Addiction has a way of destroying the professional and personal life of the afflicted individual. Rehabilitation, though positive, can pose it’s own set of challenges and obstacles. For many, recovery can prove a life-long endeavor. In order to survive the journey, recovering addicts must learn to adjust to a new life, absent from drug and/or alcohol abuse, but brimming with potential. In this entry we will offer up a few helpful tips to get you through your rehab stay, while providing tricks to ensure a health, fulfilling, and long-lasting recovery in a real-world setting.
Rehab Survival Guide Tips
1 – Come to the understanding that you must take responsibility for your own actions. If you don’t, no one will. Concoct a post rehabilitation plan filled with goals and direction to keep you motivated on your journey. Discuss your ideas with close friends and family while asking for support throughout the process.
2 – Throw yourself headfirst into the recovery process. Read up on sobriety techniques and literature, attend therapy, and take medication as needed and instructed by your addiction counselors. Outline a schedule for yourself to ensure accountability in your daily life. The busier, the better.
3 – Surrender your ego. If you commit to the recovery process, you must come to the understanding that there is something wrong that requires professional attention. Why else would you be here? In order to address the ailment, you must accept the treatment being offered. “We can rebuild him – We have the technology””¦ if only he is willing.
4 – Embrace your feelings! Though it may seem painful at first, it’s only natural to experience a flood of emotion during the sobriety transition. Distant memories, trauma or experiences may hit you in a way long suppressed by long-term alcohol or drug use”¦ a method used by many addict to self-medicate their emotions. By taking the time to work through these feelings, you will be able to move past them and onward towards the productive, happy and sober life you’re after.
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