re: About to put my son in drug rehab. update page 20

There are just too many unknown factors for me to make a good recommendation here. Depending on your child's age the idea that they "are not ready" may or may not be a roadblock to recovery. And the drug of choice also plays a big role in what I would tell you.

If your kid has just been fricking up on a bad run for a couple of months you might just need to calm down and go speak with a couple of counselors. You can call Hidalgo Health Associates in Baton Rouge for a meeting and they will assess the situation and give some options.

I recommend against Townsend. It is pretty much a suboxone clinic. If you decide on treatment you want a 12 step based program.

As for inpatient, Woodlake in Ethel is owned by Randy Gomez, but Dr. Cataldie is the medical director and their addiction guru, Dr. Tommy Estis is brilliant. They are going through some major staffing changes though. It is primarily young patients with opiate addictions. They don't advertise this fact but it is essentially a 45 day program.

Palmetto is recognized as one of the best treatment centers in the country. It is a 90 day program and they have many older professionals as patients. From what I understand the medical board and state bar highly recommend it to their members that are in trouble.

As length of treatment goes up, so do success rates. A 30 day program has much less success than even a 45 day program. A 90 day program has more than double the success of 45.