Treatment Works
A Consumer’s Guide to Alcohol & Drug Addiction Treatment
Recovery rates for people who go through treatment are very similar to those who get treatment for other chronic diseases such as diabetes.
In this section of our website you can find information that will help you better understand treatment, how it works, what the stages of substance abuse are, and other considerations.
What Are The Stages of Substance Use?
Experimentation . Regular Use . Risky Use . Dependence . Addiction
What Is Treatment? How Does It Work?
Detoxification . Outpatient Treatment . Inpatient Treatment
Other Options for Restoring Health
Twelve Step and Self-Help Groups . Recovery Houses
Making Choices . When typical treatments methods didn’t work