Alcohol and drug rehab programs spend great amounts of time preparing clients to return to the world for a great and exciting life.  I have talked a lot about the need to control stress.  Another key concept about dealing with stress is expectation.  For many people stress can be caused when the reality of their life, does not meet their expectation of what life should be.

What is necessary for a drug rehab program to be successful is for a reframing of expectation of what life should be.  Does this mean lowering your goals and accepting less from life?  Absolutely not.  Actually I would hope most clients would leave an alcohol and drug rehab with higher goals and expectations for their life then when they arrive at the center.

The reframing that is required is in the expectation of no problems and stress.  The interesting thing about life is that the moment you solve a problem or challenge in your life another one will immediately appear.  To expect that even when you do all of the goal setting, and learning and work, that life will be easy will lead to problems.  There will always be some part of your life that needs work.  There will always be some people in your life causing chaos. 

Expect challenges in your life.  Also expect that you have the talent and drive to solve them.  Solving problems and making life better is your real purpose in life.  After drug rehab there will be lots of problems and stress.  You will just be much better equiped  to deal with these and not get overwhelmed by it.  You cannot control stress and problems.  You can direct focus and control your response to them.

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