We all have to make compromises in life. Sometimes what is the best solution is just not possible in terms of time and cost. However you really need to look and try so see if that is true. Many times we just settle as to hang in there would require more effort and time. Constantly clients are going to a 30 day program because that is all they or their family can afford. It becomes a scenario of it this is all we can do, this will have to work, and it is better than doing nothing…. right?
Well doing less than is required and expecting a good result is just…. well…. kind of stupid. If you had an important task at work, one the life of your company depended on, would you feel comfortable going to your boss and saying, "I can only give this 1/3 of the time this task requires, but it should be ok, and besides doing 1/3 of the job is better than doing nothing….right?"
I don't know about you, but personally I would not want to have that conversation. If the roles were reversed would you even accept a task from your boss if they said you had to complete a life or death task, but you have to do it, in 1/3 of the time required to complete it with your best effort. You cannot shave that much time off of a learning process.
So what can you do? You have two choices. Work harder to find the extra money to go to a program for a longer than 30 day stay. Do not let finances stand in the way of treatment. Many times in an addiction a client never lets having no money stand in the way of procuring their drug of their choice. Use the same tenacity to solve the issue of cost of drug and alcohol rehab.
The other is find a less expensive program. Evidence would tend to accept it is far better to go to a weaker program for an acceptable period than an exceptional program for a very short period. There are instances in life where doiing something is not really better than doing nothing. Very short stays in rehab may be one of them.
