How long does drug addiction treatment usually last?
Individuals progress through drug addiction treatment at various speeds, so there is no predetermined length of treatment. However, research has shown unequivocally that good outcomes are contingent on adequate lengths of treatment. Generally, for residential or outpatient treatment, participation for less than 90 days is of limited or no effectiveness, and treatments lasting significantly longer often are indicated. For methadone maintenance, 12 months of treatment is the minimum, and some opiate-addicted individuals will continue to benefit from methadone maintenance treatment over a period of years.
Good outcomes are contingent on adequate lengths of treatment.
Many people who enter treatment drop out before receiving all the benefits that treatment can provide. Successful outcomes may require more than one treatment experience. Many addicted individuals have multiple episodes of treatment, often with a cumulative impact.
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Kromus said,
December 21, 2005 @ 2:20 am
As to the multiple episodes I agree It has taken me over ten years to reach a stage in my addiction to narcotics to finally not use while on methadone, this is my third time in the program. I think most people don’t really want to stop at all but go into treatment to justify their existance as an addict. To say to themselves that they truly do have a problem, that they are “hardcore”, about 80% of the addicts I have met in the last two years don’t want to get clean or even moderate their use…. most just want to keep numb and not deal w/ their problems and face reality sober.
Kromus-
10yr opiate addict, clean for 7 weeks, never going back now that I have come this fa away from it.
Peace and Love