Alcohol Rehab: Methadone Facts

Question: My parents are checking me into a alcohol rehab place. what should i expect?

(Posted by: Awesome on 2009-10-03 20:29:00)

I do know that Im gonna have to live there for a long time and I know about the phases and privledge points and blah blah. I mean what will I have to do? Will they just make me sit there in a room or what? Theyve gotta make us do something. Im 14 if it matters.

Posted by: boxer l on 2009-10-03, 20:37:31

If you're 14 and you're in a halfway house, your life sucks, and it's your fault. theyre gonna try to make you realize that. its fine to have a drink now and then, but you're still a kid-- life doesnt revolve around alcohol, and you should only drink or get high if you're in a safe place to do it. theyre not really gonna "do " anything. they're going to put you in a place with alot of other failures like you, and get you guys to talk to each other. remember: it's your fault you're in there, and if you dont wanna go back, just take whatever help they advise and get into AA afterwords.

Posted by: Zydeco on 2009-10-03, 22:18:11

It depends on the place. Some rehab facilities are like a vacation at a spa, and some are like jail. As far as what they will have you do all day, there will usually be a couple of one-on-one counseling sessions and also group sessions everyday. Most of them have facilities like TVs and DVDs, libraries, and if it's geared to teens, stuff like crafts that you can do. You may be required to cook your own food, or a meal for everybody, under supervision. You will have absolutely no privacy. Some of the harsher ones will actually have you do stuff like piecework that they do in factories to keep you busy and also generate a little side income for the place. The first couple of weeks they just want you to dry out, then they will want you to get to the root of why you are a drunk at fourteen. The key thing is to relax, which is going to be a lot tougher than you probably think with a counselor flipping over your mattress every morning and going through your underwear. Good luck. You are still young enough to get on top of this.