Regular attendance at NA or AA meetings are required. These meetings are the backbone of a sober life for alcoholics and drug addicts. Coming together regularly in a personally open and honest way is a mainstay in creating a satisfying and sober life. Patients are expected to make fellowship meetings a permanent part of their lives. It is difficult to say how long outpatient treatment lasts, because it depends so much on the physical and psychological makeup of the patient.
Substance abuse is a chronic and progressive disease, generally marked by repeated relapses.
There is no APRA outpatient clinic in this ward.