Are Drug Treatment Professionals the blind leaders of the blind?

That’s a true or false question. If you picked false you need to read this post.



Well, I picked up a copy of the paper today and saw an AP story that probably ran in many papers in California. The Headline is:



“Study Finds High re-arrest rate”



The article is kind of hard to read but the sub heading says researchers say Prop 36 drug offenders aren’t getting enough treatment to make a difference.



In the body of the article it says researchers suggest longer and more intensive treatment is needed to make a substantial difference, and that efforts should be concentrated on those with severe addiction.



Id like to share my thoughts on these so-called drug treatment programs. Im not against effective drug treatment but one thing you’ll never read in stories like this is the possibility that the drug treatment professional don’t have a clue what to do , and don’t have a treatment that works. Longer “treatment” that is ineffective isn’t going to have anymore impact than shorter ineffective treatment. And will someone please tell me what this “Treatment” is?



I spent time at the so-called California Rehabilitation Center in Corona in the 1970’s and I can assure you I saw very little “treatment”. (Stabbings and race riots aren’t treatment).In fact, one of the correctional lieutenants there told me , “We don’t know what to do with you guys. We just lock you up and hope youll get tired of doing what your doing.” At least he was honest.



I also spent time at the Tarzana Family which had treatment methods they got mainly from Synanon, but which were also ineffective. Ill be posting later about my experience at Tarzana and their treatments.



The closest thing they had to “treatment” was AA and NA, and Ive already shared a little in previous posts how these programs have lost their way in a spiritual sense.



I acknowledge the 12 Steps as a program of recovery.I think there is a rare individual here and there that uses the 12 steps ( which were taken out of the Bible) and finds the experience of repentance and belief in Christ. But your not going to find any tax supported institution program talking about Jesus Christ or Repentance. They are forbidden by law from doing so.Is it any wonder they are ineffective?





What Im saying is that the “Treatment Industry” doesn’t have a treatment for drug addiction/Alcoholism. They compete for government funding and are known to inflate their recovery statistics.

But they are not about to step forward and say they don’t understand addiction or what to do about it. In fact, many of them don’t know they don’t know. They are blissfully ignorant wallowing in the lie they have been taught that alcoholism or addiction is some kind of disease.



Don’t look for them to admit their wrong anytime soon. There are too many paychecks on the line.



"If the blind lead the blind wont they both fall into a ditch?"- Jesus Christ



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