Drug Rehab, Sometimes not Fun or Easy
August 20th, 2008 by Terry Keith
When dealing with the idea of going to a drug and alcohol rehab center, it is essential to be realistic in your expectations. Any qaulity program tries very hard to assist people in their change from drug dependance to a full and rewarding life. However, many clients coming to a rehab have had upwards of several to many years of poor decisions and behavior. Many of the previous behaviors were dangerous to themselves and others. It is simplistic to think years of behavior will be easily changed in an enviroment with no rules or consequences.
If change on this scale could be made without rules and hard work, people would have just changed at home. They would not have wrecked their lives. They would not have hurt and let down their loved ones. They would not have broken the law. They would have done a better job with their employers. So all the people who were able to change without the rules and clear boundaries have already changed. Drug rehab is for the people who have chosen not to change willingly.
So maybe stop blaming a rehab for what they need to do to make it safe for you to change. Stop blaming yourself and others in your life. For whatever reason it seems you need the safety and structure of a drug rehab center to make the change you have been unable to make so far. Drug rehabs should not be a spa. Spas should be a spa. Rehabs need to be safe and work very hard at giving the clear direction and guidance for those people who need it to make their lives better.
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August 21st, 2008 at 6:36 am
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March 24th, 2009 at 8:07 am
The idea of detoxing is especially scary to addicts trying to effect change at home. It seems impossible to quit ‘cold turkey’ and endure those feelings and symptoms alone, and many end up simply using again.
You are right, change is not fun or easy - but a rehab or detox center can help lessen the pain involved in detoxing and provide medical support for the sometimes frightening health concerns, as well as provide the emotional support needed to help an addict through a live-saving change.
September 14th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
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September 17th, 2009 at 12:20 am
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November 24th, 2009 at 2:57 am
There is something that always has to be addressed when you are attempting 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. Drug Rehab CT
January 3rd, 2010 at 10:50 pm
I will certainly recommend this article to my brother. He is under the drug treatment procedure since a while and seems to think that rehab is making him miss all the fun in life. This article would certainly change his mind.