Do You Think Drug and Alcohol Detox Centre Work?

Published June 30, 2010

Question by Abigail: Do you think drug and alcohol detox centre work?
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?

Best answer:

Answer by stephenl1950
The service will only work if the person entering it wants to sober up.

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