| Outpatient services for alcohol rehabilitation are | | | | Treatment (CSAT) has a toll-free, 24-hour treatment |
| designed to treat people who do not have a severe | | | | referral service to help you. You can call |
| addiction to alcohol. They are also encouraged for | | | | 1-800-487-4889 for more information.Other agencies |
| alcoholics who have gone through an initial stage of | | | | include The American Council on Alcoholism. They |
| inpatient treatment. Although this treatment is quite | | | | have access to an online database to help search for |
| popular and there are many outpatient facilities | | | | outpatient rehab centers all over the US. They can |
| throughout the country, there is little research on its | | | | be reached at 800-527-5344. There is also The |
| effectiveness.Outpatient treatments do not require | | | | National Drug and Alcohol Treatment Referral Routing |
| overnight stays and usually include alcohol education, | | | | Service that offers lots of resource information. You |
| individual and group counselling, support for family | | | | can reach them at 800-662-HELP.Aside from |
| members of the alcoholic and case management. The | | | | traditional Alcoholics Anonymous programs that are |
| outpatient treatments programs can be intense, | | | | available in all communities, alternative programs |
| requiring an alcoholic to attend four to five hours a | | | | include The Secular Organizations for Sobriety (SOS). |
| day - every day of the week. They can also be held | | | | This group encourages self-empowerment |
| in the evening to allow a person to continue working. | | | | approaches to recovery from alcohol but attracts |
| In some cases, outpatient treatment consists of | | | | those who are uncomfortable with the spiritual |
| weekly therapy sessions.Basically, there are three | | | | content of AA. SMART Recovery is a |
| behavioral treatments used to treat alcoholism. They | | | | self-management and recovery training program that |
| are motivation enhancement therapy, | | | | is based on the principles of cognitive-behavioral |
| cognitive-behavioral therapy and 12-step | | | | therapy (CBT). Its four point program enhances |
| facilitation.There are places that you can go to find | | | | motivations to Abstain, discusses ways to cope with |
| outpatient alcohol treatment programs in your area. | | | | urges, offers problem solving solutions, and helps an |
| The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services | | | | alcohol deal with lifestyle balances. |
| Administration's Center for Substance Abuse | | | | |