LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and there are facilities which address the particular needs of these clients. Those who are LGBT can often feel alone, misunderstood, and viewed as socially unwanted. This can be a quite challenging and painful existence, and leads many LGBT people to a life of drug use to numb this pain. Someone who is LGBT might not feel safe inside a conventional rehab program amongst individuals who aren't experiencing the same problems they may be experiencing within their lives. A LGBT program offers an environment that's free of judgment, where LGBT clients can feel totally comfortable and safe revealing to their peers and treatment counselors problems which have to be handled to be able to recover. Rehabilitation counselors in the LGBT rehab will help clients mend relationships with their family, in the case their loved ones disagree with their sexual choice as is often the case. This circumstance is an extremely common trigger for drug abuse, which is an illustration of something can be handled in rehabilitation. LGBT clients often would like to be accepted within their lives, and treatment will help them accept themselves and create confidence to enable them to lead a healthy life free of drugs and alcohol.