What is the First Step Toward Alcohol and Drug Treatment?
September 30th, 2006An article about alcohol and drug treatment.
Here’s the background on alcohol and drug treatment. This understanding can help you choose a proper treatment course.
Alcohol and drug treatment has changed a lot over the years. The first forms of alcohol and drug treatment were quite brutal; in the dark ages it was thought that addictions were caused by demonic possession, which had many different prescribed ‘cures’ ranging from blood letting to being burned at the stake. In the 19th and early 20th century, alcohol and drug treatment had improved but little; addictions were then considered forms of insanity and the treatments of choice involved straight jackets, padded rooms, and electric shocks.
Read the full article in the Health section: What is the first step toward alcohol and drug treatment?