Addictive personalities or drug personalities are artificial and added to the individual. How does one end the drug seeking behavior, lying, deception and ingratitude? How does one shed the addicted or alcoholic label for life? An intelligent look at the situation will reveal that drug personalities and the 'addict' or 'alcoholic' labels are artificial -- not natural conditions.
Albert Einstein once said the type of thinking that created the problem is different than the type of thinking that is needed to solve it. Simply, drug & alcohol abusers need to gain new ways of thinking, NEW skills and abilities - and have these skills now resident in themselves, in order to stay clean, sober and happy in their new lives.
Training people to develop new talents and gaining new abilities is the road to independence; it's also the way to end one's addiction.
There are several major approaches to drug and alcohol rehabilitation:
The usual common approach is the traditional medical / counseling method plus 12 step approach. It believes that once you're an addict, you'll always stay an addict and the only way to manage your addiction is through medication, on-going counseling, meetings and some un-spoken miracle as this approach nets less than 22% success.
While sometimes drugs and counseling are necessary, we don't believe addiction is a life sentence. Perhaps the labeling of drug & alcohol abusers as addicts and alcoholics explains why more don't flock to traditional rehab. Drug and alcohol abusers don't want to accept the 'addict' or 'alcoholic' label.
Another more workable approach is the one of improving one's skills and abilities so one is able to live a fulfilling life without the use of drugs or alcohol. Rising above it is the long sought after method - this technique does exist, it's real. They'll need help achieving improvement as this level of ability lies above their current ability.
If you DON'T want your loved one to be dependent on counselors, others or drugs for the rest of their lives, this is the time to throw away those beliefs that say: He or she needs to be dependent on others, because that's probably why many drug & alcohol abusers resist treatment.
The basic question one asks when deciding on a course of action to end an alcohol or drug abusing pattern is: what can be done to change this behavior? The decision follows from the question. I know this is totally simplistic, but this isn't the pattern of question and answer that follows most people's reasoning. Families often look for available programs and then fit their loved one into the system, expecting it will fix them. Sorry, but that's backward.
Support groups and counselors may be crutches. Some support groups actually enforce artificial conditions of dependency, although many of the bonding and right actions taken are beneficial.
What drug & alcohol abusers need are new abilities, skills and confidences to END dependencies on drugs and alcohol and succeed and fulfill their dreams. They need to get rid of their artificial labels and addictive personality.
Would you like to hear how a former drug abuser finally ended his addiction to crack after a dozen different rehab attempts? Listen to his audio testimonial while he shares how to deliver a home intervention.
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Tibor A. Palatinus, CCDC, is the Director of a Drug / Alcohol Detox and Rehab Consultancy which specializes in Referring Clients to Drug-free Detox and Rehab Programs which End Addiction for Life.
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