Rehab for Women

Women are at risk for numerous substance abuse and addiction problems. Almost 7 million women in American report consistent drug abuse, and 3 million meet the conditions for addiction, and that’s just a conservative statistic. The actual number is no doubt sadly higher. Everything from old menaces such as heroin, cocaine, and amphetamines have been joined by a huge rise in addiction prescription drugs, like oxycodone, hydrocodone, and codeine. Methamphetamine and a vast range of synthetic drugs are also making their presence felt. There are so many ways in which a woman can find herself in the grip of addiction.

Rehab for women recognizes the huge number of areas in which addiction impacts women. Rehab for women also understands that what prompts addiction and sustains it in women is different from those issues that put men at risk for addiction. Although our culture prizes equality, there are always going to be fundamental differences between men and women, and those differences can cause addiction to latch on differently for women.

That’s why gender specific treatment exists. Here’s what it can do:

Rehab for Women:

• Addresses situations unique to women: Addiction puts a pregnant woman and her baby at risk. Children born to alcoholic mothers have a high risk for fetal alcohol syndrome, a severe set of birth defects due to alcohol consumption.
• Disassembles Stereotypes: Our society has sends lots of messages to women, directly and otherwise. Many of these messages create stress, feelings of inferiority, anger, frustration, and depression.
• Develops Positive Self-Esteem: Many of the messages women receive project unrealistic ideas about age, sexuality, and beauty. Addiction rehab for women helps reorient women to a positive self-concept, teaches how to set boundaries, and provides assertiveness training
• Provides stress management training and coping skills for professional career women.
• Improves relationships with others, including male/female relationships
• Addresses co-dependence, enmeshment, and other relationship issues, and how to dissolve those problems
• Provides dual-diagnosis treatment for women with a mental illness and addiction issues
• Assists women in abusive situations recognize abuse and helps them leave that situation.