In looking for drug addiction treatment program many people think they are going to actually get over addiction in next to no time. If people really knew the mechanics of addiction, both mental and physical they would soon realize drug and alcohol addiction has the best chance of success in a long term drug treatment program, although many would like to think otherwise.
I am an addiction counselor and have worked with thousands of families in getting into to an addiction treatment program. Its just not that easy. Its scientifically proven that abuse can happen immediatly and addiction soon after, but the behavior learned during the addictive lifestyle can take years to overcome and basically the addict needs to be reprogrammed on a conscious level of course.
If you have been used to doing things in a certain way for a long stretch of time, even simple daily routines,like how your brush your teeth, or tie your shoes, its almost impossible to retrain yourself to do these things another way. So even with these simple little task it can take days and weeks to change.
Have you ever heard of a someone breaking their arm and having to retrain themselves to basically everything. Imagine trying to do that with someone who has had years of substance abuse and probably criminal behavior. Thats the magnitude of change a competent drug addiction treatment program has to deliver to you. Thats not done in a few weeks, but takes a few months.
