopes and dreams, except the addict and alcoholic. They know that the one resolution they need but can’t deliver is to give up the drink or drugs. They think that’s impossible, meaning no hopes or dreams at all, just the fear of another year in the grip of addiction or alcoholism. New Year? Same as the old year!

On the other hand, all that can and will be avoided if the addict or alcoholic spends Christmas in rehab, and opens the New Year clean, safe and sound. It may not be an endless bundle of laughs, but it will be calm, relaxing, and fun at SafeHouse. The program will be modified considerably to include a small in-house party, a special excursion to some appropriate Bangkok nightlife, great Christmas food, extra time in the pool, sauna, steam room, and a lot of traditional TV from home!

For once, maybe the first time in years, Christmas in rehab will mean not waking up sick, tired and fearful, but healthy, energetic and full of real hope for the New Year. There will finally be good cause to dare make a meaningful and potentially life-changing New Year’s resolution.

The only thing you will not get at Safehouse at Christmas… is snow.

Best Rehab in Thailand

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Best Rehab in Thailand

Best Rehab in Thailand is a difficult question for the onlooker to consider, and probably more difficult for any rehab centre to achieve. How can it be rated, or quantified? To be a good alcoholism and drug addiction treatment centre requires great care and consideration in so many facets. And most rehabs would diligently do their utmost to at least be in the running for Best Rehab in Thailand if indeed that title officially existed!

And is this for mercenary reasons of pride, competition, income? Or is it for the more altruistic and benevolent considerations of truly wanting to rebuild and even save the lives of sufferers of alcoholism and drug addiction – lives possibly even considered unsalvageable by many? Well, there is a certain intertwining of motives. For sure, rehab centres have to make money to survive. And to survive, they have to employ very good professional staff and absorb high costs of property, therapies, food, excursions: really everything offered by a 4* inclusive holiday, plus the provision of an extensive treatment program. So they have to generate a decent income. And certainly, those who put in the capital to establish and fund any establishment they want to become the Best Rehab in Thailand will naturally seek a reasonable return on their investment.

But against this ‘real-life’ attitude is the absolute fact that most alcohol and drug rehabs around the world, but especially in Thailand, are founded by individuals who genuinely want to help relieve the pains of the alcoholic, the addict, and their long-suffering families. There is not a rehab centre in Thailand that has not been established with the best of healthcare in mind. That is a fact. Even around the world, considering the largest and most noteworthy and well-known individual and corporate groups of rehab, their beginnings grew from good motives.

But to be considered Best Rehab in Thailand, let’s look at the criteria that might be relevant. The treatment program is obviously a key element. The professional staff delivering that program must rank very highly. And what about the environment, the facilities, comforts. Are these important? Certainly, they are. Clients at a rehab centre must be comforted into a receptive emotional and physical state to receive the best that the treatment program has to offer. If good private pristine accommodation and wonderful facilities such as steam room, sauna, and massage suites help the client reach this state, it bodes well for the chances of success. Environment matters too, but only in a realistic fashion. That is if an establishment seeking to rate as the Best Rehab in Thailand exists on a golden beach or alongside a beautiful river in a mountain valley that is great. But it is not great if the clients are encouraged to believe that existing as such is the key to recovery and that overindulgence of luxury is a good thing. For it is not. The needs of sufferers of alcoholism and drug addiction will not be best served by such attitudes. Best Rehab practise is not, and will never be the provision of a 5* vacation. It is too serious a matter for that.

Does size matter? It is not as if the bigger a rehab gets, the better it becomes. Rehab Centre group treatment programs should be delivered in client modules of 6 to 8 people. It is best for group dynamics and professional staffing ratios must be appropriate. And there must be adequate time and staff to deliver the essential one-to-one counselling. So, the bigger a rehab centre gets, the more working accommodation and qualified staff it needs. This is achievable, but only with very diligent and far-sighted planning. Some rehabs can become victims of their own success and suffer deterioration in standards proportionally to their growth. This also suggests that longevity of an operation does not really count either, as the length of existence may not correlate to the maintenance of standards.

Sadly, even statistics cannot truly assess which establishment may be Best Rehab in Thailand. What stats would one use? Completion of treatment? staying clean for 3 months, six months or even one year? Or not staying clean, but having a great improvement in life over the long term? It is a statistician’s minefield with no true answer. After all, completion of treatment is only a very small step in the rest of an addict’s or alcoholic’s life.

After treatment, would the care and attention to the immediate and mid-term future of the client be incorporated in Best Rehab in Thailand evaluation? Certainly. The planning of a top rate, accessible, and affordable aftercare regime is of paramount importance.

And how about the price? Does the highest cost mean best, and lowest mean worst? Certainly not, as there are so many factors that govern prices.

To be considered Best Rehab in Thailand requires a carefully constructed balance of all the above, and is not an easy task. But if all drug and alcohol rehabs in Thailand at least make the effort to be considered Best Rehab in Thailand, it is mainly the client that benefits.

Certainly, at SafeHouse Rehab Center Thailand, we would love to be considered highly in this category and are working on all elements to do so.

DRUG AND ALCOHOL REHAB CENTRES ABROAD

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Drug and alcohol rehab centres abroad are a very valid option for those seeking help. But before examining why, let’s look back a little in the history of the drug and alcohol user. Heavy drinkers and drug users very often come to a place in life when alcoholism and addiction take over. Some, if not all, elements of life become totally unmanageable, and pressures mount incessantly. Everywhere the addict goes and everything the alcoholic does, on a daily basis, is connected to alcohol or drugs; friends and associates, the things in the house, music, clothing, neighbourhoods – the whole shebang is linked to the primary purpose of the sufferer – to consume substances and find ways and means to consume more.

When an addict or alcoholic becomes sick and tired of being sick and tired, and when the efforts to go ‘cold turkey’ or utilise home detox have proved useless and painful, something must change. Having spent many weeks months or years in a hopeless cycle of trying to control substance use by grasping 2 to 3 days of abstinence, the addict and alcoholic normally find a hundred excuses to take the insane decision to use again. Hence, trying to get clean and sober is very, very difficult – especially during the early stages when the urge to use drugs or drink is intense. Most sufferers, in reality, have no idea what it really takes to withdraw and be ready for recovery.

Eventually, often out of desperation, it becomes evident that to increase the chances of staying off drugs, exploring the possibilities a short, mid, or long term stint in drug or alcohol rehab centres abroad, or at home, could be a valid alternative to the endless cycle of failure and despair.

So why consider drug and alcohol rehab centres abroad, over those at home? There are many good reasons. Centres at home are plagued by drawbacks and unavoidable triggers.

Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centres Abroad – What the Addict and Alcoholic Escapes

  1. Family, friends, and work pressures nearby – Nothing like these pressures to attack the conscience
  2. Suppliers Nearby – The magnetic force of easy availability is fatal to addicts and alcoholics
  3. Ease of contact with other users – It’s the same magnet
  4. No change of environment – Staying close to home can be depressing and grey
  5. Bleak negative mindset – The sum-total of the drawbacks, very hard to overcome
  6. Expensive private alcoholism and addiction treatment

Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centres Abroad – What the Addict and Alcoholic Gains

  1. No family, friends, or work pressures in the vicinity, allowing concentration on the solutions
  2. No suppliers or pubs handy, which in reality is a huge relief
  3. No contact with other active users or drinkers – The magnet is neutralised
  4. A total change of environment is a major fillip
  5. A hopeful positive mindset promoted by the new environment and opportunity
  6. Affordable Private Treatment

Clearly, drug and alcohol rehab centres abroad offer a completely different landscape, literally and figuratively.

A question often asked is ‘Which rehab has the best program?’ The simple answer is ‘the one that you make it through, and emerge free of active addiction or alcoholism’. Drug and alcohol rehab centres abroad, away from all the negativity and triggers near home, without a doubt increase the possibility of making it through and finding new happiness that can be taken home to help cope, or can be utilised in a total life change.

SafeHouse in Thailand is a prime example of drug and alcohol rehab centres abroad, and ticks all the boxes. The facilities and accommodation, the treatment program, and the wonderful environment are prime examples of rehab qualities that give an alcoholic or addict the best chance to ‘make it through, and emerge free’ from active substance abuse.

The case for considering drug and alcohol rehab centres abroad is clear and concise. After all, where is the downside? What is there to lose?