Depending on your life circumstances, inpatient drug rehab may not be convenient, possible, necessary, or affordable. That doesn't mean you can't find help and treatment. You can choose an outpatient program instead. However, it's also best to follow the advice of a medical professional if you have an addiction severe enough to cause withdrawal symptoms.

Here are four services you might receive in an outpatient drug addiction treatment program. 

1. Counseling For Your Addiction

You may need to go to outpatient therapy for a few hours a day at first. However, one of the benefits of outpatient drug addiction treatment is that it is flexible. If you attend school, work, or have responsibilities with your family, you may be able to schedule fewer hours of counseling each week and stretch out your treatment longer.

However, if you do need more hours per day to start, as long as you make progress, the hours taper off so your therapy works better with your schedule. Counseling is an important part of your treatment, so you may have group therapy as well as different kinds of one-on-one therapy.

2. Education About Your Addiction

You may also attend classes about addiction so you can learn about the negative effects it has on your body and mental state. You may learn how addiction affects your family and your success in life. Understanding all the negative effects of addiction on your health and longevity may help you stay committed to getting healthy.

You might also have classes about how to maintain good health and cope with stress, depression, and trauma. Together with counseling, the classes may help you learn how to deal with your issues so you're less likely to relapse. You may even have classes aimed specifically at how to avoid a relapse.

3. Medication Management And Drug Testing

You may need to take medication to help control a medical condition that contributes to your addiction. An outpatient drug addiction treatment program may provide the medications and help you manage them so you don't start abusing them or get lax about taking your drugs. The drug treatment center may also do regular drug testing on you to make sure you're staying clean and committed to the program.

4. Groups For Ongoing Support

The outpatient drug addiction treatment center may also host support groups such as 12-step programs that you may need for a long time after you stop your therapy. A group can help you as you get clean and also provide support throughout the rest of your life if you ever feel like relapsing. You'll always have a support group to turn to.

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