All the lectures you attend in alcohol and drug rehab won’t be perfect. Not all of them will be totally interesting and captivating. Some of the lectures you sit through might actually be a little on the boring side. I understand this. Still I find it frustrating some times, when people zone out and doodle, or wisper jokes to eachother and engage in all sorts of time wasting and desruptive behaviors. This does not mean, it is not up to the rehab center to make the drug and alcohol program and interesting and up to date as humanly possible. Rehabs have an obligation to do this. The obligation also extends to cover as many topics and provide a wide array as possible of information so as to give the client seeking addiction treatment, the best possible chance at sobriety.

This means, likely you will sit through some parts of some lectures that may not be pertainant to your addiction situation, or may not apply directly to you. I’m asked many times, “Why should I have to listen to this stuff?” It’s not part of my “problem”. I have a simple and direct answer to this. GET OVER IT! I’T NOT ALWAYS ABOUT YOU! There are people in the group who do need this stuff. By being disruptive during the lectures at rehab, you are belittling their problem. There also may be a moment when a friend in rehab, someone who has helped you, asks a question about something in their life. Maybe you could help them, more than a counselor, because they feel safe with you and trust you. But the information they require was something you didn’t think was neccessary for you so you “doodled” right past it. Rehab is not just about getting sober. Rehab is about acquiring a new set of behaviors that will lead you in a new better direction with your life. Ask yourself a better question. What can I learn from this lecture and help someone with? Now that is a great question. Why do I have to sit through this boring drug and alcohol lecture? This is a loser question that goes nowhere. Respect your drug rehab program. Respect the lecturers. Respect your fellow clients in rehab. Most of all, start to repect yourself and demand more than the average or easy. This is your rehab experience. This is your life. Get the most out of both.

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