Rehab for men in Dallas

Treatment and housing are different

Read this list with care. Some cards are treatment programs, with detox, residential care or intensive outpatient care. Some are sober living homes, which offer housing and peer support but no clinical treatment. Sober living often charges monthly rent.

If you need withdrawal care or counseling, a home alone is not enough. If you have finished a program and need a stable place to live, it may be just what you need. Ask a program which it is. Some men use both, moving from a program into a sober home and then back into their own home. Ask about the house rules before you move in, including rent, curfews, drug testing and what happens after a return to use.

What a men’s program offers

The National Institute on Drug Abuse notes that more men than women are in treatment, so a mixed program may already have more men than women. A men’s program goes a step further, with groups where only men attend.

For some men, this makes it easier to speak about anger, shame, grief, fatherhood or trauma. Some programs focus on a certain age, such as young adults. Others prefer a mixed group because it feels more like daily life. Both are fair choices. If you are a father, ask how a program includes your children, and if it offers family sessions or visits.

If you are worried about asking for help

Plenty of men think they should handle this alone. Needing care for an addiction is a health matter, and it says nothing about your strength. You can call a program, ask your questions and hang up. You do not have to agree to anything on that call. If a phone call feels like too much, your regular doctor is another place to start.

If you are worried about your job, read about time off work. If you have been drinking every day, talk to a doctor before you stop, since alcohol withdrawal can be dangerous. Our page on alcohol has more.

If you are reading for a husband, son or father

Many men come to treatment because someone close to them spoke up. You can call a program yourself to ask how it works. Most will talk with a family member about what they offer, even if they cannot discuss a client. Choose a calm moment to raise it, and say what you have seen and that you care. Read talking about treatment first.