Inpatient drug rehabilitation programs often fall very short of getting to the core issues surrounding addiction. Yes the person is in a controlled environment and away from drug using family or friends, but is there any real handlings of physical and mental issues while in most inpatient drug rehabs?

When a person experiments with alcohol or drugs or takes drugs at all, it is to solve some type of mental-emotional or physical problem. When the person feels better alcohol or drugs then have value and are looked on as the cure for the unwanted physical or mental pain.This relief is the reason the person continues to use drugs or alcohol, or both multiple times. Inpatient drug rehabilitation programs should address all the mental and physical issues while in treatment. 

When an individual reaches this pinnacle point the abuse will get more intense the individual will realize the inherent dangers and take control. For those that continue the abuse and get lost in abyss of addiction, the drug use has value and then becomes a learned behavior. Being subjected to pro drug or alcohol abuse influences greatly diminishes any chance of curbing the addiction problem.

The greater the problem means greater relief felt which places greater value on the alcohol or drug abuse. Unraveling this takes time, and has to start from the ground up in an inpatient drug rehab center setting. Drug rehabs should consider the physical damage done and the emotional damage done during the rehab process.

There are biochemical influences caused by drug or alcohol toxins which set in motion a series of events internally that also influence how the person thinks and feels, which enhances the desire to continue the abuse. Inpatient drug rehab programs should work towards lessening the toxic influence of drugs with nutrional therapy. Some inpatient rehab programs have experienced improvement in psychological test scores with a strong nutritional program alone.

Improving the addicts overall feelings, both mentally and physically greatly decreases the desire to continue the abuse. Inpatient drug rehabilitation programs of three months or longer that encompass physical and mental healing along with learning how to live life again have much higher success rates.