In life and in drug and alcohol rehab centers people come and go in your life.  I had to say goodbye to several people today.  It is always hard to say goodbye when you know you are not going to be seeing them very much in the future.  What was really interesting was that all four of the people I said goodbye to said I taught them a lot.

I never really set out to teach these people as they are all very competent and disciplined in their lives.  It caused me to stop and consider actually what learning really is.  What had I done to teach these people?  All I could really come up with is I asked them a lot of questions.  When they asked me something I'm sure 90% of the time I responded with a question.  That caused me to consider, is the process of learning simply asking good questions? 

Some of the best learning in drug rehab comes from good questions.  Ones like, "What do you ultimately want to do with you life?"  Or another good one is, "What has your lifestyle and behavior got you so far?"  Asking and answering good questions, doesn't sound like a too bad drug and alcohol rehab program, does it?

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