How to Know if You Need Addiction Rehab

How to Know if You Need Addiction Rehab

Published August 2020

Many people who become dependent on drugs and alcohol to get through the day or night don’t plan to end up in that condition. They may have started as teenagers or young adults, surrounded by peers and influences who led them down the path that brought them to where they are now. It’s unlikely for a person to intentionally become addicted to drugs and alcohol. It usually happens over time. First, it seems like fun, and then the fun turns into trouble, adds complication to life, physical issues begin to arise, and the addiction entirely takes hold and works against you in every way possible. Unfortunately, that is the situation many people experience, and what we want to tell you is that there is hope for positive changes to be made when the addicted person decides to get the help they need.

Signs You Need Rehab Now

1. Your drug of choice has become a priority above and before anything else in your life
2. Your physical and mental health is suffering due to your substance use
3. You come up with every excuse to get high
4. You have tried to quit on your own but have not been able to stay sober
5. Your relationships have become strained
6. You have been struggling at work or calling in sick because you’re hungover
7. You continue to do reckless things under the influence only to wake up and regret everything in the morning
8. You lie about how often you use
9. You’ve experienced legal troubles due to drugs and alcohol
10. You’re missing out on important obligations (meetings, anniversaries, birthdays, paying the bills on time, or not completing assignments on time)

At Passages Malibu and Passages Ventura, we understand that four main reasons cause addiction.

1. A chemical imbalance
2. Events of the past you have not reconciled
3. Current conditions you can’t cope with
4. Things you believe that aren’t true

It is common for a person addicted to drugs and alcohol to be in denial of having a problem or needing any help. In many cases, they refuse to go to treatment until they genuinely step back and see the situation for everything. Usually, that requires an outside person, such as an interventionist, to come in and talk to the individual calmly and soundly.

When relationships are falling apart, deadlines are no longer being met, responsibilities are not being handled, legally matters occur, and physical health is on the decline it should cause for a profound analysis of what is going on with that person and what needs to be done to help improve the overall quality of life for the individual struggling to stay afloat.

“We recognize that you’ve used substances to try to regain your lost balance, to try to feel the way you did before the need arose to use addictive drugs or alcohol. We know that you use substances to alter your mood, to cover up your sadness, to ease your heartbreak, to lighten your stress load, to blur your painful memories, to escape your hurtful reality, or to make your unbearable days or nights bearable.”
― Chris Prentiss, The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure