Oregon Inpatient Drug Rehab Programs

The 2011 Oregon Research Brief on Addiction Treatment Effectiveness found that substance abuse costs Oregonians $5.93 billion on an annual basis. If you're addicted and you've not yet received help from an Oregon drug rehab program, you might be asked to pay in ways that have nothing to do with money. Your addiction might cost you your health, your job, your friends or even your family members. While you might believe that you can never recover from devastation like this, the truth is that Oregon drug rehab centers can help you learn more about how addiction works and what you can do to keep the issue under control in the future. How Treatment Works Just as you didn't develop an addiction in a lightening flash the first time you used drugs, you won't be able to quickly overcome your addiction in a meaningful way. There's no pill or magic bullet that can slay an addiction. Instead, the National Institute on Drug Abuse reports that most people need to spend three months in treatment in order to truly change and overcome their addictions. It might seem like an incredibly long period of time, but you will have the opportunity to learn some important lessons during this time, including:

• How to say "no" to offers of drugs
• How to express your feelings, instead of numbing them with drugs
• How to meditate and relax without drugs
• Why using drugs might exacerbate an underlying mental health condition
• How your family and friends can help you stay sober

Much of the work will be done in therapy sessions, but you'll also be provided with the opportunity to meet other people in recovery and learn from their stories.

*Who Will Help Me?

If you've resisted entering Oregon drug rehab programs because you're worried that your counselor or therapist might judge you, this statistic may help to ease your mind. According to the 2005 NFATTC Workforce Survey, 43 percent of clinicians who work in the addiction field are also recovering addicts. In addition, 60 percent have a family-based experience with addiction. While no therapist will ever judge you for the choices you've made, these statistics seem to indicate that you might even work with someone who has their own addiction story to share. You might be understood in a way that you never thought possible.

Making a Choice

The National Alliance on Mental Illness in Oregon (NAMI) maintains a robust database of options for people who have both addictions and mental illnesses, along with a description of how all of the programs work and where they are located. People who have these so-called dual diagnosis issues might find this site to be incredibly helpful as they begin to pull together treatment plans for addiction. But not everyone who has an addiction also has an underlying mental illness. You might not need this intense level of help, for example, and you might find that the information provided on the NAMI site is slightly too intense for you. We can help.