Going to drug rehab is about persistance.  It is about doing whatever it takes to get out of a lifestyle that will age you well before your time and kill you if you play with it long enough.  I heard about an individual who has been to various drug rehab programs for over 23 times.  I have to admit, while I have heard many clients who have been to 5 to 7 drug and alcohol rehab centers this was a number that even surprised me.  

Firstly anyone who goes to drug rehab 23 times clearly is demonstrating they want to change.  They clearly do not want to live the life they are presently in.  You could not possibly do 23 interventions, so without a doubt this person is willing to try to change.  There is a point though where you might really have to do something differently to change is this keeps occuring.  I am not trying to blame the person or the drug rehab centers, but if what is being tried, is not working, I doubt the 24th time will make the difference.

Maybe at some point you may just want to consider moving to a place where there are no drugs or alcohol available.  Go volunteer for a camp or organisation where there are just no drugs available.  There are groups of people who do not allow any drugs and alcohol in their lives or their surroundings.  Move there and join them.  This may seem like a trite solution, and it is not meant to be.  The idea I am trying to put forward is about, if what you are doing is not working, you at some point have to try another solution.  I certainly think 23 visits to rehab is trying something.  I think we all get caught up in the "perfect answer" syndrome.  Even things that work 99.99% of the time, sometimes do not work.  For that person they need another solution.  Telling them to just keep trying and sooner or later they will get it is somewhat creul and isolating.  Sooner or later we will all be dead.  Standing with someone and saying you will work with them until the find a solution is wonderful.  Saying they have to fail a 25th time at the same thing is uncreative and uninspired.  Drug rehab is a great solution.  It does not work for everybody all the time.

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