Drug Rehab and Internal Change
There are times when people come into a drug rehab setting, only to relapse shortly after they leave. It is all too common to blame the treatment and say it wasn’t effective. Regardless of the addiction treatment program, people have got to come into a drug rehab for the right reasons. Many times, people will just go through the motions of rehabilitation without any real desire to change their life. They do it to make their spouse happy, or to not lose their job. Internally, however they are not putting forth the effort to change. Those who suffer from addiction must have the desire get better and change. This can happen before or even during drug rehab, but the desire to change must be present for solid recovery. If not, relapse is very much a possibility.
At the Cirque Lodge, we focus on providing vital spiritual experiences for our residents. Such experiences can create that change needed internally. Nature plays a part in providing such experiences here. A part of addiction treatment is to get out on the mountain and to experience that healing change inside oneself. Such an internal shift can create a change in convictions and desires. It can be an influential change that leads to breakthroughs in drug rehab, as well as an influence in long term sobriety.
The disease of addiction is not something that goes away. Even individuals who have experienced an internal change can still have the impulse to relapse. One must work each day at their recovery to be successful. There is help and support along the way to assist in recovery. However, at the core must be that desire that came from an internal change.