Everyone knows going into a drug and alcohol rehab center that they need to make changes in their life.  Most of us know where a lot of changes have to be made.  Sometimes we cannot see everything that needs improvement.  So many times is it easy to see the mistakes of others and difficult to see our own.  Outside eyes of those at a drug rehab program can give us great suggestions that we might not have seen.  Taking those suggestions however is never easy.

Had a big lesson about this myself recently.  We are writing a book.  We worked on it very hard.  Re-wrote many parts several times over.  When we finished it looked great and felt like it was ready to go.  Then we sent it to the editor.  Were we shocked to see the transcript come back with lots and lots of changes.  I have to admit for the first few minutes I looked at it, I got really defensive and started to attack all the "suggestions".  All the usual excuses came up…. like didn't they know how hard we worked on this.  They probably don't know anything about drug rehab and relapse.  I won't bore you with all the ones that came up. 

The really funny part is that even though were writing a book about change and flexibility, we didn't show much towards the editors helpful suggestions.  Of course once we remembered the purpose was to help people, not prove what great writers we were, the suggestions were a lot easier to take.  A lot of them made sense.

So while you are in a drug rehab program, have a listen to the suggestions of others.  Will they help you towards your purpose while you are there?  Just be open.  You do not have to take them.  If you are honest, some of them might really help.

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