In a drug and alcohol rehab program things or behaviors from the past always surface.  Many of them are things that we are not proud of.  Often this can lead to feeling of guilt.  There is nothing evil or cruel about guilt.  It is a guide post to remind us to change. 

If you are in a drug and alcohol rehab center, then you are changing.  You are using the guilt for what it was designed for.  However you must also decide on when to stop feeling guilty about an event and move past it.  If you have stopped doing a behavior for a predetermined period of time (you decide), and have made whatever amends you feel are possible, (again you decide) then it is time to stop feeling guilty about this event. 

If you have truly stopped and made amends then it is time to end your sentence of self punishment.  It is time to be proud that you were able to look honestly at an uncomfortable event and deal with it to the best of your ability.  You did not hide or bury it.  While at a drug rehab program you can ask your counselors for assistance in determining how to accomplish this conversion.  Once you learn how to do it, you can do it with as many past events as you feel it required for. 

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