http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2009/01/12/how-to-avoid-relapsing-after-rehab/ Drug rehab blog from Gatehouse Academy. Gatehouse is a long term drug rehab and alcohol rehab and extended care treatment center for young adults offer the opportunity for young adults age 17-25 to recover from their dependencies. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:56:42 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2009/01/12/how-to-avoid-relapsing-after-rehab/comment-page-1/#comment-795 Dylan Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:32:59 +0000 http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2009/01/12/how-to-avoid-relapsing-after-rehab/#comment-795 You bring up a lot of interesting points, Jared. You're right, it's definitely up to the person to keep applying what they learned - to do the program - even after rehab is over. A high-quality treatment program won't just throw the steps at you - it helps you grow and passes on the skills you need to survive after rehab without relapsing. My point is that a good treatment program prepares you for life after rehab, gives you the support resources you need to stay clean after rehab, so that it isn't a shock. You bring up a lot of interesting points, Jared. You’re right, it’s definitely up to the person to keep applying what they learned – to do the program – even after rehab is over. A high-quality treatment program won’t just throw the steps at you – it helps you grow and passes on the skills you need to survive after rehab without relapsing. My point is that a good treatment program prepares you for life after rehab, gives you the support resources you need to stay clean after rehab, so that it isn’t a shock.

]]> http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2009/01/12/how-to-avoid-relapsing-after-rehab/comment-page-1/#comment-782 Jared Combs Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:46:14 +0000 http://www.gatehouseacademy.com/blog/2009/01/12/how-to-avoid-relapsing-after-rehab/#comment-782 Use the tools you learned at rehab. This message is only for the ones that truly want sobriety. Many that leave rehab have no such desire or intention. Most of us are on the pink cloud when we leave rehab. We're clean and sober and life is anew. Then life happens around us and we don't know what to do. Now is the time to apply what rehab taught us. Meetings, reading, meditation, support groups, use the phone, 12-step application in our daily lives- these are the things we need to employ Many of us suffer from IDS though. It's the I'm Different Syndrome. We're not like those poor fools in the meetings and we don't need to do all of these things. If we look closely though, we're more alike than different. We have to live an entirely different life. We have to apply what was thrown at us in rehab. Use the tools you learned at rehab.
This message is only for the ones that truly want sobriety. Many that leave rehab have no such desire or intention.
Most of us are on the pink cloud when we leave rehab. We’re clean and sober and life is anew. Then life happens around us and we don’t know what to do. Now is the time to apply what rehab taught us. Meetings, reading, meditation, support groups, use the phone, 12-step application in our daily lives- these are the things we need to employ
Many of us suffer from IDS though. It’s the I’m Different Syndrome. We’re not like those poor fools in the meetings and we don’t need to do all of these things. If we look closely though, we’re more alike than different. We have to live an entirely different life. We have to apply what was thrown at us in rehab.

]]>