TLC's qualityTreatment

When one looks at advertising for treatment programs, particularly for the more expensive ones, there's a strong emphasis on luxurious accomodations and how many amenities the program offers. And there's usually a description of the treatment offered and the credentials of those who provide them.

It all looks very positive and encouraging. But I'm not sure what luxury has to do with recovery.

One thing one rarely or never sees is statistics about how successful the program is for those who graduate from these fancy programs. And it's kind of understandable that they wouldn't do that because tracking client success is a difficult and expensive process. It really requires following someone 24 hours a day to see whether they stay clean or not. And any time I see a program that claims a 60 or 70% success rate I think people should run the other way.

Something else we rarely see in program advertising is what a deadly disease alcoholism and drug addiction really is. I'm not sure why there isn't more emphasis put on the seriousness of the challenges addicts and alcoholics face. But that might scare off potential clients.

At TLC we provide a range of services and have a staff of dedicated quality counselors who have a strong belief in what they're doing and the empathy to reach their clients. Many of them are in recovery themselves, and understand on a deep level what our clients are going through.

We emphasize throughout all phases of our program that substance abuse is a life-and-death disease that can take our lives in an instant as well as forever affect the lives of our families and friends.

When we lose a client to this disease it affects us as if they were a member of our own family. And when we see a client graduate and lead a successful we take pride in being able to help them succeed.

Because our clients receive services in such a caring and empathetic environment their chances of success are as good as anywhere in the country.

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