What Drug Treatment Programs Needs to Accomplish

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What Drug Treatment Programs Needs to Accomplish
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What Drug Treatment Programs Need to
Accomplish1. Enormity of the Task2. Shift in
Focus3. Develop Coping Skills4. Avoid
Dependency5. Address Health Problems6. Take
Responsibilities of Life
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1. Enormity of the Task
If someone checks into a drug rehab program,
stays there for two weeks, and does not leave
with the idea that they are up against the
toughest challenge of their life so far, then the
rehab has failed.  Each addict must come to the
realization that they are in for the fight of
their lives.
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2. Shift in Focus
The strategy for maintaining sobriety is
different at 60 days sober than what it is at 3
years sober.  Is this right or wrong, good or
bad?  No, it just IS.  Accept the fact that you
have to change and grow in your recovery, or you
will potentially screw up and relapse.
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3. Develop Coping Skills
Obviously there are people in early recovery who
are dealing with all sorts of outside issues in
their lives relationship problems, job problems,
trouble at school, and so on.  There is no
shortage of stress in the life of any newly
recovering addict or alcoholic.  If the person
cannot find effective ways to deal with all of
that stuff, they are just going to revert to what
they know works fast for them their drug of
choice.  Thus, most decent rehabs have classes
that teach at least some basic techniques for
handling emotions.
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4. Avoid Dependency
Most rehabs get this totally wrong, in my
opinion.  They set people up for possible failure
by basically teaching dependence on AA or NA.
 This is not entirely bad in all cases, because
those programs do work for some people, but on
the other hand, they have their own success rates
which are not great by any means.  Many, many
people in recovery need to seek solutions that go
beyond the social solution that is 12 step,
group-oriented recovery.
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5. Address Health Problems
A lot of addicts and alcoholics get tripped up in
their recovery due to poor health.  This happens
for a number of reasons and in several different
ways.  But ultimately it can lead to relapse if
people do not address their overall health in
recovery.
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6. Take Responsibilities of Life
This goes along with the idea of taking care of
your health.  Many addicts have legal issues,
relationship issues, and so on.  If you have
chaos in any area of your life, it can set you up
for failure in recovery.  So rehabs need to push
people to take responsibility enough so that they
do not sabotage their own recovery efforts.
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