LGBTQ+  Gay-Friendly Rehabs

Are you  Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex or Asexual (LGBTQ+)? Are you looking for a couples rehab for you and your partner? Our Couples Rehabs are LGBTQ+ friendly, and can help you and your partner with recovery.

If you’re thinking about entering a rehab for couples and getting professional therapy, and want to speak to someone who is thoughtful, sensitive and understanding of the particular issues affecting the LGBTQ neighborhood.  Then LGBTQ+ couples rehab program may be for you.
Whether or not the assistance you and your partner issue is associated with gender or sexual identity, it’s typically much easier to enter a LGBTQ+ friendly treatment center.

What’s Different About LGBTQ+ Couples Rehab?

The addiction treatment community has actually come a long way in the past few years but there is still work to do and changes to be made. While very same sex marriages have been legislated in the United States, many types of legal discrimination continue. Unfortunately there still exists a culture of discrimination, injustice, and resistance towards the LGBTQ+ community. For some, this environment makes it difficult to preserve a genuine sense of self: specifically in the face of social expectations and pressures. Those married or not who suffer from addiction through drugs, alcohol or both can have an additional source of tension or stress and anxiety.

LGBTQ+ Couples Drug Rehab Can Help

Individuals who recognize as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ) often deal with social preconception, discrimination, and other challenges not encountered by people who identify as heterosexual. They likewise deal with a greater threat of harassment and violence. As a result of these and other stress factors, sexual minorities are at increased danger for numerous behavioral health problems.

Many studies have just recently began to ask about sexual orientation and gender recognition in their information study.  Surveys thus far have found that sexual minorities have greater rates of substance misuse and substances than people who identify as heterosexual. For that reason, it is important that couples rehabs are able to offer addiction treatment for the LGBTQ+ community.

Substance Abuse and Misuse.

According to 2015 information from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, adults specified as “sexual minority” (in this study, indicating lesbian, gay, or bisexual) were more than two times as most likely as heterosexual adults (39.1 percent versus 17.1 percent) to have used any illegal drug in the past year.1 Nearly a 3rd of sexual minority adults (30.7 percent) used cannabis in the past year, compared to 12.9 percent of heterosexual grownups, and about 1 in 10 (10.4 percent) misused prescription painkiller, compared to 4.5 percent of heterosexual adults.
A 2013 study carried out by the U.S. Census Bureau discovered that a higher portion of LGBT grownups between 18 and 64 reported past-year binge drinking (5 or more drinks on a single occasion) than heterosexual grownups. LGBT people in treatment for SUDs started alcohol intake earlier than their heterosexual counterparts.

Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adolescents also reported higher rates of substance usage compared to heterosexual adolescents. In one meta-analysis, LGB teenagers were 90 percent most likely to utilize drugs than heterosexual teenagers, and the distinction was especially noticeable in some subpopulations; bisexual adolescents utilized substances at 3.4 times the rate of heterosexual teenagers, and lesbian and bisexual females used at 4 times the rate of their heterosexual equivalents.

Substance Use in The LGBTQ+ community

Studies have shown that, when compared to the general population, gay and bisexual men, lesbian, and transgender individuals are more likely to:

• Use alcohol and drugs
• Have higher rates of substance abuse
• Not withhold from alcohol and drug use
• Continue heavy drinking into later life

Alcohol and drug use among some gay and bisexual males can be a reaction to homophobia, discrimination, or violence they experienced due to their sexual preference and can contribute to other psychological health and physical problems. It can interrupt relationships, work, and threaten monetary stability.

For some gay and bisexual males, alcohol and illegal drug use, particularly methamphetamine (meth), amyl nitrite (poppers), and substance abuse to treat impotence (when a man has a hard time keeping an erection during sex), also add to a greater chance of getting HIV and other STDs. Persons using drugs or alcohol might also raise their possibilities of getting HIV or giving it to others by getting associated with more dangerous sexual practices and habits or through sharing needles or other injection equipment.
If you or someone you know has a problem with alcohol or drug addiction and needs aid, go to Couples Rehabs and ask about the LGBTQ addiction treatment center.