Every drug and alcohol rehab center has several common goals for their clients.  One is the ability to make better quality decisions in their lives.  This leads to the question of what makes up a good decision?  How can you tell a poor decision?

Good choices have several characteristics in common.  Firstly they are congruent with your long term goals.  They are based on evidence or facts as much as possible.  There is little emotion or rationalization involved.  Be emotional about your goals.  Be far less emotional about your decisions.  Good decisions come from an open and flexible examination of the current situation and it's details.  Choices based on what is most likely to lead to a long term favorable result rather than what you would like to do, or what is the most fun to do.

How does a drug rehab teach good decision making?  By practicing the process itself.  Does the drug rehab center take the long view?  Does it re-evaluate it's program regularily and change it's processes by examining the results.  Dogmatic rehabs (only one way to sobriety, and don't challenge it) that never change and evaluate their rehab program cannot teach good decision making.  Poor quality choices will lead to relapse and a return to drug and alcohol abuse.

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