Mini Series 6 - Myth: Rehabs are all work and no play

Busting Addiction and Its Myths

In this podcast... we confront and smash the following myth:
Myth: Rehabs are all work and no play.

1. The point of rehab is to allow an addict/alcoholic to make a U-turn, to turn their life around to something approaching normalcy.
2. Instead of a life tilted entirely to drinking and using, expending all their energy in pursuit of the high, now we seek a life that is balanced.
3. First, however, they need to do the necessary work: to look at themselves honestly and start to think in a healthy manner.
4. To attain a new way of thinking and behaving, treatment teaches them how to have fun without the need for alcohol or drugs, and learn how to achieve a healthy balance in their life.

A healthy balance maintained over a lifetime is an end goal of treatment, but that can only be achieved by staying clean and sober one day at a time.