Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Preventing Tragedy with the Power of Community

When news broke of Glee star Cory Monteith’s passing, the reaction was as swift as it was sad. Grief came pouring out from the fallen star’s co-workers, friends, and family members who have gotten to know the talented young man over the years. Once the initial shock of the passing wore off, people were left to question just what exactly killed Cory. As it turns out, Cory was just the latest in a long line of young actors to pass well before their time, all thanks to an insatiable love for drugs. In these instances, people like to ask whether something could have been done to save the person deceased. They ask if maybe there was something that could have been done to spare the life of the young star. Sadly, it’s now too late for Cory, but not for other struggling addicts. Residential drug rehab centers can help people recover from their addictions while also helping them avoid possible relapses such as what happened to Cory.

A rehab center should above all else, allow the people housed within them to remain comfortable during their stay. The last thing that addicts need more of is stress and the fewer of it that is found, the better it becomes for everyone involved. This is why setting up residential drug rehab centers can be a genuine stroke of brilliance. By situating these centers in places that are more crowded and surrounded by supportive citizens, a sense of community can start to build around the patients that are housed within the facility.

The power of a community can become even more immensely powerful once it is used to help out people struggling with personal problems, such as addiction. The community can band together, creating a support group that is as much inspirational as it is motivational, and the presence of such a group can truly help struggling addicts deal with their issues more competently. This is because of one particular psychological effect that can be caused by being a drug addict, and that is the fact that there are so many of them that begin to become more reclusive and secretive. They lose that sense of community, and they just begin to isolate themselves, using drugs as a way to escape from the world that is immediately around them. Residential drug rehab centers are there to let struggling addicts know that they can recover and that there are people cheering for them as they continue with their fight against their demons. 

Residential drug rehab centers are really doing plenty of good for the community and for the people that go to them in search of treatment. Though it is still an unrealistic dream at present to say that no longer will addicts be around neighborhoods, it is at least a reasonable claim to make that they can be greatly reduced in number. With more residential drug rehab centers in place, the hope is that more people voluntarily check themselves in to these facilities so that they can get clean, and start living the rest of their lives.

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