One of the best friends you can have in a drug and alcohol rehab center is momentum.  How much permanent change you are able to accomplish while you are in a drug and alcohol rehab program is depandant on many factors.  One of particular importance is the ability to link one sucess to another.  Otherwise you end up with the yo-yo syndrome of moving back and forth over and over again without any real progress.  This essentialy is what chronic relapse is.  An extended cycle of drug abuse and sobriety, but no long term movement in behavior.

In the real world not one goes absolutely from one success to another without some bumps and failures.  This is not what I mean by linking one success to the next.  What this really involves is having a staircase of goals and dreams.  What I am talking about is when you achieve a goal of step you have a mini celebration and immediately have the next goal and skill ready to be worked and focused on.  If you goal is simply to become sober, you will have a great deal of difficulty maintaining it .  You will have no momentum, in fact you will have a let down as it may feel empty without knowing where to go next. 

This is why you might want to consider raising your bar of expectation, everytime you are close to succeeding.  Have your next goal in place.  Leave drug rehab with a series of accomplishments, as well as a list of future goals.  You will start a cycle of success and change.  You will move forward in your life.  It will help keep you away from relapse, and it will make rehab a lot more fun.

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