Drug Abuse Rehabilitation Should Incorporate well planed
Strategies or Techniques to Maintain Sobriety
Many facilities now offer affordable drug abuse
rehabilitation. Some facilities are outpatient rehab centers, with
programs designed to help those who want to recover from the abuse, while other
facilities are specifically staffed and engineered to help those who have no
desire to be treated or even deny an addiction problem.
These facilities are known as residential or inpatient
centers. While these centers are indeed beneficial and remain one of
the main turning points in the process of recovering from an addiction, the
process of adjusting to normal life after the rehabilitation process is just as
important for family members to be aware of so that they can help their loved
one face life and the many temptations that come with it.
Drug addiction therapy may help you overcome addiction
Family members can help immensely in implementing techniques
and strategies that will help the person continue to conquer their substance abuse addiction.
Support groups are a great way to stay sober and they are also numerous, as
well as substance addiction therapy or counseling sessions.
Daily exercise is important
One of the biggest techniques to helping a former drug user
stays sober after arriving back home is to implement an exercise regime.
This can be done with or without a gym. The benefits of exercising to a
former drug user are numerous.
First, such a program builds a healthy, energetic body.
Another great
strategy and technique to beat addiction is
exercising also releases hormones that will reduce any drug cravings.
Exercising with family or with a support group is also excellent for the former
addict because it prevents loneliness from cropping up a major contributor to
drug use. Exercise time can easily be used for bonding with family and
friends.
When I was first getting clean and sober I made a commitment
with my sponsor that I would go for a long walk every day. Now keep in mind
that I am an addict and not real good at keeping commitments yet.
What happened is I got it in my head a lot that I was
depressed or something and did not feel like going for a walk but I forced
myself to go and something happened that was hard to believe and it was this
before I was half way done with my walk my depression had lifted and I was
feeling energetic. Now if I would not have went I would have just sat around
the house and moped.
How a person thinks of himself is also vital to their
success in recovering from an addiction to drugs. For this reason, family
members should help the former addict discover more about what he or she can
do. What does the addict enjoy doing?
What are his/her likes or special abilities?
Activities such as cooking classes, singing lessons, piano
lessons, dance lessons, workshops, hiking, and sports--all of these are ways to
build the former addict's own self esteem. Besides building their
self-esteem, engaging them in activities will help them forget their former
addiction and move forward toward success.
There are a whole lot of strategies to recover
from addiction all you have to do is put your mind to it or try
going to a meeting and ask some questions from other addicts how what
strategies or techniques they use to stay clean and sober.
Having a recovery plan is necessary if we want to stay sober
Those of you that are fresh out of rehab is very important that and keep busy and take some type of action every single day. I know that you got used to attending 12 step meetings every day while you are in rehab so now you must keep this practice up. I would suggest that you do a meeting every day for a minimum of 90 days. If you do not already have a sponsor I was suggests that you keep an eye out for one that you like. They could be one that you feel you have something in common with or to simply be that you like the message they carried. The sponsor should have a minimum of two years clean and are actively writing there steps. The reason for this is it is their job to guide you through the steps and if they have not written yet they can't very well help you to write yours.
Having a recovery plan is necessary if we want to stay sober
Those of you that are fresh out of rehab is very important that and keep busy and take some type of action every single day. I know that you got used to attending 12 step meetings every day while you are in rehab so now you must keep this practice up. I would suggest that you do a meeting every day for a minimum of 90 days. If you do not already have a sponsor I was suggests that you keep an eye out for one that you like. They could be one that you feel you have something in common with or to simply be that you like the message they carried. The sponsor should have a minimum of two years clean and are actively writing there steps. The reason for this is it is their job to guide you through the steps and if they have not written yet they can't very well help you to write yours.
Good luck
