Missouri Alcohol Rehab Programs

Become free of alcohol in Saint Jude Retreats by learning how to control your own actions and make positive decisions.

So what is a realistic solution to a drinking problem? Realistic Solutions are based on choice. At Saint Jude Retreats we teach a choice-based program model, which simply means it was your choice to begin drinking and it must be your choice to stop. Saint Jude's is not like other Alcohol Rehabs in Missouri we are in fact an alternative to these other programs.

If you choose to change your life today and enroll in Saint Jude Retreats you will have recoup control of your life. Those who enroll themselves in a choice based alcohol rehabilitation program, such as Saint Jude's are not being treated. They are being educated. They are no longer a patient. They are a guest. The purpose of a choice based inpatient alcohol rehabilitation program is to empower one to think in a confident and mature fashion. It teaches how to have the courage to make positive choices when in the past the path that follows short term relief was taken ultimately leading to emptiness and dissatisfaction in one's life. Choice becomes power.

Among the population ages 12 and older, Missouri's estimated percentage of current drinkers (those consuming alcohol within 30 days prior to the survey) increased from 44.8 percent to 46.7 percent, compared to 48.3 percent nationally. In this same age group, binge drinking-consuming at least five drinks on a single drinking occasion at least once in the preceding 30 days-decreased slightly in Missouri from 20.2 percent to 20.0 percent. The national rate in 2001 was 20.5 percent. Alcohol use among adolescents 12-17 years of age increased from 16.1 percent to 18.0 percent, surpassing the national rate of 17.3 percent in 2001. Binge drinking among Missouri adolescents also increased, jumping from 10.5 percent to 12.0 percent. Nationally, 10.6 percent of adolescents were binge drinkers in 2001. Current alcohol use among young adults in the 18-25 age group increased in Missouri from 58.9 percent to 59.7 percent. Nationally, current alcohol use in this age group was 58.8 percent in 2001. Binge drinking among young adults in Missouri declined from 39.1 percent to 38.8 percent, almost identical to the nationwide figure of 38.7 percent in 2001. Among Missouri's population over age 25, current alcohol use increased from 46.4 percent to 48.4 percent, but remained lower than the 2001 national average of 50.8 percent. Binge drinking in this age group declined in Missouri from 18.3 percent to 17.9 percent, compared to 18.8 percent nationwide in 2001. Alcohol use and binge drinking increased in all age groups in the United States from 2001 to 2002. Alcohol continued to lead treatment admissions, accounting for 15,470 in fiscal year 2003 for primary drug of abuse.

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