Not only can work add to the stress in other areas of your life, it seems work itself is getting more and more stressful.
In a study comparing workers in 1977 to 1997 the following trends were noted:
88% of employees say they have to work very hard, versus 70% in 1977
68% of employees said they had to work very fast, versus 55% in 1977
60% of employees do not have enough time to finish everything required to get done versus 40% in 1977..

In the same study, more than 25% of the people responded â??very often or oftenâ?? that in the last 3 months:
Felt used up at the end of the workday(36%)
Brought work home once a week or more(31%)
Didnâ??t have time for family and other important people in their lives(27%)
Didnâ??t have energy to do things with their families and other important people in their lives(28%)
Werenâ??t in a good mood at home because of their jobs(26%)
ot have enough time to finish everything required to get done versus 40% in 1977

Bond, Thompson, and Prottas, Highlights of the National Study of the Changing Workforce, Vol. 3 (Families and Work Institute, 2003),p. 63,65,76

So what does all this have to do with drug rehab and drug addiction. It seems that the avereage american worker is under more and more stress. Uncontroled stress most definately may lead back to more drug abuse and relapse. Uncontroled stress is one of the major underlieing causes of addiction. So if you are recovering from addicition, or if you are in treatment for drug addicition, simply getting an average job, may be putting your drug treatment at risk. Feeling used up at the end of the workday is not the recipe for health after being in treatment at a drug rehab. Actually when you closely examine the points brought out by that particular study of workers, one can readily see why drug and alcohol abuse are on the increase.

Drugs have become one of the main ways to cope in our society. So to truly change your life, to make a compelling and bright future, you have to go to the cause, and find out what you really want to do in your life. What is your real purpose, and what is it that you want to accomplish? When you answer these questions carefully and thoughtfully, then you are truly moving away from the drug addiction lifestyle.

When your thoughts are focused on what you can build or accomplish, instead of counting days since your last incident of drug abuse, the you are really starting to change. So once you really see that to end the effects of drug and alcohol addicition in your life for good you have to go back and find out what you really, really want to do with your life, then let’s do it. If you could wave a magic wand, what would you do, what would you want to accomplish?

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