Rehab Success Rates
When researching your options, it is important to understand the success rates of addiction treatment centers. However, when researching the best treatment center for your unique needs and situation, knowing the appropriate questions and what the data means can feel daunting. Tree House Recovery understands that finding addiction treatment that has a proven record of success is essential and is dedicated to helping you find treatment that works for you, not against you.
To learn more about Tree House Recovery’s success rates, which are backed by our comprehensive and holistic approach to addiction treatment and addressing occurring mental health issues, contact our admission team today.
Defining Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Due to the lack of standardization in the industry, pinning down a definition for rehabilitation can be a complete task. There are no universal guidelines for what constitutes rehab. Obtaining a license to operate a rehab center can vary from state to state, making it even more complicated to know which center is trustworthy.
So, how do you know what to look for when researching which addiction treatment centers will be best for you? This is where success rates play a huge role.
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What Do Rehab Success Rates Mean?
There are various ways to measure success for rehab facilities, each with its own criteria or method. For example, one rehab center may consider successful treatment to be graduating from the program, while another defines it as remaining sober for a specific period after treatment [2][3].
Facilities can also boast high success rates without clearly defining success for their team, making you do all the guesswork. Furthermore, facilities can boast about their high success rates without clearly defining what success means to their team. For example, relapse rates can be a point of contention, or success is measured by maintaining abstinence from all substances.
However a rehab facility measures success, how they measure it should be clearly stated to help with your research process.
Making Sense of Rehab Success Rates:
Knowing a rehab center’s success rate can be a helpful indicator when selecting it. However, a few important questions should be asked when evaluating success rates because these numbers can be misleading without the proper context.
For example, if a program reports a 90% success rate, it is vital to understand how they define success. If 90% of the graduates maintain sobriety, dig deep to understand what sobriety means to the treatment center. Does this success rating include graduates who are taking prescribed methadone for heroin addiction? Or does it only include graduates who are entirely abstinent from any substance?
Ask yourself these three key questions when evaluating the effectiveness of a rehab program during your research:
- What percentage of people stay sober for one year after?
- What percentage of its people finish the program?
- What is your program’s definition of “sober”?
Tree House Recovery's Addiction Recovery Success Rates
Research indicates that the most effective form of treatment is one that empowers people struggling with addiction to rebuild themselves and break their reliance on their substances of choice. At Tree House Recovery, our program incorporates physical, mental, and social practices into daily treatment to encourage individuals to maintain the progress made to transform themselves.
OUR GRADUATION RATE:
At Tree House, long-term abstinence involves creating a new perspective on substances and learning how to live a fulfilling life without them. Tree House Recovery believes constructing a new lifestyle will help you sustain long-term sobriety, and it all starts with completing a positive and successful treatment experience.
GRADUATE
88% of people who enter Tree House Recovery successfully finish the program.
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Why Is Tree House's Approach More Effective?
Drug addiction is a manifestation of underlying health issues. Tree House is focused on prioritizing clients’ needs and helping them rebuild their physical, mental, and social foundation while attending our evidence-based therapies. Clients will begin to notice and feel positive changes in their lives as they establish a foundation to build their new, sober lives.
Empowering clients to focus on growth experiences instead of the limitations and feelings of powerlessness helps them see real progress and continue their recovery journey. To learn more, please refer to the Tree House health targets below.
MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL SUCCESS RATES
EMOTIONS
98% of our graduates report the ability to regulate and address negative emotions.
MINDFULNESS
96% of our graduates report an increased ability to use self-reflection to make better decisions.
DECISIONS
98% percent of graduates report improved ability to base decisions on past and present insights
PHYSICAL HEALTH SUCCESS RATES
FITNESS:
86% of our graduates continue the personal fitness plans from Tree House.
ENERGY:
88% of graduates report daily above average energy levels when maintaining habits from the program.
NUTRITION:
79% of graduates maintain the healthy diets they learn.
SOCIAL HEALTH SUCCESS RATES
EMPLOYED
89% of Tree House graduates currently have a full-time job.
IN SCHOOL
12% of graduates go on to attend school full-time.
CONNECTED
90% of graduates stay connected to their Tree House teammates.
Relapse Rates After Rehab
A 2006 peer-reviewed study found that relapse rates after rehab are 20% lower compared to those who do not seek treatment. According to the study, there are several factors that can influence a person’s ability to maintain sobriety or remain in remission after one, three, and 16 years:
- Individuals who participate in treatment and AA during their first year of sobriety are less likely to relapse.
- Delaying seeking AA or treatment after the first year of sobriety is not associated with a higher chance of remission or a lower likelihood of relapse.
- Roughly 40% of people relapse after rehab, as opposed to 60% who relapse after not undergoing rehab.
Length of Treatment and Relapse Statistics
Another significant role in reducing relapse rates is the length of treatment. A study from the National Institute of Drug Abuse found that the optimal duration of treatment is at least 90 days. The study evaluated 1,605 cocaine users who completed treatment and found that 35% of those who completed less than 90 days of treatment reported using cocaine the following year, compared to only 17% of those who completed at least 90 days of treatment [2].
At Tree House Recovery, every client receives a minimum of 90 days of treatment. However, most patients stay the full five months.
Spontaneous Recovery
Spontaneous recovery is when someone stops using drugs or alcohol without getting treatment or going to rehab. Some people believe that addiction is a choice, not a disease, so they think that spontaneous recovery is possible. But studies show that it is not that simple.
A study from 1986 showed that the chance of spontaneous recovery can be anywhere from 4% to 59%. A newer study from 2019 found that the reason for this big range is because different studies use different definitions for addiction, treatment, and recovery [4][5].
The chance of spontaneous recovery goes down as the addiction gets worse. Also, if treatment is only rehab, it is less likely that someone can recover without it. But if treatment includes other types of help like seeing a doctor or therapist, the chance of spontaneous recovery goes up. And, if recovery is defined as completely stopping using drugs or alcohol or being sober for four or more years, the chance of spontaneous recovery goes down.
In summary, some people with less serious addiction problems may not need rehab to stop using drugs or alcohol if they have access to other types of treatment. But it is important to remember that these people may have a harder time staying sober in the long term and may sometimes use drugs or alcohol again, which can be dangerous.
What Does Treatment Success Require?
Researchers have looked at people who have been sober for 15-25 years after getting treatment, and they found something interesting. These people had changed in many ways.
Developing new daily routines, new friends, new self-care habits, and new ways of dealing with conflict have helped people transform how they view themselves and sobriety as a positive thing instead of a difficult challenge. If you’re considering going to rehab, you probably want to know if it will work. Will rehab help you stay sober? The short answer is that people who go to rehab are more likely to stay sober than people who try to quit on their own. The long answer is that for treatment to be successful, two things must happen [6][7].
Perception of Sobriety and Addiction:
When someone decides to live a sober life, they may choose to get help from treatment or rehab. Studies have shown that treatment can help people stay sober for longer than if they try to stop using on their own. For treatment to be successful, the person must see their drug or alcohol use as a problem and want to change their ways. “Cognitive reorganization” helps people understand why they want to stop using and helps them develop new thoughts, behaviors, and beliefs that support a sober lifestyle. Research suggests that people who are motivated to change from within are more likely to stay sober in the long term than people who are motivated by external factors like guilt.
Lifestyle Changes That Encourage Growth
Sobriety means making a choice to live without drugs or alcohol. Studies have shown that the best way to be successful in this is by changing the way a person thinks about their addiction and their sobriety. This is called a “cognitive reorganization” and means that treatment should help someone see that their drug or alcohol use is a problem and motivate them to make a real change in their life.
Research shows that people motivated to change by their own feelings and beliefs are more likely to be successful than those motivated by external pressures like guilt. A big part of this change is making new lifestyle choices, such as finding new hobbies, careers, and friends who don’t use drugs or alcohol. These changes can help someone develop a new identity as a sober person, making it more difficult to replace.
Find Success in Rehab at Tree House Recovery
Going through treatment for addiction at a program like Tree House Recovery can increase your chances of achieving long-term sobriety. The program will teach you important skills and provide you with the knowledge necessary to continue your recovery journey. If you’re interested in learning more, call (615) 314-8310 to talk to a member of their team.
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