Different rehab centers offer different types of treatment based on the program methodologies being followed. There is the more traditional secular or conventional approach to treating addictions to various substances or one can choose the Christian rehab program which over the years has proven itself to be better than the former. Again the approach to be chosen for treating addiction in an individual may also differ with every individual and there is no fixed rule but a brief visit to both the types of rehab centers can help a person decide which one is best suited for him/her.

The advantages that you get with getting treatment at a Christian rehab program are manifold. For one since the main focus of the Christ based rehab center is more on providing service and the profit motive is secondary in nature the treatment offered at these centers is much cheaper as compared to those that are offered at the rehab centers practicing the more traditional secular programs. However this in no way means that the services being offered or the efficacy of the Christian rehab programs are compromised in any way. In fact the people working at these Christian centers have service and not profit as their main motivating factor and this may be one of the major reasons why the Christian based treatment method for treating addictions has a much better success rate in not only helping the individual overcome their addictions but has also proven itself better at helping these individual stay sober post treatment by avoiding a relapse.

In a Christian rehab center the tenets and teachings of the Christian religion forms the backbone of the whole treatment. This does not mean that religion per se is the only method used to treat addictions. Addictions to any drug or alcohol adversely affect every facet of life the mind the body and the spirit albeit to varying degrees and any treatment program that fails to treat even one of these realms would leave the whole treatment incomplete. The secular methods despite having some very effective techniques to take care of the physical and psychological needs of the patients almost always never touched the spiritual aspects of their life. Hence for those patients whose spiritual strengths were intact benefited tremendously and they were even able to stay sober and avoid a relapse once they came out of treatment. However for the others despite responding well to the treatment while at the rehab center they almost always relapsed because of the lack of spiritual strength.

So now if we were to see the overall strategy followed at most of Christian rehab centers from the beginning special care is take to help an individual grow spiritually and their programs include the best of both the secular treatment programs and the components that are unique to Christ based treatment. While the pastoral and one-on-one religious counseling the regular church attendance and other religious components are unique to the Christian rehab programs it has derived the best practices from the secular approach also like the Detoxification and behavioral cognitive therapy and other group therapies. Hence this combination has made the treatment at a Christ based rehab center a more wholesome and holistic experience thus helping it score over other treatment programs.