Using Peers Effectively

You have the opportunity at a drug or alcohol rehab to learn how to give positive support and to manage difficult people.

Peers at a drug rehab center have the opportunity to help each other do the written exercises, practice verbal skills such as turning down drugs, practice craving management, learn new physical activities and participate in challenging each other to get to the work outs even when they don’t feel like it.

You need to learn how to support others in achieving their goals because when you leave, your support network and family will need your help to move on as well .

Peer support isn’t about complaining and reliving your past and finding more justification to fail.

If you are spending time complaining and blaming instead of practicing and learning, you will fail when you leave drug rehab.

Using Counselors and Support Staff Effectively

When you come to drug rehab you are an expert in denial, dysfunctional beliefs and manipulation.

You can, if you try hard enough, fool some of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, but you will never be able to fool all of the people all of the time.

So, you can make a commitment to give your best to yourself and others during your time at rehab.

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