It is rather ironic that at a drug and alcohol rehab center one of the largest hurdles to a new a better life is simply yourself.  I'm sure millions of years ago when we were facing life with spears, rocks and not much else, having a negative voice in your head was an advantage.  Having someone chat endlessly about the possibility of danger at every turn, was incredibly useful and there WAS DANGER around every corner.  However in modern day life there is just are not that many tigers hiding in the bush ready to pounce and eat you.

When it comes to change, even a great change like stopping drug and alcohol abuse, this little voice in your head can really be a disservice.  It places doubt and worry in your path.  Somehow I think the purpose of this voice is to keep you wandering too much into the unknown.  Thousands of years ago the unknown was a truly dangerous place.  Today it is not.

You can deal with the voice by simply using a well known technique for dealing with objections.  Any person with any sort of sales training at all, knows it.  It is called, FEEL, FELT,FOUND.  Say the voice in your head tells you that you will never make it through the discomfort of withdrawl.  Start with. "Mr Voice, I understand how you FEEL.  Others facing withdrawl FELT the same way.  What they FOUND was by going to a place that knew how to manage the discomfort it wasn't anything near as bad as they thought."  Just repeat this a often as your voice tell you that you cannot do something.  The great thing about this is that you are convincing yourself at the same time as you are dealing sith that stupid little negative voice.  Try it.  It's kind of fun.  Everyone needs something fun to do in rehab.

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