| Anyone can get off drugs. You could leave someone | | | | After a person completes a drug and alcohol rehab, |
| in a room for a week and make sure they didn't | | | | they are thrown back into society. They are thrown |
| leave, and they would be off drugs. The hard thing is | | | | back into the group that they harmed and resisted |
| keeping them off the drugs. That hurdle is what is | | | | for so long. This provides for a bumpy transition at |
| crippling our society, it is what is encouraging the war | | | | best. |
| on drugs and it is what is preventing families from | | | | In order to handle the inevitable cohabitation |
| having their son, daughter, mom or dad back. A key | | | | between a person who was once an addict and the |
| part to ensuring that someone is able to stay off | | | | rest of society the former drug user has to know |
| drugs is to make sure that they are able to integrate | | | | what is expected of them. They literally have to be |
| back into society. | | | | told not to steal, not to lie, not to manipulate and so |
| One of the byproducts of addiction is the fact that | | | | on. And while this may be a very simple concept for |
| an addict completely isolates themselves from the | | | | most people to understand, remember this was a |
| rest of society. There are reasons behind this. Drugs | | | | person who, until very recently, was basically trying |
| and alcohol will cause a person to lie, steal, cheat and | | | | to kill themselves. |
| manipulate - all of these actions result in harming | | | | The sign of an effective drug rehab is that they are |
| society in one way or another. At one point a person | | | | able to fully handle the addiction and get the person |
| makes the decision to go against the morals and | | | | up to the point where they are willing and seeking |
| values of society. When they do this they are | | | | out the companionship of other, sober, individuals. |
| separating themselves from the rest of the world. | | | | |