One of the ways to make sure you will follow through on the step you planned is to Announce to the World your Intentions,

Tell people about your plan, making it public will make it harder for you to move the timelines
Unfortunately be prepared for some people to voice their reasons why you won’t make it
Check your results and update and modify your plan
Never lose sight of your goal
When you acquire one skill move on to the next, if you can work on two at once, thatâ??s even better

Going public with your family and friends will also help in another area. Many times while in their active phase of their drug or alcohol addiction people damage and destroy their credibility through lieing and deceit. When you announce your goals and you behavior starts to follow what you said you were going to do, it slowly rebuilds trust. This is a particularly useful step when you have just finished a period in drug or alcohol rehab. It isn’t necessary to tell those around about the changes that occured in rehab as much as it is necessary to show them the changes you learned and practised while in rehab with your new behavior.

The other thing to do is whatever stage your are in with you addiction treatment, go get a journal.

Tony Robbins said, â??If a life is worth living, it is worth documenting.â??
Get yourself a nice hardbound journal to write your goals and keep track of your progress
Remember, even if it takes you 10 years to achieve your ideal work, in 10 years you will be 10 years older anyway. You can be 10 years older and bitter and stressed , or you can be 10 years older and fulfilling your dreams, BUT YOU WILL BE 10 YEARS OLDER NO MATTER WHAT!

Again it doen’t matter want behavior in your addiction you are trying to change. It doesn’t matter whether you are just contemplating going to rehab or if you are just finishing your fifth time at a rehab. The steps to problem solving are the same and setting some goals and writing them down in a good journal are fundamental steps to changing the addictive patterns of drug abuse to ones of health and a great life.

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