HOW TO STAY SOBER AFTER TREATMENT

- Life is filled with stress. It is hard to live with reality day in and day out.
- Some people will remind you of how fun and pain free it was to use.
- Following a sober treatment plan is much more difficult than using again.
- Realize that they have a problem.
- Enter a rehab facility to correct that problem, and
- Successfully complete that program.
- Stick with your aftercare plan. Realize that unless you have a plan to follow every day, you will fail. This is true whether you are an addict or not.
- Get rid of your drug using friends and make new friends who can help you cope in better ways. One of the biggest problems people have after leaving treatment is that they go back to the places they used to do drugs and hang around with the same people. Build new, healthy, sober relationships.
- Realize your triggers and consciously seek to find better ways to cope with them.
- Keep in touch with the rehab facility. These are people who want to see you succeed and they love hearing success stories.
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