When you own a drug and alcohol rehab center you obviously get approached by folks for advice about drugs.  Yesterday was such an occasion.  It was a father, concerned about his son.   His son has been spending more and more moment smoking marijuana.  He fears his son is sli…

Drug and alcohol rehab programs can represent a real value and benefit to employers.  In todays competitive and cost cutting enviroment it might be easy to say that employee assistance programs covering drug and alcohol addiction might be considered for the axe.  I think it would be extrem…

Sometimes it is easy to believe folks have thrown in the towel and don't care much about their fellow man.  The news about Iraq seems to be all poor.  Drugs seem to be getting more available and potent by the day.  What is worse is the price is going down so it is available to mor…

In drug and alcohol rehab programs there is often a clash.  It is a simple one.  It is the clash amidst what a client may want and what they may really need.  The most common one that we run across is the private room issue.  Obviously most clients want a private room. …

They want everyone safe 100% of the instance.   
Drug and alcohol rehab centers sometimes feel like they are treating two groups of society.  The clients in the rehab program and the family at home outside the rehab program.  In reality a family unit is something that is non-di…

Learning better communication skills is a cornerstone of any alcohol and drug rehab program.  Clear and concise methods of intereacting with others are a large component of relapse prevention.  Being able to openly communicate to understand and be understood will decrease many of the stres…

The value of staying in a drug and alcohol rehab center is to learn and practice new skills.  To learn a new skill one thing is called for, and it is the ability to be open.  It is difficult to change and acquire new skills whether you don't have the ability to really listen.&nbsp…

Before you entered a drug and alcohol rehab center your dreams and desire for a brilliant life had drifted away from you.  Most likely the main components of your life revolved around finding your drug of choice and covering your tracks about some of your behaviors involved in that. …

During and after drug and alcohol rehab you need something to guide you in choices and decision making.  What does guide you can take place in one of two forms.  It will either be some sort of set of rules, or it will be a block of principles.  The third choice is a mixture of the two…

In a drug and alcohol rehab center the number of different concepts you will be presented will be many and varied.  Some undoubtedly will construct sense to you immediately.  Some may never quite invent sense.  The rest will fall the the huge middle ground.  Early in your rehab p…