Is rehab necessary for addicts?!

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I took a look at their website, although it doesn't state that it is a 12step rehab, this statement leads me to believe it is: "A lone battle against alcoholism is absolutely futile."

Here's the reality, most people quit on their own: The NIAAA’s 2001–2002 National Epidemiolo-gic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions interviewe-d over 43,000 people. Using the criteria for alcohol dependence found in the DSM-IV, they found:
"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.-" Rehabs won't give you that information because it is not in their financial interest to admit this information.

The vast majority of rehabs in the US are based on AA, this is call "12step facilitation". Basically what they do is indoctrinate people to AA/NA. The majority of the rest are Narconon (Scientology-based) or heavily religious. The success rate for AA is the same as spontaneous remission, people quitting without treatment of any kind, the success rate for 12step facilitation is slightly higher. The "Handbook of alcoholism treatment approaches: Effective alternatives" lists 48 popular treatment methods listed by effectiveness; 12step facilitation and AA are listed as 37 and 38th:
http://www.behaviortherapy.com/whatworks…

a friend of mine went to rehab for a few months for extacy the first thing he did when he got out was smoke weed get drunk and do extacy

waste of money if you ask me.

It can be in severe cases but another alternative is to see a Reflexologist. Reflexology is very good at combating addictions and would deffinenly reccomend it .