I am a rehab counselor and interventionist. No too long ago I was helping a retired doctor (anesthesiologist) to find a biophysical drug rehab for her stepson. She was helping me to understand this type of treatment which I had heard about and known about for years. I have even referred families to this type of biophysical rehab in the past but for me, the penny dropped after speaking with her about her son.
She started by explaining that he was using for years many drugs from pain pills to cocaine to benzos and alcohol. He’d go to traditional treatment and then weeks or months later he’d relapse. Very similar to stories you hear about from most families fighting addiction. But she was adamant about finding the best biophysical drug rehab center for him. She knew that he’d not succeed if he did not get this physical component to rehab that was critically lacking in his past attempts.
