A typical Drug Rehabilitation Centre in India approaches Treatment with the premise that drugs & alcohol is the problem with the addict. Drugs and alcohol is not the problem, It is the solution for an addict.
It is imperative to find out the real issues and solve them. Drugs are only a temporary solution. The addict is using drugs or alcohol to deal with real life issues.
When an addict gives up drugs or alcohol without a solution to his problems, It’s like a crippled man without his crutch.
Treatment centres for alcohol & drug addiction should invest in finding out the original problem of the drug addict. Quite a few addicts have developmental issues. For many addicts the underlying issue may be depression, low self esteem, some childhood trauma, etc.
Alcoholics, Drug Addicts have a low boredom threshold or a low stress threshold, and sometimes are very sensitive people. Their sensitivity makes them very vulnerable. This coupled with a difficulty in self-expression makes them feel hurt which leads them to an addiction to numb the pain.
Most of them have unresolved issues in the past. All human beings go through some negative circumstances and manage to deal with them, but alcoholics & drug addicts are unable to cope with their reality. They are not comfortable in their own skin.
Hence, just removing the substance from them is not enough. Detoxification or withdrawal simply removes most of the drug or chemical from an addict’s body. It does not address the reasons why the addict was using drugs or alcohol in the first place. Therefore most addicts relapse quite soon after completing their detoxification treatment, if it is not followed up with a comprehensive rehabilitation program.
We at DAIRRC, are an Alcohol & Drug Treatment centre in Mumbai with a success rate of over 85 percent, and one of the oldest and best rehabilitation centres in India.
We look at the usage of drugs as a solution. Till the addict gets equipped with coping skills to deal with their reality they are likely to relapse back into their dismal world of drug addiction.
Very often the underlying pathology is depression. We help the alcoholics and drug addicts to cope with these issues and teach them new mechanisms to lead a happy, productive and sober life.