drug rehab

Substance abuse program

Drug rehab is a treatment program for people addicted to drugs or alcohol.

Short for drug rehabilitation, the term covers both inpatient facilities where patients live during treatment and outpatient programs they attend while living at home: He checked into drug rehab after his third overdose.

The shortened form rehab is more common in casual speech.

Opposites
treatment vs. active use

drug rehabsubstance abuse

Harmful habitual intoxicant use

drug abuse · using · relapse · binge · getting high

institutional intervention vs. unassisted approach

drug rehabcold turkey

Immediate complete cessation

going it alone · white-knuckling · self-medication

recovery path vs. enabling environment

drug rehabcrack house

Building for illegal narcotics sales

drug den · trap house · shooting gallery · dope house · party scene

Family

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