Drug Rehabs and Recovery

I am not a huge fan of rehabs or controlled environments. For me, getting clean meant getting dirty. 12 step groups, lot of meetings, lot of talking, coffees and fellowship in the real world is what it took for me. I know, some people need Rehab and drug counselors to help deal with mental and emotional issues and I am sure it helps a lot of people get a start but rehab is not recovery. Recovering from active addiction is a life long process and it needs to be embraced with some passion. I know, if we put 1/10th of the energy and passion into staying clean, as we did into using and finding means and ways to use, we will have a successful recovery.

The 12 steps can really be broken down into three stages. Trust God, clean house, help others. It really is that simple, we don't pick up for one is too many and a thousand is never enough.

If you have a drug problem and feel as if it is hopeless, hang on for one more day for the miracle you need may be a moment away. Wherever you are in your life right now, this too shall pass and the future is unwritten. There is a freedom and a life that is greater then what you are able to imagine. Just hang on, seek some help, find a 12 step meeting, get a meeting list and make meetings the most important thing in your life for today. Do this for one day and one day only.
Build relationships with other recovering addicts for there is therapeutically value in one addict sharing with another. The I've been there and done it club, we know what it's like and yes, your insane but it's OK. I'm still crazy but I am able to live in the real world, and Enjoy my life.
I have peace, and I have a goodness that is a part of me. I have a meaning again and a purpose and my days are too short, and the time goes fast.
The long nights of hopeless desperation are long gone. I never thought I would be here but I am, one day at a time for a decade and each day clean was a reward and brought more and more back into my life and my heart.

Rehab, may give you a head start, but staying clean of meth, crack,smack, whatever your poison was, requires more then rehab. It requires a recovery and a walk. I guarantee, if you go to meeting, get involved and work the steps, your life will get better, if not, your misery is totally refundable with interest.

If you need help, you can email me at thereisagodanditsnotme@gmail.com

Peace
The Dopeless Hope Fiend