Should You Go To Rehab Clean and Sober?

The decision to go to rehab often comes after a long battle with addiction, and just considering going to a program is a big step toward getting sober. By the time you have reached this decision, you may have heard different viewpoints about whether it’s best to be sober when you enter rehab. While there is no surefire answer, you can use this guide to decide what will work best for you.

Understand the Dangers of Detoxing Alone

Although it seems noble to try to go to rehab sober, it is important to avoid letting getting clean be a barrier to you entering a program. It can also be dangerous to attempt to get sober alone. Your health, type of addiction and how long you have been using could all leave you with painful withdrawal symptoms that could lead you to use again before you go to rehab. Yet, those uncomfortable symptoms can easily be treated at a rehab that can help with detox.

Take Advantage of the Moment

It is important to understand that the staff at rehab programs will be ready to accept you in any state since they know a breakthrough could occur at any time. If you happen to be sober now and thinking about rehab, then it is naturally a perfect time to make your plans to go. However, rehab is the perfect place to be if you are on a binge and know that getting help is the only way to end your addiction.

Find a Rehab Quickly

Whether you decide to go to rehab sober or inebriated, it is important to find the right program. We can help you decide if you need inpatient or outpatient treatment, and we can search for ones that accept your insurance or accept people without it. Although it may seem crazy to act so fast, it is the best way to ensure that you do not go back on your resolve to change your lifestyle.

Living in the moment is a big part of addiction, and this same mentality can help you get sober. Wherever you are at in your journey toward sobriety, rehab programs are ready and willing to take you in. By deciding that you will go to rehab no matter what state you are in mentally, is the perfect first step toward finding the help you need to reclaim your life.