How to Stay Clean After Leaving Drug Rehab

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How to Stay Clean After Leaving Drug Rehab

1. Take Their Suggestions2. Do W hat Others Say3. Participate in Follow-ups4. Long Term Treatment5. Every Day Meetings6. Get and Call Sponsor7. Holistic Drug Rehab

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You went to rehab because you could not stop using drugs on your own, right? There are two main functions that the treatment center provides: one, to physically detox you, and two, to show you how to live without putting drugs and alcohol into your body. Obviously, drug rehab centers specialize in helping people to not use drugs, so you might do well to actually take their suggestions and follow through with them.

1. Take Their Suggestions

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For the longest time, this was a huge stumbling block for me. Why should I let other people decide how I should live my life? I figured that I (me, personally) should be the most qualified person to make decisions about my life. Turns out this was not the case. Amazingly enough, when I started taking advice from others, my life started to get a whole lot better. This was the form of drug rehab help that I resisted for so long, and finally had to surrender to in order to get better.

2. Do What Others Say

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888-979-16483. Participate in Follow-ups

Most detox and residential programs that make up drug treatment centers are composed of very short visits these days. The length of time you will spend in a residential treatment program is a drop in the bucket, and you should not expect to live “happily ever after” without some serious follow up to your stay in drug rehab. Recovery is a life long process. Therefore, any recommended after care that they suggest should be taken seriously and approached with enthusiasm.

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888-979-16484. Long Term Treatment

This is the number one most effective form of aftercare, and I believe it is anyone and everyone’s best shot at maintaining long term sobriety. This should be especially inviting to you if you have been to drug rehab before and failed to stay clean. Ask the therapists at rehab if they know of any long term treatment programs that they can set you up in after you leave. Long term treatment works.

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888-979-16485. Every Day Meetings

This is something that will be emphasized heavily while you are in drug rehab recovery: you need to go to daily meetings during early recovery. It’s a no-brainer, really. Tons of support from other recovering addicts. Twelve step meetings are widespread and are there to help you. Take advantage of the support they offer. Daily meetings will improve your chances of staying sober in the short run. Long term sobriety entails expanding beyond simply making meetings, but this is still a good strategy for early recovery.

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888-979-16486. Get and Call Sponsor

After leaving a drug rehab clinic, get a sponsor, fast. Go to a regular outside AA or NA meeting and ask someone with some significant clean time to be your temporary sponsor. Anything to get you in the door with someone.Finding and using a sponsor is another no-brainer. If you choose a bad sponsor, let them go and get another one immediately. A sponsor is someone to help guide you through the twelve steps.

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888-979-16487. Holistic Drug Rehab

If you do not do well with traditional rehab recovery, then consider going to an alternative drug rehab where the emphasis is more holistic rather than simply being 12 step based. Holistic rehab is powerful because it draws from multiple recovery strategies in order to help you to stay clean and sober.

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