Ever hear of any medical treatment that takes the same amount of healing time for every person who is afflicted with it? Of course not, because God made us all a little different. Different skin color, weight, shapes, to name a few differences. As substance use disorder is a medical condition, it needs to be treated (pun intended) the same way. Everyone is different, and their treatment time will also vary.

Standard 28-day or 90-day programs often fail because they treat recovery like an assembly line. Clients are kept in those programs until the money runs out, or their “treatment” metric is reached, i.e., 60 days, and you will be sober, that is what the advertisement says. One client interviewed in my book related to one of these other programs. They told him on the first day that they would have him “cured” in 60 days. On day 60, he was released, but the problem was that he was back drinking again on day 62 after starting that program. Then he met someone who told him about MNTC.

My research shows that success at MNTC is partly due to the absence of a set graduation time. Clients graduate when they are ready, not when their insurance runs out. This individualized approach ensures that the “intention to stop” is fully solidified before they return to the world. #SoberLife, #RecoveryIsPossible, #WeDoRecover, #EndTheStigma, #HarmReductionSavesLives, #YouAreNotAlone, #SoberSupport, #RecoveryCommunity, #RecoveryReads