If you are really going to make a change in your life while attending a drug and alcohol rehab program you are really going to have to learn some new skills.  There is only one way to learn something, and that is to try it and then to practice it over and over again.  Believe it or not, that is how you learned to use drugs and alcohol.  It is how you learned to use and not have people find out.

It's funny, but clients were all willing to go through a "clusmy and stupid" phase when it came to using and procuring drugs and alcohol.  It is different though when we ask clients to try something new to help them in their journey to be sober.  It they can't master it quickly or feel uncomfortable during the learning phase, many simply don't want to try.

Take yoga for example.  Even though the research is clear learning yoga will increase your chances of success many will not take the time to learn it.  Yes it feels clumsy.  Yes it is a little uncomfortable at first.  Most worthwhile things in life are.  So please forget about what you look like.  Forget it if you are learning slower than the rest of the group.  Be willing to learn.  Be willing to change.  Then you will gain the most from your stay in a drug and alcohol rehab center.

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