If you had just six months to live, what would you do?  What would you say?  Who would you help?  In this video you will see the answers of a sucessful 48 year old businessman, who faces this in his life.  Click here for some of the best advice you will ever receive!

We all have to make compromises in life.  Sometimes what is the best solution is just not possible in terms of time and cost.  However you really need to look and try so see if that is true.  Many times we just settle as to hang in there would require more effort and time.  Constantly clients are going to a 30 day program because that is all they or their family can afford.  It becomes a scenario of it this is all we can do, this will have to work, and it is better than doing nothing…. right?

Well doing less than is required and expecting a good result is just…. well…. kind of stupid.  If you had an important task at work, one the life of your company depended on, would you feel comfortable going to your boss and saying, "I can only give this 1/3 of the time this task requires, but it should be ok, and besides doing 1/3 of the job is better than doing nothing….right?"

I don't know about you, but personally I would not want to have that conversation.  If the roles were reversed would you even accept a task from your boss if they said you had to complete a life or death task, but you have to do it, in 1/3 of the time required to complete it with your best effort.  You cannot shave that much time off of a learning process.

So what can you do?  You have two choices.  Work harder to find the extra money to go to a program for a longer than 30 day stay.  Do not let finances stand in the way of treatment.  Many times in an addiction a client never lets having no money stand in the way of procuring their drug of their choice.  Use the same tenacity to solve the issue of cost of drug and alcohol rehab.

The other is find a less expensive program.  Evidence would tend to accept it is far better to go to a weaker program for an acceptable period than an exceptional program for a very short period.  There are instances in life where doiing something is not really better than doing nothing.  Very short stays in rehab may be one of them.

As data of the success of drug rehab programs continues to accumulate the trend is hard to argue with.  The verdict is simple.  For clients with serious addictive behavior in drugs and alcohol one month is just not enough.  Going to rehab for one month is better than doing nothing, but just barely.  The relapse rates are high. 

However, if you really stop and think about it, this is no surprise.  Learning to be sober requires learning and practising new skills.  These skills must be learned to at least a general level of competency.  Would you think it is resonable to teach someone to golf or play a musical instrument even moderately well in 28 days? 

The answer is obvious.  The results match what we know through common sense.  It takes longer than a month to learn most skills.  It doesn't matter how intensive it is.  Human beings take time to learn.  So if you are looking for a drug and alcohol rehab program, be realistic.  Take the time you need to learn.  Don't set yourself up to fail.