Drug and alcohol rehab programs involve gaining access to a lot of skills.  Some of the ideas presented may be complex and involve practice and patience.  Others can be quite basic to understand and can be implemented immediately.  One of the most simple to start using is modeling brehavior of others. 

If you are in a drug and alcohol abuse situtation, an effective place to start is to find a mentor.  It can be someone who has experienced addiction or it can also be someone who hasn't.  The really fun and easy part of this is that it doesn't even have to be someone you know personally.  If fact the person doesn't even have to be alive. 

The only requirements are that the person has the skills and talents you want to learn.  The other is you have to repect what this person's skills and accomplishments.  If you are in a drug and alcohol rehab center, it can be someone in the program, or it can be a counsilor, or it can be someone outside the rehab center.

The great thing about modeling is it takes you to a great question to help you in making decisions.  Better decisions lead to better behavior.   When faced with a decision, start with, "What would my mentor do if he/she were faced with this situation?"  How would they react?  What would they say? 

If you want the things that others have, do the things that they do that allowed them to get them.  It is a really simple basis to changing behavior.  If you choose a mentor with very clear values it becomes really easy to predict how they would behave in a particular problem.  Any one in a drug and alcohol rehab center can use a mentor.  Pick or find one to help yourself today.

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