There is something that always has to be addressed when you are attempting change.  It is change.  Though it may seem silly to say this, but to change you actually have to do something different then you have done before.  You cannot change by doing things exactly as you have in the past.  A lot of clients expect somehow that just going to a drug rehab center is enough.  They can act the same, do the same, feel the same and behave the same.  Somehow just the enviroment of rehab will change them.  The same for the family members.  They still want to control and rescue the addicted loved one.  They want to interact the same and deal with problems the same way as before.

This will not work.  Act the same and you will get the same.  If the program at a drug rehab center does not get you to do things differently from before the chances of real change are slim.  As a family member, expect the client doing rehab to be uncomfortable.  Doing things differently is difficult.  It is not always fun.  It is not always easy.  This is not a reason to intervene.  It is not a reason to ask the rehab to do things differently.  Let the client solve thier problems on their own.  Let them change.

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