Learning to say No, takes Practice in Drug Rehab
March 26th, 2008 by Terry Keith
Learning to say no can be a difficult journey. In addiction and drug rehab it is a vitally important one. Drug and alcohol refusal skills are something that might want to be practiced each and every day you are in rehab. Would it not be wonderful if by the time you left rehab, that if someone offered you a drink, you would say no thanks, BEFORE you even thought about it.
Saying no to situations you do not like. Saying no to lifestyles you no longer want to be around. Not because you have to, but because you want to. You want more. Is it not funny that on some level you have to say no, to get more of what you want. Yes to a great life, means you have to say no to a poor one. Drug rehab is a safe place. Practice every day saying no. Practice saying no, with a big smile on your face. Giggle and laugh while you say it. Say it with so much conviction, that person will never ask you again.
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March 27th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
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April 2nd, 2008 at 3:14 pm
This posting reminded me of Nancy Reagan. Saying no is probably the hardest part…. I think geographics are the best option. When people return to old people, places, and things it’s exponentially harder to practice the new tools learned in treatment.
Let’s be realistic though, Drug Rehab is no safer than any other place. The reality is that Rehabs are a metropolis of addicts– thereby increasing the chances that SOMEONE is going to use while they are there. Often ‘clients’ will sneak in drugs and alcohol or scam prescriptions at a doctor’s visit while in treatment. Administration shouldn’t kick clients out for use. Would you kick a cancer patient out of the hospital because they got sicker?
People should know that going to treatment does not equate to going to a drug-free oasis. They will be just as tempted to use as anywhere else. — Perhaps even more given the ‘thrill factor’ of getting away with it under everyone’s noses. Patients/clients and counselors alike should be understanding when a peer relapses in treatment. It could very well be you sitting in that same seat- so why not say “but for the grace of God…” and lend a helping hand to pick them back up.