People, Places and Things: Clearing Out Your Phone After Rehab
After rehab, many recovering addicts decide to make a clean break with many parts of their past associations. The wish to make staying clean easier and more successful by eliminating some of the paths that led to poor decisions. One great place to start is with sober living. Changing the people, places, and things in your life can significantly impact your recovery journey.
Changing the Way with People
For many recovering addicts, getting new people in their lives is important. Family support is a critical part of the commitment to recovery and these persons can have a high priority in the new, recovering view of people. Making new circles of friends is important to the support system. People that fill one’s life with positive influences and purpose are particularly helpful to a recovering addict.
Learning to Decide about Places
For many recovering addicts, a change of location is helpful. When in recovery, they must learn to make better choices about places. Some locations may be triggers or otherwise connected to drug usage. They must learn better choices which can include selecting new places for relaxation, fun, and social activities. It’s essential to consider the benefits of rehab in Southern California or similar supportive environments.
The Challenge of New Things
Recovering addicts can add new things to their lives. For some, it may be faith, others may find time to attend school and learn a new business or job skill. The possibilities are as unique as each individual and their situation. The key is learning new things. Engaging in activities such as art therapy can provide new outlets and interests that promote a healthier lifestyle.
Handling New and Old Situations
Learning is a lifetime process for us all, and for an addict, it is more basic. One must learn to make new decisions in situations that led to drug use in the past. The commitment to sobriety must be strong enough to withstand past patterns that one formed as an addict. These patterns of thought led to choosing to use drugs. Understanding psychological factors can help in this process.
For a recovering addict, the goal is long-term sobriety. The cell phone was likely a key tool for getting drugs and making poor decisions that threatened life, freedom, and well-being. Now, it can be a tool for supporting the commitment to sobriety. When you need help fighting for sobriety, call us. We can help you or a loved one find the resources you need to maintain your commitment. We can help you make the most important progress of your life, staying sober one more day. Call us, we understand the hard choices and changes that must happen. Contact us today.
His House Rehab offers industry-leading Dual Diagnosis Treatment Programs. Founded in 1994, we base our Drug and Alcohol Treatment programs on five key principles: commitment, honesty, integrity, respect, and service. These five principles guide us in all that we do and all the care we provide. Contact us today to see how we can help you or your loved one.
