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The twenty-eight days spent in-patient treatment is nothing more than a blink when you consider
that many patients have been drinking or using with a single-minded focus for years. No one can address that problem
adequately in such a short period and that is one of the disturbing reasons why many patients relapse. That being said,
in my practice, I continue to work with the patient regularly for at least one year after treatment with a program of recovery
management tailored to the history and needs of the patient and the challenges they may encounter.
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"The Hunt Club" (When They Won't Quit, page 109) After intervening and admitting one alcoholic husband into
a treatment center, his wife told me, in all seriousness, "Our weekly cocktail parties at The Hunt Club are a vital part
of our lives and our marriage. So, make sure all of this intervention business doesn't screw that up." Initially,
I humored her by saying that I would alert the treatment team to give him just enough sobriety to allow him to continue to
get drunk at The Hunt Club but nowhere else. Obviously, that was a case where both spouses were in urgent need of treatment
and counseling.
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