Thinking Outside the Box: An Example for Addictions Treatment

Thinking outside the box: 

A highly reputable treatment program in the Northeast uses Executive Home Detox and it's personnel because EHD is known to "think outside the box". By thinking outside the box, we mean we find ways to make positive things happen. It's not a matter of "can we do it?", it's a matter of "how we do it!".

This past week the medical establishment demonstrated an intervention that demonstrates thinking outside the box: The creation of a pill or capsule of fecal contents used to treat Clostridium Difficile. C-Diff, as it is commonly known, is a terrible condition that causes diarrhea and severe dehydration.

I don't know about you, but I suspect the person who came up with this idea was met with suspicion and doubt. The idea of inserting another person's fecal matter into the patient's intestinal system is a stretch. I imagine some people thought the suggestion and suggester was crazy.

What is the lesson for Addiction Treatment? The lesson and the challenge is to consider treatment options, that on the face of it, may be questionable or crazy. The disease of addiction is life threatening and not easily treated. Evidence based practice is based on scant evidence! Addiction treatment is in it's infancy. We are in our infancy in treating addiction. We need to think outside the box to garner more effective treatments for this killer. We cannot be afraid to blow up our current system in the hopes we can create a more effective treatment modality for alcoholism and drug addiction.

What's the fecal pill analogy for addiction treatment? I don't know, but let's put our heads together and find out.
Executive Home Detox's whole existence came about by "thinking outside the box". We were the first home detox program to travel anywhere, anytime to the client to provide in-home detox.