Ed Zuiderwijk, the Team Leader at Castle Craig's oupatient clinic in the Netherlands, explains some of the reasons why residential rehab treatment is the best option to overcome addiction.

Ed speaks about the way family, relationships and work are all affected by addiction: “You can’t cope anymore with the situation – financial problems, quarrel with family members, physical problems, problems at work.”

Because stopping substance abuse is so hard, people need to ask for professional help and start the process of detoxification (which is the first stage of treatment).

Ed states that clinical treatment is in some occasions “life-saving, but in all occasions life-changing”.

When people come back after treatment the changes are visible. He says that most former patients from Castle Craig are now “functioning better than ever in life”.

The main goal of therapists and addiction doctors is “to see that we can offer people that.”

For more information on addiction treatment at Castle Craig Netherlands, see: http://www.castlecraig.nl

For the UK, please visit: http://www.castlecraig.co.uk/