It is a difficult decision to go to a drug or alcohol rehab. It takes time, energy and resources to make the decision to invest in a lengthy stay away from your regular life. You want to maximize the treatment of your addiction and make permanent change in your life. Once somone gets to a rehab facility a common mistake occurs. They start to look at everything that is wrong with the rehab.
The facility may not be as nice as they hoped. The food may not be as good as they were anticipating. Their room is in a poor location. The meetings may not be quite suited for their particular needs. The list can go on and on. All this detracts from your goal. Facilities will NOT change your life. If better food would cure drug addiction, there wouldn’t be the need for rehabs in the first place. Concentrate on the changes you need to rid yourself of drug or alcohol addiction. Look at the things that are wrong in your life, not the life of the rehab. Even if the place is only half of what you expected, you can still make positive changes in your life.
Don’t waste precious time trying to “improve” the program. Improve yourself. By trying to improve the rehab you are simply deflecting time and resources away from the cause of the present situation in your life. If you really think something is wrong with a program, suggest it in a letter AFTER you have left and been sober for 6 months. Then the letter will carry some clout and significance.
Nothing is perfect, or even close to it. Rehabs are no different. Also please remember, a rehab is not the enemy. Your drugs, alcohol, and their dealers are the enemy. The rehabs are the good guys. Cut them some slack. Look in the mirror and deal with the only thing you can really change, yourself. Any rehab, no matter how imperfect still only wants one thing, to assist you in stopping drug and alcohol abuse. And that’s exactly what you should concentrate all your energy on.

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