It is never easy to get rid of the need for drugs and the feelings of cravings that are attached, christian drug rehabs are designed to provide you with the ability to use the world of God in order to transform your life. When you have a craving, you will be able to pray with others in your group and this will help you to create a stronger bond with other members in the group. You can do anything that God wills you to, these treatment facilities will allow you to improve upon your relationship with God and create bonds with others. These things will increase your chances of leaving this drug behind.

There are a number of addiction treatment centers out there that are based on a completely different model of recovery.  For example, Narconon drug abuse treatment centers do not rely on a 12 step program, nor do some of the elite treatment centers found in California.

These “alternative” treatment centers tend to be based on counseling and therapy instead of the 12 step approach of AA.  But are they any more or less effective?

One prominent alternative therapy at Narconon claims to have a 76 percent success rate with their clients, certainly much higher than the AA success rate usually thrown around of about 3 to 10 percent.  Now I do not have any direct experience with Narconon or their recovery program, but authoritative sources caution heavily against these success claims that are made in the online world, specifically because it is usually the desperate family members of the addict who are doing research and hoping to find a “magic bullet” that will “cure” their afflicted one.

Another interesting twist to the situation is this: the 12 step model tends to dominate the industry, while the handful of alternatives only make up a very small percentage.  Because of this, the alternative therapies almost always cost prohibitively more than a local 12-step based alternative.  In other words, almost anyone can go to a “regular, 12-step treatment center” for cheaper than they could attend one of these alternative therapies.  This says nothing about the potential effectiveness of either 12 step models or the alternatives, only that the costs of the alternatives will almost always be higher, and therefore those treatment centers will likely proclaim themselves to have a higher success rate because of their exclusive approach.

The bottom line for most people is that success rates are lousy across the board, regardless of what type of treatment is being used.  There is still hope though, and almost any addict or alcoholic can potentially find meaningful and lasting sobriety at almost any treatment center–provided that they have truly surrendered and are willing to fully commit to their program.

There is no magic program.  There is only surrender and conviction.  You have to want it.  Only then will you claim success.