The second way to find the energy to continue in the changes neccessary to treat drug addiction is a healthy diet.

Food is the fuel for the body. How can you have lots of energy with poor fuel?
A 1996 University of California Study on 2000 children in Central America demonstrated:
Undernourishment causes less social interaction due to a lack of mental energy
By providing calories, protein, vitamins, and minerals they observed REVERSES in poor academic performance attributed to poverty
Stated simply, you study better, learn more and socialize more readily with a balanced healthy diet
Brown, J.L. and Pollit, E.,Malnutrition, Poverty and Intellectual Development, 1996, Scientific American, p38-43

This is one of the major reasons to enter a drug rehab. The regular schedule of groups, classes and counseling is interspersed with regular meals. Before entering a drug or alcohol rehab many people have had poor nutrition for years. How can you learn and look forward to a new great life if you have no energy. Exercise and diet as corny as is sounds are essential to success in rehab and success after rehab. Tomorrow we will add the power of a positive mental diet to energy levels. Again in treating drug and alcohol addiction, it is all about fundamentals, changes that will stand the long haul.

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