About Alcoholism Treatment
I think treatment for alcoholism might be undergoing a shift over the next few years, mostly driven from the economy and the recession here in the U.S. and in other parts of the world.
Treatment centers are closing up shop due to a lack of funding. One of the biggest challenges for drug and alcoholism treatment is: how do you provide an expensive service to a population that generally has no money? It is an especially tough problem if the money from state and government funding dries up like it has just about now.
Alcoholics tend to lose their jobs and thus are usually without insurance. And, insurance companies are no longer really excited about throwing thousands of dollars at alcoholism treatments that do not have terribly impressive success rates to begin with.
Too many problems, not enough money. Thus, change.
