I am interested in others views on this subject. I personally think that these centres have a great plan of action. The flaws are that grouping lots of codependent individuals with each other in a closed ‘big brother’ type environment is creating lots of ‘relationships’ between patients who pair off and enable each other to drink/do drugs again.
I am amazed at how people enter services to do the detox for their husband or wife and kids only to forget them in a few days and start a sexual relationship with another user.
What is your opinion on such services and do you have any better ideas?

I’ve been struggling with alcohol for a long long time. I’ve always relapsed after doing good for a while and always go back to drinking. I’ll be leaving for basic in 3 weeks and I feel that this will be the answer that I need to become that better person I so desperately want to be. I’m hoping that the 5 months of training (basic&AIT) will help me get a clearer vision of who I am and where I want to go in life. Others are rooting for me and I guess I just want to know what anyone thinks about my theory………….please no ridiculous answers I just had a bad experience Friday in which I got robbed as I layed out in my living room floor passed out from a drunken binge…Im really down on myself right now and I guess just looking for support thanks……
The answers so far have given me hope I feel like crying (weep)

Maybe that was her “medical condition” that she so desperatly needed to get out of jail for!
Opiates and Alcohol create intense withdrawl symtoms unlike most other drugs…..

Some of you people don’t think when you answer.