Alcohol and drug rehab has the goal of stopping your substance misuse and teaching you the tools to build a happy and productive life. This may sound simple enough, but due to the nature of addiction, it can be a huge challenge. For most, the hardest part is acknowledging they have a need for the treatment.
Once you realise this, however, the next challenge is staying in rehab long enough to break free from your addiction and get your life on track. With this in mind, let’s take a look at some of the main reasons going to rehab is beneficial.
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How Can Rehab Help Me?
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It Breaks the Cycle of Addiction.
People who have addictions must be somewhere with no access to drugs, and around people who can keep their goal in mind. In the detox stage of a rehabilitation programme, you will experience the substance ridding themselves from your body, with professional help with withdrawal symptoms. Not everyone will need to do this stage, but detox alone isn’t enough to keep someone away from drugs or alcohol for life. The stages following this will work to fight the psychological addiction.
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You Will Learn About Addiction.
Once you are free from the physical addiction to a substance you will have the capability of thinking with a clearer mind, so you can educate yourself about your addiction. You can learn about what things are your triggers; which people, which events, experiences and habits make you crave to use. Exploring these will mean you can give yourself the choice whether you want to make yourself subject to them again.
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It Will Find the Cause of Your Addiction.
There is an endless list of reasons why people fall into addiction, and gaining insight into why it has happened to you can help you accept it. It is down to stress? Do you use drugs as a way of self-medicating so you don’t have to experience physical or emotional pain? Do you drink alcohol to avoid your responsibilities or gain others approval? Finding out these reasons can make you understand your addiction better. Your therapist at rehab can help you make sense of these, and help you find other ways of coping.
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You Can Build New Habits.
Many people with a history of substance use will have little self-discipline and poor self-care. To help with this and find the path to recovery, you will be setting and accomplishing goals – and these will be achievable ones. Learning to set manageable goals and have the appropriate mindset might seem basic, but being in a repetitive cycle of setting unrealistic goals will only make you lose hope.
These goals will include where you want to be physically and emotionally, and also goals for your relationships, work-life, and spirituality.