Are inpatient treatment centers only beneficial for alcoholics who drink everyday?

Question by jen: Are inpatient treatment centers only beneficial for alcoholics who drink everyday?
Someone I know has a problem and his wife wants him to go to a rehab-like place. He claims it won’t help him because he falls off the wagon more like monthly and doesn’t drink daily. Is that ridiculous or realistic?
He probably drinks more than once a month, but it’s catastrophic every month or two–wrecking cars, spending all the family’s $, not coming home at all, etc.

Best answer:

Answer by jag m
if a person drinks once a month and creates problem, rehab is not the place, psychiatric consultation room is the place

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