December is a tough month for clients in a drug rehab. It is hard to be away from family and friends at anytime of the year, but being in drug rehab around Christmas is especially tough. Clients who started drug rehab in October are probably finding these last few weeks hard to focus and stay. They have been there for 9 or 10 weeks of a 12 week program. It is easy to listen to the voice in their head urging them to leave.
Add in the pull of the holiday season and you have a recipe for early departures from a drug rehab center. There is a natural tendancy towards the end of a drug rehab program to ask the question, "What will I learn in the last few days?". Is it worth missing out on the connection with my family? I am dying to show them the new me.
The problem lies in that if you do not stay and complete the drug rehab program you will not be showing them the "NEW" you. In fact you will just be showing them a sober version of the old you. The old you didn't keep there word. The old you was impulsive and selfish. The old you didn't complete things.
By not finishing the program you are simply behaving as the "old you". So your first act as a sober person shows the world, you have not changed. Don't be seduced by the lure of leaving early. Pro atheletes never leave practice early. They never ask, will these last 5 practice shots make any difference. They know in their hearts it will make a difference. Make your stay in a drug rehab center the first step of a new person who ALWAYS completes what they set out to do. Have a Happy Christmas, stay and finish your drug rehab program.
