Minnesota Model

Most residential alcohol rehab programmes are based on the "Minnesota Model" of treatment. These programs involve a 3- to 6-weeks of inpatient alcohol rehab followed by extended outpatient therapy and/or participation in 12-step, self-help groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous.

The goal of all alcohol rehab programs is to educate the alcohol user to the facts about chemical dependency and the changes needed to live a alcohol-free lifestyle. A variety of therapy can be included in a given alcohol rehab setting. Most alcohol rehabs provide counselling, behavioural therapy, lectures, group therapy, discussion groups and other types of services to persons with alcohol use disorders.

Cognitive behavioural and relapse prevention

Many various behavioural alcohol rehab programmes have been shown to help alcohol rehab patients achieve and maintain prolonged abstinence. One frequently used alcohol rehab treatment is cognitive behavioural and relapse prevention. In alcohol rehab, patients are taught new ways of acting and thinking that will help them stay off drugs. For example, patients in alcohol rehab are urged to avoid situations that lead to alcohol abuse and to practice alcohol refusal skills. In alcohol rehab, they are taught to think of a relapse as a "slip" rather than as a failure.

Cognitive behavioural and relapse prevention has proven to be a useful and lasting therapy in alcohol rehab.

Specific alcohol rehab approaches are associated with the particular alcohol rehab setting. The success rate of alcohol rehab is a difficult thing to measure. Outcome studies seem to indicate an individual’s success will be determined primarily by their willingness to incorporate new concepts and ideas into their lives and change their reactions to life, patterns of behaviour and thinking habits.

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