Sabotaging Drug Rehab: Do You Do This
Many people who go into a drug rehab facility end up trying to “self-sabotage”, meaning that they convince themselves the treatment is not going to work from the beginning and thus make the experience counter-productive for themselves. Oftentimes people who have self-sabotaging attitudes fail to take advantage of all the treatment solutions that rehab facilities offer for those who have addictions ranging from drugs to alcohol. There are certain things which people do that can be described as self-sabotaging, such as not claiming responsibility for the things they do.
It is very easy to fall into blaming other people and external circumstances as well as denial. The very first step in drug and alcohol recovery is to admit you have a problem for an important reason. It opens the flood gates for treatment to begin so the person can get on the path to sobriety.
Having poor communication skills is another problem that drug addicts typically have. They do not open up to the people around them such as family and friends, but stay hidden. When someone is fighting with a problem of this magnitude, a proper system of support needs to be in place. If there is no communication between the person with the problem and the people in their lives, then they cannot receive the help they need. Many addicts are also extremely negative, believing that no form of treatment will help. This is usually associated with deep-seated feelings of depression or hopelessness. There can be a dual diagnosis that is not yet known by the person that makes things worse.
Making poor choices in life is also a very common characteristic among addicts. Unfortunately addicts can make rash decisions such as dropping out school, cutting off ties with family and friends, as well as continuing their drug use and other forms of risky behavior such as unprotected sex. The self-sabotaging attitude can be extremely dangerous, because it is essentially a self-fulfilling prophecy that they themselves create. There are currently millions of people all over the country in drug rehab clinics/facilities trying to get help, though not all of them will succeed.
A self-sabotaging attitude can easily lead to a relapse, even after months or years of progress. Most addicts are told to progress through a series of steps which will eventually give them the tools they will need to succeed in life and stay clean. Many people fail to adhere to these laws of sobriety, and therefore start using again. The self-sabotaging attitude usually arises as the result of a lack of confidence because the person has stopped going through all of their steps. A majority of rehab facilities teach people who have drug addictions that these steps are a lifelong process and not something which can be achieved and completed within a few weeks. When people stray from this lifelong path, they usually relapse and their progress in rehab is effectively destroyed.
Everytime my brother gets clean he messes it up. It is so frustrating to me. Why does he hang again with his old crowd? I can see it’s hard to find new people but still.
Sherry,
My bro has same problem. He is strong at rehab but caves when he’s out of rehab and back with same friends. He won’t deal with making new friends that are healthier because he doen’t like na meetings.
Because his wife left him he feels alone and so wants to see his friends and then it gets bad again.
If you are someone who sabotages your life then expect that to happen in going into drug rehab too because it’s what u do. But it is part of what I learned about in the therapy and so i see i can control it with meetings.