Going to alcohol and drug rehab requires great honesty. Being able to look at and describe the truth is an essential step to change. However just honesty, without direction doesn’t lead to the lasting change people hope for when they enter a rehab center. The real change comes from courage and integrity. Many times clients go to meetings or to counseling and are totally honest. They recount the times they continued to use, and all the lies and manipulations they used to continue their addiction. But they continue to use. They go to rehab and tell everything and then go back to the same behavior.

Honesty’s power comes from the courage to do the right thing. Honesty is like finding out where you are on a map when you are lost. Integrity tells you which direction you need to go next. Courage is about overcoming the doubts that you can complete the journey. Honesty is not a goal in itself. It is more of a tool to achieve the goals you really want. When you enter a rehab, total honesty is a great step. Don’t stop there. Use the rehab program to find out where you want to really go with your life. Allow the safety of a rehab to be honest. Find out where you really are in your life. Once you are honest, don’t stay there. Move to a better set of standards. Simply being honest about bad behavior doesn’t lead to change.

This entry was posted on Sunday, March 5th, 2006 at 10:31 am and is filed under Drug Rehab. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.