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I’ve had a massive talk to one of my friends, she has a serous drug problem and she knows it. She knows the only way she canb try and get help is by going into rehab. I want to help as much as possible. Does anyone have any personal experience with rehabs, location of the best ones, cost, length of time, what happens etc?
Any help would so be appreciated.
Any help would so be appreciated.
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Good luck in all of it.
Thank you and yeah, her close circle of friends wouldn't dream of doing it around her and we'll do our best to help her. But some friends we have are dealers, I've told her she needs to delete those numbers and keep away from them.
Let's see how it goes.
Anyway good luck in all of it.
What drugs is she using? Rehabs generally require people to be free of drugs on arrival, in which case she may need a detox first. Your best bet is to get in touch with her local drug service. If she hasn't received treatment before, she may have to do have some treatment in the community first (like a day programme) before she will be considered for funding.
Addaction have a service in Derby, it might be worth giving them a bell.
http://www.addaction.org.uk/Serviceshome.htm#derb
She's taking ketamine. For at least the past 5 years she's has taken it just about every day, it blocks everything out. What it's blocking out, I don't know. She's been bullimic and anorexic but got over that and turned to this instead. Just the other day she did 4 grams to herself in about 3 hours. She takes nearly the whole gram in one line, so you can imagine the vulnerable state she gets in.
Her parents are willing to help her out with going private, money wise.
She's had her car taken off her too by her parents, as she had a crash while she was smashed out of her face. She's putting herself and others at so much risk.
Well one interesting I heard on a documentary was getting over food related problems can be harder then drugs cos unlike like problems related to drugs or alcohol, you can't avoid food.
So if she managed to win over her food related problems then maybe this is a good sign?
NA works for some people, not for others. Some people find the 12 step thing more of a hindrance than a help. Horses for courses innit.
it is based around the twelve step prog.
as blag says ...the twelve steps na aa thing isn't for everyone ...it certainly wasn't for me ...it seemed to be going from one extreme to another.
the extremes being drug abuse to total abstinence.
if i had followed the twelve sterp malarky as a heroin addict i would never again be able to take codiene or night nurse ...thats what i call extreme.
promis will cost around two grand a week but bupa covers it in some cases.
eight weeks long ....group therapy etc.
worked wonders for me but ...na meetings in church halls was enough to make me wanna get stoned.
i went from a huge ammount of heroin and amphet over many yeafrs to ...a weed and a drink and my lifes pretty good thankyou.
the rehab did me good ...gave me time out to look deeply into myself and attitudes.
na and aa do wiork for many people.