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Tip 98 Adequate Treatment Time
It is essential that the recovering addict remain in a treatment program for the right duration. This duration will depend on the type of addiction, the severity of the addiction, and the personality of the addict. Studies show that for most people, three months is the least amount of required time for treatment. One of the biggest mistakes that an addict can make is to leave the treatment program too early. This can lead to relapse.
Creating your future is all in your own hands. You have the power and ability to do what you want to do and arrive there in the way that you want to arrive. When you have the power to create your own future there isnt anything that you cant do or any goal that you cant reach.
Recovery from addiction means that you need to learn skills to change the way you think and react to external and internal dilemmas. You can take control of the way that you think and the way that you behave in ways that youve never considered before. This means that you have to change the way that you talk to yourself as well as change the tone in which you say things to yourself. We all have a way in which we mentally talk to ourselves. You have the ability to change any negative talk to self-talk that is positive and supporting. It all comes back to that inner confidence and knowing that you can achieve your goals by making positive changes. Who you let think inside your head is one of these changes.
Changing your beliefs and habits takes time and a change in your overall attitude. Half the battle is being aware that you need to make changes. The other half of the battle is taking the steps to make those changes. |
