Working in a drug rehab center is a wonderfully rewarding occupation. Seeing people transform and change their lives is an amazing privilege. It is also one of the most intense and demanding positions in the workforce. It often involves shiftwork and lots of confrontation. This can be draining and lead to burnout in even the most dedicatied of individuals. Often the pay is not that high as many facilities are operating on a non-profit basis.

This means the people in the rehab field need to insure they, themselves are following a program of rest and renewal so them may be at their best to help clients. The need to have adequate time away from the situation to arrive fresh and full of energy. Often in the first week a client is at a rehab, there are many discussions and situations that require a lot of out of the box thinking to keep a client on bound. It would be nice to have a forum or blog about this subject where co-workers could share ideas on treatment as well as ways to rejuvinate themselves. This field cannot afford to lose any more talented and experienced people to job stress and burnout. Responsibility lies in making sure everyone takes care of themselves first, so the may be able to serve our clients to the best of our ability when the need arises.

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