A women’s alcohol rehabilitation center provides mental, spiritual and physical help for alcohol dependency, with specialized programs designed to support and teach women about their substance abuse problems, as well as begin dealing with the underlying reason for the dependency. These programs provide a starting point for the healing process, in a single-sex environment. Studies have found this to be the most beneficial way to beat alcoholism for women.

Alcohol treatment centers for women, and female addiction in general, were until very recently, not even a subject which was discussed in “polite company.” Fortunately, thanks to the courageous honesty of women like Betty Ford, Carrie Fisher and of course, “celebutantes” like Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears, not only are women finally able to “come clean” about their struggles with drugs and alcohol, but there are finally gender specific resources to help them overcome their addiction and co-occuring problems.

Professionals in addiction recovery absolutely and unanimously support the benefits of gender specific treatment in terms of addiction recovery. Especially in dual-diagnosis rehabilitation, where the treatment goal is to undercover the co-occurring disorder(s) generating the alcohol or drug use and then reconcile them in a healthy manner, the differences in the underlying addiction issues between men and women are often extremely disparate. Both certainly deserve “equal rights.” Alcohol treatment centers for women, however, have only made their debut, at least in a sophisticated and comprehensive manner, in the very recent past. Women who have experienced both co-ed and also gender specific recovery treatment have found that their ability to relax and become authentically honest about their real problems is much easier in gender specific, women’s only rehab. Professionals are not surprised. Any time you mix genders, whether it is in a social or therapeutic environment, basic animal instinct is going to imbue the room and innate behaviors will undoubtedly skew the integrity of the work to be accomplished. Thus, many top rehabs, which once boasted a male-heavy population, then evolved into more evenly mixed co-ed programs, are now closely following the incredible success being achieved by newer programs specifically designed for gender specific recovery. Alcohol treatment centers for women, especially, have been targeted by rehab “business development” pros looking to promote the most optimal recovery solutions possible.