Since so many of my viewers come here I felt it was important to place some key info on this page. In my years of working in the
field of addiction recovery I have been privy to all of the various schools of thought regarding various treatment models. There truly
are as many various treatment options as there are various types of individuals.
This has caused me to realize that because all people are as different as the finger prints that make up our individual personalities,
there is no certain program that works best for all people. I have known of people who have graduated from as many as seventeen
different treatment programs, who now live drug free, but whose lifestyles leave much to be desired.
Recovery is only going to work for the addict who wishes for treatment to work. Period! Not to say that once some types of
individuals, when forced into recovery, will not eventually take to the idea of recovery, but rather for most it must be a personal
choice.
I believe that the best way for a family member, or other loved one to help the addict become willing is to inform the addict that their
addiction is harming their loved ones. If the loved ones can rally together to cut off all the addicts possible resources such as family,
friends, bank accounts, and all co-dependents from all sources, the addict is then given a reason to take stock of their own life.
Keeping in mind that if the addict is allowed one little hole to escape through, they will find it!
Therefore, it is up to the addict to get sick and tiered of their lifestyle before
recovery can take hold.
I must add two more points that I feel are important to realize. One; religion does not make anyone willing to get right. We must first
become willing to get right with our-self, as free-will must balanced.
The second thought that I must share for those who care; My former church group has a great recovery
program. However, my biggest gripe with their system is that they expect their clients to stop smoking
cigarettes before they are allowed onto the recovery centers property.
Now we all realize that tobacco is harmful, however, most people don't sale their bodies, rob nor kill just to
smoke cigarettes. Allow them to smoke while they are in recovery from major mind altering drugs such as
alcohol. They are going to be put to the emotional press for the first few weeks, and a few smokes a day is
going to give them something to help them endure. A small "out" if you will just to get them to the next day.
Therefore, please do not have unrealistic expectations of your loved ones. When they are ready to quit smoking, they will.
One day, one drug at a time. People who quite everything all at once have a much greater chance of relapsing than those who take
it one day, one drug at a time. Detoxing the brain is a process, not an event.
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