What’s First In Drug Rehab?
You arrive at a drug and alcohol rehab. You are confused and tired. You don’t want to listen to your “inner voice” of right and wrong. You are craving your drug of choice badly, and you don’t trust any of the counselors yet, or any of the other clients. What do you do to survive? How do you build courage? The answer is simply do the program in front of you will all your might. I don’t care what type of program it is. It will take 10 days to 2 weeks to get out of the worst craving stage. Following and learning any new program for two weeks with disipline and forward focus will help you find the right things for you to do and follow. Get up early, go to bed on time, even if you can’t sleep.
Don’t look at what is wrong with the situation. Keep asking questions about what you can learn? What ways can you practice disipline today? What ways can you keep your word today? How can you be helpful to someone today? If you ask good questions you will get good answers. Courage is a skill that can be built and honed like any other. Simply do what is in front of you with caring and focus for one hour, then decide to do another. Don’t let fear of making a mistake let addiction dictate your path. Learning something well and not abusing drugs and alcohol is the right thing to do. This alone will start to build the courage to do other things. Rehabs have structure. Rehabs have timetables. Let this structure be your guide until you start to listen to your inner voice. Once you are at a rehab, don’t worry about whether or not it is the right one. Do the program with all you have. The courage you develop will guide you to the next step.