First things first - you need to understand that recovery from alcoholism or drug addiction is a separate issue entirely from the treatment of addiction.
The treatment of addiction is in most cases about the period of roughly a month - where you'll be at rehab or addiction treatment facility detoxing and receiving various form of treatment - to help you deal with the various factors that have resulted in you going down the road of addiction.
Recovery is what you do once you leave rehab - i.e. what you do the rest of your life in trying to stay clean and sober. And this is where I think a lot of addicts go wrong and why relapse rates are so high - because they see treatment as the end point, where in fact is really is only the beginning of the road for you.
So alcoholism recovery and recovery from drug addiction is all about what you do on an ongoing, hopefully daily basis, to ensure you don't get lured back to a life of drink or drugs.
It's the NA/AA/12-Step or spiritual program you consistently practice, dealing with your emotions and feelings so you don't use them as an excuse for drinking or using again, making sure you hang with the right kind of people (not your old using buddies), having someone you can call when you're feeling low ...
So recovery then is about taking action and doing the 'work' you need to do on a regular basis, i.e. creating new uplifting habits for yourself, that will your 'addict self' as someone who holds no more power of you because your real 'Strong, Warrior Self' has taken over.
Treatment should therefore be seen as the first step on the road to recovery - and not the finishing line itself. Yes there are people that overcome their addictions without going to rehab - but they also do it by making major changes to their lives and building new habits that take continuous work and effort.
At the end of the day, drug addiction recovery and alcohol addiction recovery, require consistent work and effort. Recovery is something you do for the rest of your life. Sure it can be hard at the start - but I promise you that the rewards will be well worth it. - 16955
The treatment of addiction is in most cases about the period of roughly a month - where you'll be at rehab or addiction treatment facility detoxing and receiving various form of treatment - to help you deal with the various factors that have resulted in you going down the road of addiction.
Recovery is what you do once you leave rehab - i.e. what you do the rest of your life in trying to stay clean and sober. And this is where I think a lot of addicts go wrong and why relapse rates are so high - because they see treatment as the end point, where in fact is really is only the beginning of the road for you.
So alcoholism recovery and recovery from drug addiction is all about what you do on an ongoing, hopefully daily basis, to ensure you don't get lured back to a life of drink or drugs.
It's the NA/AA/12-Step or spiritual program you consistently practice, dealing with your emotions and feelings so you don't use them as an excuse for drinking or using again, making sure you hang with the right kind of people (not your old using buddies), having someone you can call when you're feeling low ...
So recovery then is about taking action and doing the 'work' you need to do on a regular basis, i.e. creating new uplifting habits for yourself, that will your 'addict self' as someone who holds no more power of you because your real 'Strong, Warrior Self' has taken over.
Treatment should therefore be seen as the first step on the road to recovery - and not the finishing line itself. Yes there are people that overcome their addictions without going to rehab - but they also do it by making major changes to their lives and building new habits that take continuous work and effort.
At the end of the day, drug addiction recovery and alcohol addiction recovery, require consistent work and effort. Recovery is something you do for the rest of your life. Sure it can be hard at the start - but I promise you that the rewards will be well worth it. - 16955
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Carl-Peter provides loads more Information on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse at his website, where you'll also discover an interesting How to Stop Drinking article.
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