Be a Smart Consumer

• In Southern California alone, there are hundreds of "Recovery Treatment Programs" or "Drug and Alcohol Rehabs." Southern California has been ranked the second most popular place in the United States for individuals to seek help, for their drug and alcohol addictions.
• Many individuals and /or family members, understandably confused by the vast numbers of Treatment Rehabs, may feel overwhelmed, adding to already, existing feelings of urgency and desperation.
• Sadly, individuals and family's fall vulnerable to that confusion and make poor choices. Often individuals spend years, in and out of dozens of rehabs, spending inmeasurable amount of dollars.
• The more expensive the treatment program means very little .... You don't always get what you pay for. Likewise, the larger the facility simple means more patients to care for and the real possibility of getting lost in the crowd...although alcoholics and addicts often share similar stories, their underlying issues differ. Quality time, one on one therapy, is of great importance for successful recovery.
• Of upmost importance a treatment center should be drug and alcohol free. Smuggling in drugs and alcohol happens...more often then you would like to believe. There must be safety, security and structure.
• If individual, and group therapy and especially dual diagnosis treatment  is part of the treatment plan, ask who conducts these...a licensed professional, or a newly recovered client with little or no training. As alarming as it sounds, often newly sober patients completing a 30 day program are hired on, as part of the staff.
• Lastly, consider whether you want a Treatment Center which is gender specific ... only men, only women, or co-ed. Relationships among two newly sober individual is a slippery slope, a precurser for relapse.
• We encourage you to be a smart consumer, make an informed choice, decide what  kind of care and environment best fit your needs.