Drug Rehab and Real Life
March 18th, 2007 by Terry Keith
After attending a drug and alcohol rehab program there will be many challenges. There are many things you can do to make your life safer. You can choose friends that support your sobriety. You can choose regular safe activities, to add to your life. You can exercise. All of the things you can control are the easy things. It all the things you cannot change that provide the most challenges when you leave a drug and alcohol rehab program.
A compulsory work function where alcohol is offered. The fact it is impossible to find a place safe from the reach of drugs. Unpredictable curves that life will throw you that cause stress and unset. Change you have no control over. These are things you can prepare for. You can role play some of them. Some of them will always be a surprise. Remember you are always in control of the defination you give these events in your life. Look for meanings that support your long term goals and your sobriety. Make sure your real life is a great life.
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March 20th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
i went through this when i got out of a treatment center. when i was in there it wasn’t very hard to stay away from drugs because htey just werent around. but when i went back to my old life, school, work. it was around me constantly i couldn’t hang out with the same friends and be around the people who used them. and even though ive been sober for three years i still get temtations. but what helps me alot are websites and talking to other people. myspace groups with people who are going through the same problems as myself, or websites like addicted.com
March 23rd, 2007 at 5:12 pm
Yes, life is all about the choices we make.
People make feeble attempts at geological changes, but it’s the psychological and sociological changes that make all the difference.
Certainly, removing oneself from the center of one’s addictive living arrangements is wise. However, when you move, you take YOU with you. Ultimately, what must change is the way you think and respond to stimuli and events in your life.
There are many things in life that will not ever change: i.e., there will always be “social” drinkers, occasional drug users, weekend gamblers, etc. You must choose to separate yourself from them, if not completely, effectually. You simply CHOOSE not to participate in anything detrimental to your well being.
it works if you work it!
It’s a beautiful thing to save a life — especially when that life you save is your own!