Hospital inpatient programs are treatment centers for substance abuse, which give a private and clinical setting for people in recovery. A hospital inpatient program may be a beneficial alternative for someone who has a co-occurring mental health disorder, or someone with other medical needs which may need to be overseen by medical experts. People who partake in this program can benefit from mental health services while dealing with issues which may have prompted their substance abuse. Usually those that have a co-occurring mental health disorders use drugs or alcohol to self medicate as an alternative to efficiently responding to their problem. Professional rehabilitation counselors in a hospital inpatient program can help individuals turn things around so they no longer find the need to use alcohol and drugs this way, and instead create methods to make their mental health disorder more manageable. Medication is often used to accomplish this, but this isn't the solution needed in all cases. As an example, even subtle environmental modifications in one's life can alleviate stress and put a new perspective on things so the individual doesn't feel compelled to abuse alcohol or drugs. Counselling within a hospital inpatient program will help reveal such problems so they can be resolved.