David Cassidy ordered back to rehab for last DUI arrest
David Cassidy, the 63-year-old former teen star of television and music, has been ordered to go to an alcohol rehabilitation center for three months. The order for David Cassidy came after he pleaded no contest in Los Angeles to a drunken driving …
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Amanda Bynes On The Road To Recovery, As A Fashion Student
The former Nickelodeon star had already been arrested for DUI's and drug possession, before things came to a head last July when she was found allegedly starting a fire in her neighbours drive in Thousand Oaks, California. The incident led to her being …
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Patrice Wymore Flynn Dead: Actress Dies At 87
… actress died</a> at the age of 43 on Aug. 14, 2013. According to TMZ, Kelly died in her sleep at a rehab facility in California. … Chris Kelly. Chris Kelly, one-half of the 1990s rap duo Kris Kross, died May 1, 2013 of an apparent drug overdose …
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Zander Welton Wins Arizona Medical-Marijuana Extracts Case
I asked my doctors to prescribe medical marijuana, but they refuse because the say it is "untested", and they say they will refuse to treat me if I go elsewhere. I am physically addicted to benzo's and opiates that are as strong as heroin. I have to …
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Religious Freedom Goes Too Far
If all this reminds you of the anti-anti-discrimination bill recently vetoed by the governor of Arizona and other such “license to discriminate” bills popping up all over the country, you are paying attention. These cases about … But a Hobby Lobby …
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Back2Basics Drug and Alcohol Rehab Hosts Discussion Panel at Northern …
… at Northern Arizona University. Back2Basics addiction treatment center selects a few former residents to speak at a NAU-hosted panel. … Back2Basics graduates share their stories this week at Northern Arizona University. What I find typically can …
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Destination Hope Announces Two Online Interactive Tools that Showcase the …
“Many people don't understand that drug and alcohol use will affect every part of your body,” said Ben Brafman, founder and CEO of drug and alcohol rehab center Destination Hope. “From your circulatory system to your digestive system, everything you …
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Watch: In taking on its heroin crisis, Vermont shoots itself in the foot
The directors of two residential treatment centers told America Tonight that since then, the number of patients requiring readmission at their facilities has doubled. William Young, executive director of Maple Leaf Farm, said they looked at the number …
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Neuroscience Firm Partners with Los Angeles, CA Drug Rehab Center
Grey Matters International, a cutting-edge neuroscience recovery solutions firm specializing in a myriad of mental health advancement services, is announcing its Los Angeles, California presence through a new partnership with residential addiction …
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Council supports RGV youth drug rehabilitation center
Mission City Council joined a Valley-wide effort to bring a full-service residential drug rehabilitation treatment center for juveniles to South Texas by passing a resolution in support of the center in a Tuesday meeting. Eddie Olivarez, a member of …
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Fresh Start Behavioral Services Drug and Alcohol Rehab Center in Salt Lake …
Fresh Start Behavioral Services Drug and Alcohol Rehab Center in Salt Lake City Now Open. Fresh Start Behavioral Services, LLC is now offering free consultations on their affordable drug and alcohol treatment programs. More information is available …
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Go ahead for Prom drug rehab centre
Former seafront holiday flats are to be converted into a rehabilitation centre for drug and alcohol addicts despite objections from people living nearby. Blackpool Council's planning committee has approved the use of the former Gables holiday …
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Question by Angie: Will medicaid pay for alcohol rehab in Utah?
If you had a brother, sister, son, or daughter that needs help. Would you do anything you could to help them? This is a disease!

Best answer:

Answer by raysny
No. Although alcoholism is considered a disease by some, it is treated as a behavior by the government.

http://askjan.org/media/alcohol.html#ADA

Most rehabs are 12step-based, based on AA. Rehabs have a slightly better success rate than Alcoholics Anonymous which is estimated to be about 5%, the same as no treatment at all. People who fail in AA and 12step facilitation tend to fall harder than those who were not exposed to 12step treatment, which teaches people they are powerless to do anything about their addiction, that even God cannot cure alcoholism, only grant a daily reprieve from the desire to drink.

Dr. Brandsma found that A.A. increased the rate of binge drinking, and
Dr. Ditman found that A.A. increased the rate of rearrests for public drunkenness, and
Dr. Walsh found that “free A.A.” made later hospitalization more expensive, and
Doctors Orford and Edwards found that having a doctor talk to the patient for just one hour was just as effective as a whole year of A.A.-based treatment.
Dr. George E. Vaillant, the A.A. Trustee, found that A.A. treatment was completely ineffective, and raised the death rate in alcoholics. No other way of treating alcoholics produced such a high death rate as did Alcoholics Anonymous.
http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-letters85.html

What works? A summary of alcohol treatment research:
http://www.behaviortherapy.com/whatworks.htm

“About 75 percent of persons who recover from alcohol dependence do so without seeking any kind of help, including specialty alcohol (rehab) programs and AA. Only 13 percent of people with alcohol dependence ever receive specialty alcohol treatment.”
Alcoholism Isn’t What It Used To Be:
http://www.spectrum.niaaa.nih.gov/features/alcoholism.aspx

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